Chrzanów Church of St John the Baptist
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Chrzanów Church of St John the Baptist

Chrzanów, Powiat chrzanowski, Małopolskie, Poland

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    Chrzanów, Powiat chrzanowski, Małopolskie 32-500 Poland
    Coordinates: 50.13429, 19.41578
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The Church of St John the Baptist in Chrzanów-Kościelec had been built probably in the 14th c. in Gothic style and it was preserved as such until 1843/45 when a decision was made for a general reconstruction of the church due to its rather poor shape. Most of the church, save the apse - which now constitutes the oldest part of the church, was torn down then and a new, bigger church was raised. It survived, without any serious alterations until the late 20th c. when a side chapel was added to the church and the interior decoration was drastically altered. In the centre of the church there is a Gothic tombstone of the owner of Kościelec, the knight Ścibor Baliński (+1507) with a Latin inscription: Hic iacet nobilis Stiborius Balinsky sub anno millesimo 507 obiit - orate pro eo (Here rests the noble Ścibor Baliński who died in the year thousand 507 - pray for him). The tombstone had been covered with a tile floor in 1900 and - unfortunately - was not left uncovered for all to see when a new tile floor was laid here a few years ago. Under the church there is a vault containing the sarcophagi of the Counts Szembek, the owners of the Kościelec estate.
The Church of St John the Baptist in Chrzanów-Kościelec had been built probably in the 14th c. in Gothic style and it was preserved as such until 1843/45 when a decision was made for a general reconstruction of the church due to its rather poor shape. Most of the church, save the apse - which now constitutes the oldest part of the church, was torn down then and a new, bigger church was raised. It survived, without any serious alterations until the late 20th c. when a side chapel was added to the church and the interior decoration was drastically altered. In the centre of the church there is a Gothic tombstone of the owner of Kościelec, the knight Ścibor Baliński (+1507) with a Latin inscription: Hic iacet nobilis Stiborius Balinsky sub anno millesimo 507 obiit - orate pro eo (Here rests the noble Ścibor Baliński who died in the year thousand 507 - pray for him). The tombstone had been covered with a tile floor in 1900 and - unfortunately - was not left uncovered for all to see when a new tile floor was laid here a few years ago. Under the church there is a vault containing the sarcophagi of the Counts Szembek, the owners of the Kościelec estate.

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  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2319684