Vang Stave Church

Vang Stave Church
Mountain Church of Our Savior
Kościół Górski Naszego Zbawiciela
Vang Stave Church is located in Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Vang Stave Church
Vang Stave Church
Location of the church
Vang Stave Church is located in Poland
Vang Stave Church
Vang Stave Church
Vang Stave Church (Poland)
Vang Stave Church is located in Europe
Vang Stave Church
Vang Stave Church
Vang Stave Church (Europe)
50°46′49″N 15°43′26″E / 50.78028°N 15.72389°E / 50.78028; 15.72389
LocationKarpacz
CountryPoland
DenominationLutheran
Websitewang.com.pl
History
StatusParish church
Eventsre-erected in 1842 in present location
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architectural typeStave church
Completedc. 1200 in Vang in the Valdres region of Norway
Specifications
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseWrocław
ParishWang 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.