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Church of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary - Zabytek.pl

Church of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary


church 1657 - 1976 Trybsz

Address
Trybsz

Location
woj. małopolskie, pow. nowotarski, gm. Łapsze Niżne

An example of wooden sacred architecture from the 16th century.Inside, one of the earliest works of Baroque wall painting in south Poland.

History

The church was probably built in 1567 as a filial temple for the parish in Frydman. This date can be seen in the antependium of the main altar.  The temple was thoroughly renovated and equipped in the first half of the 17th century. The renewal was related, but not only, to the re-Catholicisation of Trybsz and the reclaiming of the temple from the Protestants. In 1647 the interior was painted on the initiative of the Rev. Jan Ratułowski, the parish priest of Frydman and Trybsz. The Museum of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków exhibits a paper sheet, originally stuck above the pulpit in the church, reading, “It has been 1645 years since the birth of Christ the Lord; winter has bound the waves of rives with ice twice since the sacred Dogmas of heaven were shown to unlearned people with the shining colours in the House of God thanks to the effort of the Rev. Jan Ratułowski. This church was painted on the initiative of the Rev. Jan Ratułowski, then the parish priest of this and Frydman church. 1647.” The temple was also renovated in the 18th century. At the beginning of the 20th century, it was in a poor technical condition. In 1900 a new brick church was erected nearby. Ca. 1924 the tower and sacristy of the old church were demolished. In the years 1936-1937, the body of the old temple was secured. In the years 1953-1956, a thorough conservation project was carried out. In 1972 the walls, ceiling, and roof were renovated. In 1976 the polychrome was conserved.

Description

The church is located south of the road from Gronków to Łapsze Wyżne on a small promontory in the central part of the village among other buildings. It is surrounded by old trees. A late Gothic, single-nave temple with a narrower chancel closed on three sides. The nave has a square-like plan and a porch on the south side. Covered by a shingle, gable roof, with one of the roof planes reaching out above the front wall. The ridge above the chancel supports a round ave bell spirelet topped with a domed cupola. The temple has a wooden log structure of larch. The walls are reinforced with studs and shingled from the outside. The building is set on a stone foundation. Inside, there are plank ceilings and a stone slab floor. Small and rectangular window openings are located in the south nave wall and in the chancel. In the façade, on the west side, there is an entrance single-leaf striped door in a beam frame, closed with a segmental arch. The church equipment was moved to the new brick temple. The only items left are a pulpit from the 18th century, the main altar stone, Baroque candlesticks, a baptismal font, and several portable framed paintings. The preserved polychrome is one of the earliest works of Baroque wall painting in south Poland. It is made in tempera on wall beams and ceiling boards; it is colourful, with intense colours, with large areas tinted with brown and black. The background for the main figures is the views of the Pieniny and Tatra landscapes, one of the oldest known panoramas of the region. The chancel ceiling features a scene of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary against the Pieniny Mountains, with the castles in Czorsztyn and Niedzica at Mary’s feet; she is surrounded by angels playing instruments and the apostles. The central section of the ceiling by the rood beam screen shows the Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The nave ceiling has a scene of the Last Judgement set against the Belianske Tatras, again oldest known image of this mountain range in Poland. The walls reveal scenes from the life of Jesus: Christmas, Adoration of the Magi, Judgement of Christ, Mary’s Christophany.  There are also saints: Stanislaus of Szczepanów, Elisapbeth, Peter, John Cantius, Augustine, Jerome, Gregory, Ambrose, and Martin, as well as Moses, Aaron and St George slaying the dragon. The choir gallery railing has partially obliterated symbols of the seven cardinal sins.

The structure can be viewed from the outside.

Author of the note Olga Dyba, 17/07/2014

Bibliography

  • Chrzanowski T., Kornecki M., Sztuka Ziemi Krakowskiej, Kraków 1982
  • Skorupa A., Zabytkowe kościoły polskiego Spisza. Kraków 1993.
  • Łagoń M., Stary kościółek w Trybszu. “Prace Pienińskie” vol. 7, 1995, pp. 99-101.
  • Kornecki M., Kościoły drewniane w Małopolsce, Kraków 1999
  • Spiechowicz A. M., Trybsz parafia św. Elżbiety Węgierskiej. Kraków 2004.
  • Monita R., Skorupa A., Trybsz kościół drewniany. Kraków 2010.

Object data updated by Andrzej Kwasik, Krzysztof Urbański.

Category: church

Architecture: nieznana

Building material:  wood

Protection: Register of monuments, Monuments records

Inspire id: PL.1.9.ZIPOZ.NID_N_12_BK.229944, PL.1.9.ZIPOZ.NID_E_12_BK.379761