Vang Stave Church | |
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Mountain Church of Our Savior | |
Kościół Górski Naszego Zbawiciela | |
50°46′49″N 15°43′26″E / 50.78028°N 15.72389°E | |
Location | Karpacz |
Country | Poland |
Denomination | Lutheran |
Website | wang |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Events | re-erected in 1842 in present location |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architectural type | Stave church |
Completed | c. 1200 in Vang in the Valdres region of Norway |
Specifications | |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Wrocław |
Parish | Wang Parish in Karpacz |
Vang Stave Church (Polish: Świątynia Wang; Norwegian: Vang stavkyrkje; German: Stabkirche Wang) or Mountain Church of Our Savior (Polish: Kościół Górski Naszego Zbawiciela) is a stave church located in Karpacz in the Karkonosze mountains in Poland. It was transferred to its present location from Vang in the Valdres region of Norway and re-erected in 1842. A notable tourist attraction, it is Poland's only stave church. It serves as a parish church of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland.
The church is a four-post single-nave stave church originally built around 1200 in the parish of Vang in the Valdres region of Norway.