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History. The name of the city Jawor comes from the Polish word for "sycamore maple." The earliest recorded name dates from 1133 when the city was written down as Jawr and in 1203 as Jawor. Until the 16th century the name was written down in Latin in various forms such as: Iavor, Iavr, Javr, Javor, Jaur, Jaura, Jawer, Jauor.
- 18.8 km² (7.3 sq mi)
- Poland
- 59-400
- Jawor County
The Churches of Peace located in the towns of Jawor and Świdnica in the Silesia region of south-western Poland are the largest timber-framed Baroque ecclesiastical buildings in Europe. They were built in the mid-17th century to a scale and complexity unknown in European wooden architecture before or since, following the provisions of the Peace ...
The Churches of Peace in Jawor and Świdnica, in southwest Poland, are the largest Baroque timber-framed religious buildings in Europe. They were built in the 17 th century to a scale and...
The Church of Peace in Jawor (Polish: Kościół Pokoju) is a wooden Evangelical Lutheran church of a wattle and daub structure, located in Jawor, Poland. It is a historic sacral building built under the agreements of the Peace of Westphalia concluded in 1648, which ended the Thirty Years' War .
1 = Jawor, 2 = Świdnica. The belfry of the Peace Church in Jawor framed between trees in Park Pokoju. The Churches of Peace ( Polish: Kościoły Pokoju, German: Friedenskirchen) in Jawor and Świdnica in Lower Silesia. Poland, are 17th-century churches, named after the Peace of Westphalia of 1648.
- Cultural: iii, iv, vi
- Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Since 2001, the remaining churches are listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The church in Jawor has capacity of 5,500. It was constructed by architect Albrecht von Saebisch (1610–1688) from Wroclaw and was finished in 1655. The 200 paintings inside by were done by Georg Flegel in 1671–1681.
Świdnica. Trip planner. Add to trip planner. The churches in Jawor and Świdnica are the only two surviving Protestant churches which were allowed to be built under the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648. The Thirty Years' War (1618–48) ended in Silesia with a defeat of Protestant communities who were deprived of their churches.
