Saint Lawrence church in Głuchołazy, Medieval church in Głuchołazy, Poland
Saint Lawrence Church stands on ul. Kościelna in the eastern old town of Głuchołazy. The Baroque hall church, built 1729–1731, has a rectangular plan, a three-bay nave with chapels and internal galleries with curved parapets, and a transept under one saddle roof. From the 13th-century predecessor remain the twin-tower west facade and the early Gothic columned portal; the neo-Baroque tower helms date from 1907.
A church existed here by the second half of the 13th century and was first mentioned in 1285. Hussite troops destroyed it in 1428; it was rebuilt between 1442 and 1450 with an enlarged choir. The present Baroque building was erected in 1729–1731 on the initiative of Breslau bishop Franz Ludwig von Pfalz-Neuburg, probably designed by Johann Töpper.
The parish is dedicated to Saint Lawrence, and the church holds eight Baroque side altars. In the altar of Our Lady of Sorrows hangs a late-17th-century Lamentation of Christ, a copy of a painting by Antoon van Dyck made in Michael Willmann's workshop. The pulpit dates from 1653 and is Late Renaissance in style.
The building is centrally located at Kościelna 1 street and is easily reached from the market square in the eastern section of town. The site functions as the main worship center and can be easily included in a walking tour of the town.
The two western towers keep their 13th-century double-tower facade and early Gothic columned portal from the medieval church destroyed by the Hussites in 1428. The towers were raised in 1884, and their neo-Baroque helms were added in 1907 to a design by Berlin architect Hans Poelzig.
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