Jawor Church of Peace

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The Jawor Church of Peace is a 17th-century Protestant timber-framed church in Jawor, Poland, renowned as one of the largest wooden religious buildings in Europe and inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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Church of Peace in Jawor 1
Jawor Church of Peace canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Church of Peace
Lutheran church
World Heritage Site
timber-framed church
wooden religious building
architect Albrecht von Säbisch
architecturalStyle Baroque interior
timber-framed architecture
builtUnder Peace of Westphalia provisions
conditionOfUse originally forbidden to have a tower
originally forbidden to use bells
originally required to be built only of wood and non-durable materials
originally required to be built outside city walls
constructionEndDate 1655
constructionStartDate 1654
coordinateLocation 51.044°N 16.190°E
country Poland
denomination Lutheranism
floorCount 3 galleries
hasPart Baroque altar
organ
pulpit
sacristy
wooden galleries
hasUse place of worship
heritageDesignation Historic Monument of Poland
UNESCO World Heritage Site
heritageStatusReason testimony to religious tolerance in 17th-century Silesia
inception 1654
locatedIn Jawor
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Lower Silesian Voivodeship NERFINISHED
locatedInHistoricalRegion Silesia
materialUsed clay
straw
timber frame
wood
notableFeature elaborate Baroque altar
one of the largest timber-framed religious buildings in Europe
ornate pulpit
painted wooden ceilings and galleries
richly decorated Baroque interior
officialWebsite https://www.kościólpokojujawor.pl/ (Polish)
partOf Churches of Peace in Jawor and Świdnica
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
seatingCapacity approximately 6000
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (iii)
(iv)
UNESCOWorldHeritageListingYear 2001
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 1054
visitorAttraction major tourist attraction in Lower Silesia

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World Heritage Sites in Poland hasPart Jawor Church of Peace
Churches of Peace in Jawor and Świdnica hasPart Jawor Church of Peace
this entity surface form: Church of Peace in Jawor