Churches of Peace in Jawor and Świdnica World Heritage Site

Official name
Churches of Peace in Jawor and Świdnica | UNESCO
Country
Poland | Map
Continent
Europe
Location
Jawor and Świdnica counties, Lower Silesian (Dolnoslaskie) Voivodship
51.5420° Lat, 16.1959° Lon | Map
Code
1054
Time Zone
Europe/Warsaw (CET, +0100)
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Category
Cultural
Description
Inscribed 2001. The Churches of Peace in Jawor and Świdnica, the largest timber-framed religious buildings in Europe, were built in the former Silesia in the mid-17th century, amid the religious strife that followed the Peace of Westphalia. Constrained by the physical and political conditions, the Churches of Peace bear testimony to the quest for religious freedom and are a rare expression of Lutheran ideology in an idiom generally associated with the Catholic Church.