This is a small church with spectacular buildings, and a long and curious history.
I bumped into it when looking at the Sudenten Mountains. One church is called the Vang Stave Church in Karpacz. This was a Norwegian Lutheran church once of Vang, that became too small for it's town. It was to be pulled down for a bigger church. Indeed it was, but the old church was shipped off to Silesia, in the old days of Silesian Prussia.
The Church of Peace in Jawor is a world UNESCO heritage site.
The Augsberg confession was drawn up as a response to the Holy Roman Emperors demand that all German states explain their religious affiliations clearly. This was in an attempt to unite the empire in the wake of a Turkish invasion.
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