Elisabeth Church (Cieszyn)

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Elisabeth Church
entrance

entrance

Construction year: 1900
Inauguration: 1903
Style elements : Neo-baroque
Client: Catholic Church
Location: 49 ° 45 '12.1 "  N , 18 ° 38' 23.9"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 45 '12.1 "  N , 18 ° 38' 23.9"  E
Location: Cieszyn
Poland
Purpose: Roman Catholic monastery church
Diocese : Bielsko-Żywiec
monastery

The Elisabethkirche ( Polish Kościół św. Elżbiety w Cieszynie ) in Cieszyn , Poland , is a Catholic church outside the Old Town. It is consecrated to Elisabeth of Hungary .

history

The church was built at the beginning of the 20th century in the neo-baroque style as an Elizabethan church and monastery. The Elizabethan women were well into the middle of the 18th century. However, their monastery burned down in 1789.

Web links

Commons : Monastery and chapel of Saint Elisabeth in Cieszyn  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

monastery

literature

  • Teresa Małkowska-Holcerowa i Jan Samek (red.):  Catalog zabytków sztuki w Polsce. Miasto Cieszyn i powiat cieszyński . T. IV, e.g. 3: Województwo katowickie. Warszawa: Instytut Sztuki PAN, 1974.