St Dorothea Church, Wrocław
Church of Sts. Dorothea, Stanislaus, and Wenceslaus | ||
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Kościół św. Doroty, św. Stanisława i św. Wacława | ||
Style Gothic | | |
Completed | 1401 | |
Administration | ||
Archdiocese | Wrocław |
The Church of Sts. Dorothea, Wenceslaus, and Stanislaus (
Along with the Old Town of Wrocław, it is designated a Historic Monument of Poland.[1]
History
The church was founded to commemorate the signing of a treaty between
The church was built in 1351 as a three-nave, high hall with a pentagonal chancel and apse covered with a cross vault. The chancel was completed in 1381, and the apse and nave in 1401.
In 1350 the church was taken over by the
After the Prussian annexation of the city, and subsequent secularization of the order of 1810, the monastery buildings were used as a jail from 1817, and then after 1852 were used by the court. The former monastery entered a long decay, until the end of the 19th century it was decided to demolish then and the land was sold. On the site of the monastery was built a department store and the Hotel Monopol. In front of the western façade of a church was built a new entrance with a Gothic portal and a small square.
During the Siege of Breslau at the end of World War II, the church sustained only minor damage, and as a result it was one of the best preserved medieval buildings in Wrocław. After the war, it was for a time used as the city's procathedral.
Gallery
References
- ^ a b Zarządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 8 września 1994 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii, M.P. z 1994 r. Nr 50, poz. 425