Cistercian Monastery Complex in Henryków
The Cistercian Monastery Complex in Henryków is a post-Cistercian Baroque monastery complex containing the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist located in Henryków, Poland.
Opactwo Cystersów w Henrykowie | |
Cistercian Monastery in Henryków | |
Location within Poland | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Order | Cistercians |
| Established | 1227 |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Henry II the Pious |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Baroque |
| Site | |
| Location | Henryków |
| Country | Poland |
| Coordinates | 50.6528°N 17.0138°E |
It is one of the most magnificent and beautiful Baroque buildings in Silesia, the place where the Book of Henryków was written – a landmark of Polish writing. Nowadays, the monastery of Henryków functions as the prior of the abbey of Szczyrzyc. Currently, the monastery buildings house, among others, Annus Propedeuticus – a branch of the Metropolitan Theological Seminary in Wrocław (until 2018) – and the Blessed Edmund Bojanowski Catholic High School.
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