Churches of Peace in Jawor and Świdnica

Overview

The Churches of Peace in Jawor and Świdnica, the largest timber-framed religious buildings in Europe, were built in the former Silesia in the mid-17th century, amid the religious strife that followed the Peace of Westphalia. Constrained by the physical and political conditions, the Churches of Peace bear testimony to the quest for religious freedom and are a rare expression of Lutheran ideology in an idiom generally associated with the Catholic Church.

Selection Criteria

(iii)(iv)

Components(2 locations)

• •Lutheran Church of Peace under the invocation of the Holy Ghost1054-001
• •Lutheran Church of Peace under the invocation of the Holy Trinity1054-002

Details

Countries

Poland

ISO Codes

PL

Area

0.23 ha

Coordinates

51.0543, 16.1959