One of the surprises uncovered during the recently completed renovation of the rectory was the re-used boards found in a bricked publishing house. They are so beautifully painted that they may well have come from the school theatre that...
Presidents, prime ministers and kings (including living ones) that have visited the Church of Peace in Świdnica and have always expressed awe at the remarkable wooden church. Now, several dozen ambassadors have joined the ranks of those enchanted by...
Karsten Klepsvik, the ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway in Poland, invited seven Lower Silesian institutions for lunch last month. Each of the institutions either participates or has participated in projects co-financed by Norway. On the 23rd April of...
She was only 31 when she died. Three years later her loving husband funded abeautiful epitaph hung in the Church of Peace in her memory. Barbara von Zedlitz neé Retschin, born in 1640, came from a prominent knightly family....
The cemetery surrounding the Church of Peace in Świdnica is one of the necropolises that will be discussed during the Polish-German Conservators’ Forum, which is dedicated to historical cemeteries. The meeting, held on 28-29 April in Wschowa, will be...
Over a dozen restorers worked on the ceilings of the Parish for over two months. Their works have just been accepted without any reservations whatsoever. The parish was a constant surprise for us. Some parts of the ceiling were...
The last works on the ceilings of the four rooms in the parsonage are underway. At the end of March, the renovation of these parts will be completed according to Ryszard Wojtowicz, a conservator. In the annex building on...
“My grandfather, Johannes Schiller, an inhabitant of the Nowica village situated nearby Świdnica, put faith in me as the only one of his eight grandchildren by entrusting me with his book collection. I have been taking care of them...
What is the difference between the cherubs and the angels? Where is the heart of the bell-tower? What animals are hidden in the coat of arms of the Hochberg family? The Family game “Quest of Peace” and the map...
“It was a complete coincidence”, says Mr Stephan Aderhold ph.d, a musicologist from Berlin who investigates the history of the Church of Peace. It was in the German city of Nürnberg, in an art gallery named “Galerie Jacobsa” that specializes in paintings from...
