St. Jadwiga's Church
Kościół św. Jadwigi w Brzegu
St. Jadwiga's Church
St. Jadwiga's Church is located in Poland
St. Jadwiga's Church
St. Jadwiga's Church
50°30′53″N 17°16′33″E / 50.5148°N 17.2758°E / 50.5148; 17.2758
LocationBrzeg
CountryPoland
Language(s)Polish
DenominationRoman Catholic
History
StatusFilial church, castle church
Founded14th century
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationHistoric Monument of Poland
Designated10 December 2018[1]
StyleGothic
Completed14th-16th century
Specifications
MaterialsBrick
Administration
ArchdioceseWrocław
ParishExaltation of the Holy Cross Parish in Brzeg

St. Jadwiga's Church in Brzeg, Poland, is a Gothic castle church built in the fourteenth-century.[2]

The Gothic brick-built chapel, adjoined to the south-western portion of Brzeg Castle was built in the former location of a collegiate church of St Hedwig[3] built between 1368 and 1369. In 1741, the chapel was destroyed due to Prussian bombardment, with only the presbytery having had survived.[4] After its reconstruction in 1783-1784, the chapel served as the mausoleum for dukes from the Brzeg line of the Piast dynasty (after 1945, 22 sarcophagi were found in the crypt). The chapel suffered damage during World War II, and was reconsecrated as a church in 1989.

Presently, the sarcophagi are located in the adjoined Silesian Piasts Brzeg Castle Museum.[5]

Along with the castle, it is listed as a Historic Monument of Poland.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Rozporządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 10 grudnia 2018 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii "Brzeg - Zamek Piastów Śląskich z renesansową bramą i kaplicą zamkową pod wezwaniem św. Jadwigi - nekropolią Piastów", Dz. U. z 2019 r. poz. 71
  2. ↑ "Kościół św. Jadwigi - Witamy". www.brzeg.com.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Brzeg - The Castle of the Silesian Piasts with a Renaissance Gate and the Castle Chapel Dedicated to St Hedwig – the Necropolis of the Piasts - Zabytek.pl". zabytek.pl. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
  4. ↑ "Kościół zamkowy św. Jadwigi, Brzeg - dolny-slask.org.pl". dolny-slask.org.pl. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  5. ↑ Informacyjne, Marek Robak, Robak.pl Systemy. "Brzeg: kościół św. Jadwigi (Zamkowy)". dziedzictwo.ekai.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 24 August 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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