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  • Welcome to the website of the Lutheran Enclave project

    Welcome to the website of the Lutheran Enclave project

  • Welcome to the Church of Peace in Swidnica

    Welcome to the Church of Peace in Swidnica

    a priceless monument inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List

  • We invite you

    We invite you

    to see the largest Baroque wooden church in the world, which can hold up to 7.5 thousand people

  • You will find a unique

    You will find a unique

    atmosphere dating back more than 300 years, every piece of imprinted in wood, stone or greenery. This is one of the only two churches of peace in the world

News

The Waltz of An Empress Hidden in the Large Organs

Several documents with music notation have been found by Christian Scheffler, the organ-builder involved in the renovation of the large organs in the Church of Peace. It appears that during one of the earlier renovations some pages had been put into the instrument, probably to seal air ducts. Glue has seriously damaged the musical items, but in the headline of the document the words “Waltz” and “part...

Stone on Stone

The “Lutheran Enclave” project includes the renovation of the churchyard’s cemetery, which existed from the church’s foundation until the end of the nineteenth century. This is one of the most valuable evangelical cemeteries in Silesia, a beauty that is...

A Story of Gingerbread

A story about gingerbread – the gift Świdnica’s inhabitants gave to the King of Sweden to show gratefulness for his help creating the Church of Peace, was the main reason for organising last month’s gingerbread workshop. On the 18th of...

Masters and Pupils

Works by John Dowland, Henry Purcell and Johann Sebastian Bach resounded on July 18th at the Church of Peace during a concert played by the Academy of Good Music. This innovative music school is founded by Maciej Bator. A church organist...