Saint Christopher church in Zloty Stok, Gothic church in Zloty Stok, Poland.
Saint Christopher church in Złoty Stok is a single-nave building with a three-sided closed chancel and a square west tower. The tower's main portal bears the date 1545 and two coats of arms: the Duchy of Ziębice-Oleśnica (left) and Złoty Stok (right). The nave formerly had a wooden ceiling, while the chancel has a net vault; the sacristy with an upper gallery has a ribbed cross vault.
A chronicle mentions a watchtower on this site in the 13th century, later a town church in the 14th. The present building was erected in 1515; it burned down completely in 1638 and was rebuilt in the same form. Remodelled in the 18th and 19th centuries, it was damaged in 1945, stood unused after the war, served as a sports hall in the 1990s, and was restored in 2020–2022.
The church is named after Saint Christopher, but since 2022 it has served as an exhibition space rather than a place of worship. The building is listed in the heritage register as a former Evangelical church, now a sports hall, under number A/5198/398. Visitors can see the main altar, the only surviving piece of the original 17th- and 18th-century interior.
The building is no longer a place of worship: since the 2020–2022 renovation it serves as an exhibition and cultural space, so visits depend on the current exhibition rather than on church services. It stands in the town centre of Złoty Stok, within walking distance of the market square. The main entrance is in the west tower, under a semicircular arch.
The heritage register entry, number A/5198/398, dates from 24 November 1956 and lists the building as an Evangelical church, currently a sports hall. In the 1980s the interior actually served as a gymnasium, and of the 17th- and 18th-century furnishings only the main altar survived.
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