Church. St. Nicholas

A beautiful Gothic-Baroque, Cistercian branch church. St. Nicholas from 1300. Built probably by the Cistercians, it survived turbulent times without much damage. In the first half of the 18th century, it was extended by a late Baroque facade, restored in the 19th century and in 1932–1936. The side chapel houses the tomb of the last owners of the palace - Johannes and Mary von Francken-Sierstorpff and their son Edwin Victor, who died on the front of the First World War II. The most valuable movable monuments, however, are two paintings: St. Florian and Saint. Józef with the Baby Jesus in his arms from the second half of the 18th century, painted by the Silesian painter Franciszek Sebastini (a native of the Czech Republic). In the church you can also find paintings of the family coats of arms of three successive owners of Żyrowa: the Żyrowski family (in the years 1447-1629), the von Gaschin family (in the years 1631-1852) and the von Francken-Sierstorpff family (in the years 1889-1945), unfortunately the church was closed, which is already a sign of our time. In front of the church, on the left, on the 18th-century pedestal with the Gaszynów coat of arms, there is a figure of Christ the King founded in 2000 by an anonymous inhabitant of Żyrowa, and on the facade a sculpture of St. John of Nepomuk (XVIII century) As a curiosity I will add that in the vicinity of the church you can see the farm, which is private property, intended for breeding Hungarian deer with large antlers.

Historic building. I invite you to visit. A beautiful palace with an interesting history is right next to it.

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