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In: Protestantischer Kirchenbau der Frühen Neuzeit in Europa. Grundlagen und neue Forschungskonzepte. — Protestant Church Architecture in Early Modern Europe. Fundamentals and New Research Approaches. Regensburg 2015, p. 333-343.
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is 43.5-metre (143 ft) long, 14-metre (46 ft) wide and 15.7-metre (52 ft) high and has capacity of 5,500. It was constructed by architect Albrecht von Saebisch (1610–1688) from Wroclaw (then German
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to build three churches from wood, loam and straw outside the city walls, without steeples and church bells. The construction time was limited to one year. The third Peace church, erected in
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in 1671–1681. The ornately decorated altar, by Martin Schneider, dates to 1672, the original organ of J. Hoferichter from
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style. The interior of the Jawor church is decorated with 180 paintings, depicting Biblical scenes from the Old and the
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Silesian Churches of Peace and the Royal Hungarian Articular Churches. Possible Legal and Architectural Relations.
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Despite the physical and political constraints, three of the churches became the biggest
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for about a century. Another 100 years later, in 1945, the town became again part of
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Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
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Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine and its Underground Water Management System
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The belfry of the Peace Church in Jawor framed between trees in Park Pokoju.
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the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park
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By that time, the town had been part of the majority Protestant
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due to pioneering construction and architectural solutions.
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Since 2001, the two remaining churches are listed as
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UNESCO World Heritage Site

Location
Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Criteria
1054
Session
Churches of Peace is located in Poland
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Polish
German
Jawor
Świdnica
Lower Silesia
Poland
Peace of Westphalia
Lutherans
Silesia
Głogów
Baroque
New Testament
apocalyptic visions
UNESCO
World Heritage Sites
Holy Trinity Church of Peace in Świdnica
Church of Peace in Jawor
timber-framed

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