Sehenswertes
Church of the Virgin Mary
A Gothic church with Piast burials and traces of its dispersed Baroque furnishings.
Inhaltssprache
The monastery church developed from a Romanesque church built around 1200 and later replaced by a Gothic structure. It is a three-aisled basilica on a Latin-cross plan, with a rectangular ambulatory around the chancel. Rib vaults span the central nave, which rises to almost twenty metres. After 1672 the interior was given Baroque decoration while retaining its medieval structure.
The church served as a mausoleum of the Silesian Piasts. Surviving tomb slabs commemorate Bolesław I the Tall, Przemysław of Ścinawa and Konrad of Żagań, as well as the knight Marcin Bożywój. The former furnishings included a high altar, twenty-four side altars and elaborately carved angel choir stalls. Only fragments of this ensemble remain inside the church; a substantial share of the surviving stall sculptures belongs to the National Museum in Wrocław. The church itself is included in regular visits to the abbey. This does not mean unrestricted access to the crypts or all adjoining chapels.
Für Kinder
This church has three aisles, long parts of the interior separated by supports. Stone ribs run across the vault over the central nave. The building kept its Gothic structure even when it was later decorated in the Baroque style. An earlier Romanesque church stood here around 1200.
The church was also a burial place for Silesian dukes. Tomb slabs commemorate figures including Bolesław I the Tall, who brought the Cistercians to Lubiąż. Many altars and choir stalls, ornate seats for the monks, once filled the interior. Much of the decoration disappeared or was moved to other collections. Some sculptures from the stalls are held by the National Museum in Wrocław. The church is included in regular visits; the crypts and side chapels are not automatically open as part of that visit.
Frage 1 von 2
How many aisles does the monastery church have?
- Standort
- Interior of the monastery church. Regular visits do not imply access to crypts or chapels.