Catholic church of St. Jadwiga - a church in the village of Legnickie Pole , Voivodeship Lower Silesia , Poland . The church , dedicated to St. Jadwiga of Silesia , was previously the church of the Benedictine monastery , now abolished; Now it is the parish church of the parish of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross and St. Jadwiga.
| Church | |
| Saint Jadwiga | |
|---|---|
| Kościół św. Jadwigi | |
 | |
| A country |  Poland |
| Village | Legnitske Pole |
| Denomination | Catholicism |
| Architectural style | baroque |
| Established | 1731 year |
The construction of the church began in 1719 under the direction of the Czech architect Kilian Ignaz Dintsenhofer . In 1723, Abbot Otmar Zinke laid the first stone of the future monastery. The temple was consecrated on October 7, 1731 . By 1733, the interior decoration was completed, the frescoes of the vault were created by the Bavarian artist Cosma Damian Asama.
The temple is richly decorated with a sculpture placed on the facade and in the interior of the church, on the altar and on the organ ( sculptor Karl Josef Hernle ). The organ was made by local craftsman Adam Horatio Casparini [1] .
On May 1, 2004, by decree of the President of Poland, Alexander Kwasniewski, the Church of St. Jadwiga in Legnica Pole was declared a historical monument of Poland .
Notes
- ↑ Benedictine Monastery in Legnitska Pole (Inaccessible link) . Date of treatment October 8, 2011. Archived August 31, 2012.