Saint Nicholas church in Nowa Ruda, Gothic Revival church building in Nowa Ruda, Poland.

Saint Nicholas church is a large, three-nave hall church measuring about 72 metres long and 22 metres wide, with a polygonal chancel and side naves closed the same way. Its tower is topped by a slender spire with small corner pinnacles, and a slim square ridge turret rises from the roof. The brickwork is rich in Gothic Revival detail: window surrounds, portals, friezes and buttresses.

A late Gothic church was built here in 1515 as a Protestant temple and passed to Catholics after 1623. A fire destroyed it in 1884, and it was rebuilt in its present Gothic Revival form in 1885–1887 to designs by Joseph Ebers and Joseph Elsner. Renovations followed in 1968 and 1970–1975.

The church is dedicated to Saint Nicholas and belongs to the Świdnica diocese. Inside, ten of the twelve apostles are carved on the nave pillars: Franz Wagner made Matthew, Thaddeus, Thomas and Simon in 1890–1895, Alois Schmidt made James the Greater and John in 1890, and Joseph Elsner made Andrew, James the Less, Philip and Bartholomew, the last two dated 1914.

The church stands in the Centrum district of Nowa Ruda. The building is about 72 metres long and 22 metres wide, so allow time to walk around the exterior and see the brick detailing, the tower with its steep helm and corner pinnacles, and the slender ridge turret. The sandstone baptismal font from the 13th century and the Gothic figure of St Christopher dated 1511 are kept inside.

The brick construction techniques used here demonstrate specific regional building practices from Lower Silesia that shaped local architecture. These craftsmanship traditions remain visible in the carefully laid masonry patterns throughout the building.