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Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Martin (formerly St. Martin’s Church) - Zabytek.pl

Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Martin (formerly St. Martin’s Church)


church Strzelce

Address
Strzelce

Location
woj. opolskie, pow. namysłowski, gm. Domaszowice

Built in the 14th century, the church in Strzelce features the preserved original interior fixtures and fittings.

History of the structure

The first mentions of the church in Strzelce date back to 1326. The church was built in stages: the chancel dates from the 14th century, the nave and the ceilings were added in the 15th century, and the structure was extended by a tower at the turn of the 15th century to the 16th century. Then, a porch was added to the north right next to the sacristy. In the 17th century, the church was in the hands of Protestants through the efforts of the Frankenberg family. Complete renovation to the interior took place in the late 19th century and was necessary due to a fire (1874–1877). At that time, the murals in the chancel were damaged, the coffer ceiling was installed in the nave, and the paintings were covered with a layer of plaster. The Gothic fixtures and fittings of the church also date back to that time.

For the past few years the fixtures and fittings of the church and its surroundings have undergone conservation work.

Description of the structure

The church in Strzelce is located in the western part of the village near the main road leading from Domaszowice to Bukowa Śląska. It is surrounded by a brick, partially plastered, Gothic fence with an entrance from the north and south and Gothic shrines. It adjoins a clergy house to the north-west.

The church is oriented towards the east, buttresses, built of brick, partly on a stone foundation. It consists of a two-bay chancel closed with a straight wall, a sacristy, with a porch, added to the north of the chancel, a rectangular two-bay nave, and a plastered quadrangular tower.

The nave is slightly wider and higher than the chancel. As with the chancel, it is covered with a saddle roof. The sacristy and the porch are topped with a common mono-pitched roof. The elevations of the church are articulated with pointed-arched window openings splayed on both sides. The dominant feature of the western elevation is a three-storey tower with separate berms and slightly tapering storeys. On the lower storey of the tower there is a segment-headed entrance to the church, with a sixteenth-century door with fittings (the door underwent maintenance and colour restoration in 2014). On the elevation of the chancel there is a Renaissance stone epitaph of Adam v. Prittwitz-Gaffron with a relief depicting the scene of Crucifixion, coat of arms and inscription.

The chancel is covered with cross-rib vaulting with straight brackets in the corners. The nave is topped with a flat coffer ceiling. At the western wall of the nave, there is a nineteenth-century gallery with an openwork balustrade, on which a pipe organ casing is placed.

Despite the fire that damaged the interior of the church in the late 19th century, the church features a relatively large number of old fixtures and fittings, including the sculpture of the Mother of God with Child, St. Catherine and St. Barbara, and six bas-reliefs of apostles from the late Gothic triptych, which have not survived to this day, incorporated into the neo-Gothic main altar (1874–1880). In addition, the church features Gothic sculptures of St. Anna Samotrzeć and St. Nicholas, late Gothic herms of St. Hedwig and St. Margaret, a Gothic baptismal font with a Baroque group depicting the Baptism of Christ in the finial and statutes of Evangelists from the Baroque pulpit.

Visitor access: The monument is open to visitors.

Author: Aleksandra Ziółkowska, Regional Branch of the National Institute of Cultural Heritage in Opole, 03.06.2015

Bibliogaphy

 

  • Katalog zabytków sztuki w Polsce, vol. VII: Województwo opolskie, issue 7: Powiat namysłowski, prepared by T. Chrzanowski, M. Kornecki, Warsaw 1965, pp. 60–62.
  • Architectural monument record sheet: Parish Church of St. Martin the Bishop in Strzelce, prepared by Dariusz Stoces, 2008, Archives of the Voivodeship Heritage Protection Office in Opole

Category: church

Architecture: nieznana

Building material:  brick

Protection: Register of monuments, Monuments records

Inspire id: PL.1.9.ZIPOZ.NID_N_16_BK.17820, PL.1.9.ZIPOZ.NID_E_16_BK.15564