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The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, located on the Trail of Brzeg Polychromes, was built in the first half of the 14th century on the site of an older temple. Its founder was a local family, from which, among others, Bishop of Wrocław Przecław of Pogorzela originated.
The church, which was built of brick in the Gothic style on a rectangular plan, is surrounded by a fieldstone wall. In the western part of the temple rises a 17th-century tower topped with a spire. Neo-Gothic porches were created in the first half of the 19th century.
The polychromes in the presbytery and porch, which were discovered in 1964, were created in stages over a period of two hundred years. The creator of some of them was Gregorros Alrat – a painter from Opole.
The vault paintings depict Christ Pantocrator, the Coronation of Mary, and symbols of the evangelists. On the walls of the presbytery, there are scenes of the Annunciation, Visitation, figures of Saint Barbara and Saint Hedwig, John the Baptist and John the Evangelist, and next to the sacrament house – among others, scenes with Christ blessing the earth, the Annunciation to Anne, the Presentation, and the Marriage of Mary. In the porch on the rainbow wall, there is an image of St. George, Moses, Old Testament prophets and kings, St. Gregory, as well as the founder of the paintings with his coat of arms. These paintings belong to the most valuable monuments of wall painting in the region.
The church furnishings consist of a medieval baptismal font, a predella – a remnant of a Late Gothic triptych from the beginning of the 16th century placed above the entrance to the nave, with painted Sorrowful Christ, Our Lady of Sorrows, and St. John the Evangelist, as well as a Baroque pulpit, an 18th-century main altar, and stone epitaphs.
Practical information:
The church can be visited outside mass hours: the church is open on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays in the morning.
Free admission.
Sightseeing time: 1 hour.
Parking spaces along the street.
