Kościół Pokoju Church of Peace, Unesco Site, Unesco Site, Swidnica, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Church of Peace was established by the Peace of Westphalia (hence the name), ending the Thirty Years War from 1618 to 1648. Before you start świdniczanie able to freely profess Luther’s ideas, in the Lutheran church services were held.
After the outbreak of war Evangelicals deprived of the right to their own faith and churches+. According to the Peace of Westphalia, the Catholic Emperor Ferdinand III was ordered by the Swedes to allow Lutherans in the hereditary principalities in Jawor, Głogów and Świdnica to build one called. Church of Peace. The Habsburgs severely fortified this agreement: Protestants could only erect a temple outside the city walls, without the towers and bell towers, only with perishable materials – wood, sand, straw and clay. She could remind the church and its construction could not exceed one year.
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