Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Krzeszów

Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Krzeszów
Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Krzeszów
Bazylika Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Krzeszowie
	Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Krzeszów
	50°43′59″N 16°04′07″E / 50.73306°N 16.06861°E
Location	Krzeszów
Country	Poland
Language(s)	Polish
Denomination	Catholic
History
Status	Basilica minor
Dedication	Assumption of Mary
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Historic Monument of Poland
Designated	14 April 2004
Style	Baroque
Years built	1728–1735
Administration
Diocese	Legnica
Deanery	Kamienna Góra Wschód
Parish	Assumption of Mary Parish in Krzeszów
Clergy
Provost	Marian Kopko [pl]
Historic Monument of Poland
Designated	2004-04-14
Part of	Krzeszów – Cistercian Abbey
Reference no.	Dz. U. z 2004 r. Nr 102, poz. 1057

Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Krzeszów (Polish: Bazylika Wniebowzięcia NMP w Krzeszowie) is a Roman Catholic church located within the abbey of the Order of Saint Benedict in Krzeszów, Poland. Built in 1728–1735, it is a notable Baroque church in Lower Silesia and a shrine to the Virgin Mary, listed as a Historic Monument of Poland.^[1] It is a basilica since 1998.

Interior[edit]

The church contains the icon of Our Lady, Mother of Grace from the late 12th or early 13th century, and is one of Poland's shrines to the Virgin Mary. The icon is the oldest icon of Mary in Poland, and one of the five oldest icons of Mary in Europe.

In one of the chapels there is a mausoleum of dukes of the Świdnica line of the Polish Piast dynasty: Bolko I the Strict and Bolko II the Small.

The church also contains Baroque sculptures by Ferdinand Brokoff and paintings by Michael Willmann.