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ędrzejów is situated close to the international road E77, Jędrzejów abbey. He is the author ąchock upon the Kamienna River is located 5 kilome- A rule of the greatest possible simplicity was an obligation in the national memory room was opened in the monastery premises, and four Wincenty Kadłubek was the some 37 km from Kielce. The monastery was founded by of important remodeling works: the ters from the town of Starachowice. Pride of the place construction of Cistercian buildings. The church was made of gray and years later the Pantheon for Commemoration of the Polish Underground best-known monk in the monastic the Wrocław bishop Janik Jaksa and his brother Klemens in monastery building was thoroughly is Poland’s best-preserved Romanesque monastic church reddish-brown stone blocks alternately laid to form striped surface. State 1939-45 was created. family of Jędrzejów. Before enter- J1140. It was raised near the Biała Nida river-head as the 21st reshaped, and the church – modern- devotedW to the Holy Virgin Mary and St Florian. The monastery was The monks painstakingly restored the monastery after two Mongol ing the monastery, he gave up his branch of Morimond Abbey (France) and received the name of ized. Cloisters were added to the delegated by the Abbey of Morimond in Burgundy, France. The abbey raids. The church acquired Gothic appearance in the 15th century, and a A unique collection of mementos from the times of national uprisings position of the Cracovian bishop. Morimondus Minor. Its construction was completed in 1149. The monastery, the Romanesque church was probably founded by the Cracovian bishop Gedko of the Grifit family century later an abbatial palace was erected next to it. In the 1640s, the was the basis for the creation of the Cistercian Museum located next to It’s believed that the fourth volume Jędrzejów abbey was the first one to be established on the Polish acquired many Gothic elements, in 1179. In the early 13th century, the Cracovian bishop Iwo Ordowąż monastery was remodeled in Baroque style. Two corner towers were added the monastery gate. of his Chronica Polonorum (Polish territory. and a separate building for abbots brought an Italian construction workshop of master Simon to Wąchock. to the western wing as well as a tall one in the middle of it. Today it serves Chronicle), an important source A settlement of Brzeźnica Due to its spirituality and with hospice was constructed. The builders started to raise a three-nave basilica with transept and side- as a belfry. The church in Wąchock is a three-nave basilica with transept and of knowledge about the history was soon initiated by the Cister- comprehensive cultural and Eminent artists from Cracow chapels in the presbytery. At the same time, they began the construction presbytery with identical side chapels imitating the Tuscanian architecture of the Polish state, was written in cians; its name derived from economic activities, the Cister- (Kraków) were invited to carry out of the square monastery building around the cloister garth. In 1656, the army of prince George II Rákóczi of Transylvania turned style. Its naves are topped with cross-ribbed vaults. Many elements of the Jędrzejów. the little river running across cian order greatly influenced works: Wit Stwosz, a sculptor, and the town and its environs into ruin. The monastery lost its treasury, former monastery are well-preserved. For example, in the eastern wing, the settlement. Some time later the cultural face of Europe in two goldsmiths, Mikołaj Kregler and Mikołaj Breimer. Much dilapidated precious objects and rich archives. The tzarist authorities disbanded the there is an armarium they changed the name into the 12th and 13th centuries. 12th century parish church was replaced with a new Gothic building, order in 1818. The Cistercians returned to Wąchock in 1951, and the (small monastic library Jędrzejów, or Andreovia – St The Cistercians established an today devoted to the Holy Trinity. The Cistercian order was dissolved in restoration of the precious monument of architecture was undertaken by for current use), chapter Andrew’s Way. Such name was important link between Poland 1819, and a war hospital was arranged in the former monastic buildings. the order and the state administration. house, common work- given to it in order to show and Western Europe. The The last Cistercian, Wilhelm Ulawski, died in 1855. The ministration ing room, dormitory their devotion to St Andrew monasteries built on the Polish duties were taken over by the Reformati fathers. Jędrzejów lost its munici- The Cistercians played The Cistercians supported mili- on the upper level, and the Apostle, patron of the East. territory were affiliated with two pal rights in 1870, and the Reformati fathers had to leave the monastery an important role in the tary efforts of the January Uprising refectory