Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Krzeszów

Church in Krzeszów, Poland

50°43′59″N 16°04′07″E / 50.73306°N 16.06861°E / 50.73306; 16.06861LocationKrzeszówCountryPolandLanguage(s)PolishDenominationCatholicHistoryStatusBasilica minorDedicationAssumption of MaryArchitectureFunctional statusActiveHeritage designationHistoric Monument of PolandDesignated14 April 2004^[1]StyleBaroqueYears built1728–1735AdministrationDioceseLegnicaDeaneryKamienna Góra WschódParishAssumption of Mary Parish in KrzeszówClergyProvostMarian Kopko [pl]

Historic Monument of Poland

Designated2004-04-14Part ofKrzeszów – Cistercian AbbeyReference no.Dz. U. z 2004 r. Nr 102, poz. 1057^[1]

Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Krzeszów (Polish: Bazylika Wniebowzięcia NMP w Krzeszowie) is a Roman Catholic church located within the abbey of the Order of Saint Benedict in Krzeszów, Poland. Built in 1728–1735, it is a notable Baroque church in Lower Silesia and a shrine to the Virgin Mary, listed as a Historic Monument of Poland.^[1] It is a basilica since 1998.

Interior

The church contains the icon of Our Lady, Mother of Grace from the late 12th or early 13th century, and is one of Poland's shrines to the Virgin Mary. The icon is the oldest icon of Mary in Poland, and one of the five oldest icons of Mary in Europe.

In one of the chapels there is a mausoleum of dukes of the Świdnica line of the Polish Piast dynasty: Bolko I the Strict and Bolko II the Small.

The church also contains Baroque sculptures by Ferdinand Brokoff and paintings by Michael Willmann.

Gallery

Façade
Throne of Grace crowning the façade
Interior
Pipe organs
Tomb of Duke Bolko II the Small
Icon of Our Lady, Mother of Grace
Baroque sculptures of angels, main altar

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Rozporządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 14 kwietnia 2004 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii, Dz. U. z 2004 r. Nr 102, poz. 1057