Szlaki województw śląskiego i opolskiego

The Church of St. Nicholas in Brzegis a basilica dating back to the 14th century, counted among the largest Gothic buildings of this type in the Opole region. The church was created modeled on the Wrocław churches: St. Mary Magdalene and St. Elizabeth from the foundation of Duke Louis I and residents on the site of an older, masonry building. The slender main nave, which distinguishes the body of the facility, is one of the characteristic features of Silesian reductive Gothic. In connection with the introduction of the Lutheran confession by Duke Frederick II, from 1525 the temple began to function as a Protestant church. This state persisted until 1945, when the building partially burned down. At the end of the 1950s, the reconstruction of the church began according to 14th-century plans. During renovation works, a Gothic triptych was discovered in the presbytery, and Gothic polychromes in the sacristy. Only fragments of the original decor have been preserved to this day, including a wood-carved altar and a stained glass ensemble. In the walls and pillars of the church, one can see embedded stone and wooden epitaphs of wealthy Brzeg burghers – from Renaissance to Baroque. The Trail of Brzeg Polychromes takes its beginning in the church. Part of the original furnishings of the church can be viewed in the National Museum in Wrocław and in the Museum of the Silesian Piasts in Brzeg. Practical information: Sightseeing is possible before or after mass. Free sightseeing. Sightseeing time: 1 hour. Paid, unguarded parking at 11 Bolesława Chrobrego Street.