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Kościół pw. św. Mikołaja Biskupa

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Kościół pw. św. Mikołaja Biskupa

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Saint Nicholas the Bishop Church in Krzywin is a Roman Catholic parish church in the town of Krzywin. It belongs to the Krzywin deanery. It is located on Kościelna Street.

The church was founded by the Benedictines - in the middle of the 15th century the presbytery was built and the nave was added after 1515. In 1824 the collapsed ceilings were replaced by new ones. It is a Gothic building, oriented, built of brick in Polish style, with one nave. The nave has three bays, the chancel has two bays and is closed with a triangle. The façade holds an octagonal turret. The altar in the late Renaissance style, funded by Zygmunt Gierlachowski, a burgher from krzywin, was made before 1628. It has three tiers, six sculptures of saints and the Risen Christ, finished with reliefs with scenes of the Assumption and Coronation of the Mother of God. In the lower storey there are five sculptures in the late Gothic style - Our Lady with Child surrounded by saints Nicholas and Eustace, saints Helena and Zacharias. The building has four side altars in the late Renaissance style. The pulpit is in Rococo style from the second half of the eighteenth century. In the chancel there is a tombstone in the Renaissance style with a standing figure of knight Andrzej Miaskowski - Poznań chamberlain. On the rainbow beam there is a Gothic Passion Group.

Architectural style: GothicCoordinates: 51°57'48"N, 16°49'3"E
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