decorated with The status of the monastery in centers in France: Clairvaux and for supporting the national uprising of 1863-64. A seminary for teachers economic life of Wąchock. (1863-64) insurgents under gener- sumptuous Romanesque Jędrzejów was raised to that of Morimond. The abbeys were was organized in the former monastic buildings by the tzarist authorities The monks busied themselves als Marian Langiewicz and Dionizy stone-works in the wing. an abbey in 1149. The Craco- founded by dukes, nobles and in 1872. The Cistercians returned to Jędrzejów in 1945. It became a priory Czachowski by offering them shelter The chapter house with with breeding, flour-milling, Decorative elements – the monastery in Wąchock vian (Kraków) bishop Wincenty highly positioned clergymen. in 1953, and its status was raised again to that of an abbey in 1989. mining and metallurgy. The in the monastery premises. They cross-ribbed vaults Kadłubek consecrated the new Twenty-six monasteries were set The first diocesan Eucharistic Congress was held in the parish of Wąchock abbey was granted also rendered aid to the partisans supported by four pillars with richly ornamented capitals is considered church of the Assumption of up from the mid-12th till the Blessed Wincenty Kadłubek in 1934. privilege of prospecting for of Hubal, Ponury and Nurt during the most beautiful Romanesque interior in Poland. the Holy Virgin Mary, patron- late 13th century. The Cister- ores in the princedoms of World War II. Major Jan Piwnik alias ess of the Cistercian order, in cians are known as white monks Ponury was buried in Wąchock in Kraków and Sandomierz. Cistercian Museum – Monastery in Wąchock Sanctuary of Blessed Wincenty Kadłubek 1210. In 1447, towards the end because they wear white frock Foundries built at that time 1988. His remains were successfully ul. Kościelna 14, 27-215 Wąchock, ul. Klasztorna 20, 28-300 Jędrzejów, tel. +48 41 386 23 08, www.cystersi.pl of the Middle Ages, Mikołaj with black scapular and a cotton later started the development brought home from Lithuania after a tel. +48 41 275 02 00 Odrowąż of Rembiszyce was belt round their waist. Tourist Information Center in Jędrzejów long period of fruitless endeavors. The www.cystersi.pl Muzeum im. Przypkowskich of the Old Polish Industrial nominated the abbot of the Pl. T. Kościuszki 7/8, 28-300 Jędrzejów, tel. +48 41 386 54 89 Zone. celebrations turned into an important www.muzeum.jedrzejow.pl patriotic manifestation. In 1991, a Cistercian monastery in Wąchock Cistercian monastery in Jędrzejów Baroque organ – the monastery in Jędrzejów Cistercian church interiors in Wąchock Romanesque chapter house in the monastery in Wąchock oprzywnica is located in the Koprzywianka River valley The Romanesque church was erected of stone blocks; the top parts are and not far from the city of Sandomierz. Its fame is due The cult of fire was practiced in the environs of Koprzywnica during made of Gothic brick, but the sacristy, chapel, western facade with church to the former residence of the Cistercian order. Both the the times preceding the Christian era. The son-et-lumière spectacles porch and the ave-bell belfry were constructed later in Baroque style. churchK and remains of the monastery constitute a stop-over on the are organized by the local fire brigade on the site where once stood the The Gothic frescoes and cross-ribbed vaults embellish church interiors. HIGHLIGHTS OF European Cistercian Trail. They were founded by Mikołaj Bogoria in pagan temple. The procession is headed by the parish priest. Firemen The alters, stalls, and richly ornamented confessionals were made in the the 12th century. It’s assumed that the first group of monks arrived follow the priest and each of them blows sprayed kerosene in the direc- 17th and 18th centuries. The high alter contains a painting (1646) by THE ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKI in 1185. The whole monastic complex was remodeled many times tion of a torch in order to produce a few-meter-long column of fire. Bartłomiej Strobel showing the Ascension of The Holy Virgin Mary with throughout the centuries in accordance with new architectural styles. And the whole event is held at night of the Holy Saturday. St Florian and St Bernard kneeling below. REGION The abbey in Koprzywnica constitutes one of the best examples of was raised on the Latin cross plan. It has a late-Baroque facade, but the The side alters and stalls (early 17th c.) were donated by the contem- the Romanesque architecture in Poland. It shows much resemblance interiors retained many elements from the 13th century as well as rare porary abbot Zbigniew Ossoliński. The pulpit kept in the Regency style to the original building in Clairvaux, France. Out of the Romanesque paintings and other sacral art objects. The building itself as well as the was manufactured ca. 1730. and Gothic buildings of the abbey only the church survived.