Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Krzeszów | |
Native Name: | Bazylika Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Krzeszowie |
Native Name Lang: | pl |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Coordinates: | 50.7331°N 16.0686°W |
Location: | Krzeszów |
Country: | Poland |
Language(S): | Polish |
Denomination: | Catholic |
Status: | Basilica minor |
Dedication: | Assumption of Mary |
Functional Status: | Active |
Heritage Designation: | Historic Monument of Poland |
Designated Date: | 14 April 2004 |
Style: | Baroque |
Years Built: | 1728–1735 |
Parish: | Assumption of Mary Parish in Krzeszów |
Deanery: | Kamienna Góra Wschód |
Diocese: | Legnica |
Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Krzeszów (Polish: Bazylika Wniebowzięcia NMP w Krzeszowie) is a Roman Catholic church located within the abbey of the Order of Saint Benedict in Krzeszów, Poland. Built in 1728–1735, it is a notable Baroque church in Lower Silesia and a shrine to the Virgin Mary, listed as a Historic Monument of Poland.[1] It is a basilica since 1998.
The church contains the icon of Our Lady, Mother of Grace from the late 12th or early 13th century, and is one of Poland's shrines to the Virgin Mary. The icon is the oldest icon of Mary in Poland, and one of the five oldest icons of Mary in Europe.
In one of the chapels there is a mausoleum of dukes of the Świdnica line of the Polish Piast dynasty: Bolko I the Strict and Bolko II the Small.
The church also contains Baroque sculptures by Ferdinand Brokoff and paintings by Michael Willmann.