Krzeszów Abbey
Krzeszów Abbey (Polish: Klasztor w Krzeszowie, German: Kloster Grüssau) is a historical Baroque Cistercian monastery in Krzeszów, Lower Silesia, Poland.
| Krzeszów Abbey National Heritage of Poland | |
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| Native name Polish: Opactwo Cysterskie w Krzeszowie | |
Churches of the Krzeszów Abbey | |
| Location | Krzeszów, Poland |
| Coordinates | 50°44′04″N 16°04′20″E |
| Area | Europe |
| Architectural style(s) | Baroque |
Historic Monument of Poland | |
| Designated | 2004-04-14 |
| Reference no. | Dz. U. z 2004 r. Nr 102, poz. 1057 |
Location of Krzeszów Abbey in Poland | |
The Abbey, a 1242 Benedictine foundation, from 1289 to 1810 was run by Cistercians, until it was secularized by the Prussian state. Since 1919, it was again run by Benedictines, exiles from Prague. The new location in post-war West Germany was referred to as Grüssau Abbey or Grüssau-Wimpfen. The site of the abbey in Krzeszów, Poland, is known as Krzeszów Abbey. The abbey's Basilica of the Assumption contains a mausoleum of dukes of the Świdnica line of the Polish Piast dynasty.
The name Grüssau Abbey refers to a house of the Benedictine Order founded in 1947 in the town of Bad Wimpfen in Baden-Württemberg, where the German Grüssau (Krzeszów) community moved, after Krzeszów became again part of Poland following World War II.
The original abbey is now one of Poland's official national Historic Monuments (Pomnik historii), as designated May 1, 2004, and tracked by the National Heritage Board of Poland.