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The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Jemielnica, together with the monastery, was built in the first half of the 18th century, according to the architectural design of Fryderyk Gans. It stood in the place where in the past there was a medieval Cistercian temple financed by Duke Bolko I of Opole and his son Albert of Strzelce. An elementary school operated by the church, as well as a Latin gymnasium, where educated members of the convent were involved in education. The modern temple consists of a Gothic presbytery and a late Baroque tower with a musical choir. The main altar was created in the first half of the 18th century in the workshop of Michael Koessler in Niemodlin. In its center is the painting of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary by Georg Wilhelm Neuhertz. It is complemented by figures of saints arranged on two levels. Michael Willmann – a Silesian artist – is attributed with the authorship of, among others, the painting of St. Hedwig, the Mother of God with Child, St. James the Greater, and St. Sebastian, painted in the second half of the 17th century. Also noteworthy is the Ecce Homo sculpture, made in the mid-18th century by Jan Melchior Östereich; the polychrome decorating the vault of St. Joseph's chapel and paintings on the walls of the presbytery depicting St. Benedict and St. Bernard, as well as the late Baroque altar with a painting of the Mother of God, probably painted by Michael Steinzer at the end of the 18th century. In the vicinity of the church, there is a cemetery with a sculpture depicting St. John of Nepomuk. Practical information: The church is open on Sundays. Possibility to visit before or after mass. Free admission. Sightseeing time: 1–1.5 hours. Free parking with a toilet by the church, Wiejska Street.