Assumption of Holy Mary Church, Haczów
Assumption of Holy Mary Church in Haczów - a Gothic, wooden church located in the village of Haczów from the fifteenth-century, which together with different churches is designated as part of the UNESCO Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland.[1]
| Assumption of Holy Mary Church in Haczów | |
|---|---|
Kościół Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Haczowie | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Status | active church |
| Location | |
| Location | Haczów, Poland |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Gothic |
| Completed | after 1459 |
| Official name: Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland | |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | iii, iv |
| Designated | 2003 (27th session) |
| Reference no. | 1053 |
| State Party | Poland |
| Region | Europe |
The church in Haczów is the largest wooden Gothic church in Europe, and simultaneously one of the oldest wooden framework churches in Poland.[2]
History
The wooden church in Haczów was built out of a wooden framework, raised after 1459, and expanded in 1624 (with the building of the 25 metre starling tower, built away from the church, topped out with a cupola, pl:soboty (low wooden arcade around the church supported by pillars), the creation of windows in the nave, and the building of an earth bulwark); between 1784 and 1789 (expansion of the sacristy, building of new soboty). The interior of the church is decorated with a polychrome from 1494 (most likely the oldest polychrome of its type in Europe, representing the oldest collection of representative paintings in Poland), and later expanded in 1864.[3]
References
- ^ "Main Page". Parafia Haczów. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ^ "Virtual Sightseeing". Radosław Sobik. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ^ Drewniany kościół Św. Doroty w Trzcinicy. ISBN 9788393747504.