Wooden Churches of Southern Małopolska

Assumption of Holy Mary, Haczów, Poland; the oldest wooden gothic temple in Europe, 1388 

The wooden churches of southern Little Poland represent outstanding examples of the different aspects of medieval church-building traditions in Roman Catholic culture. Built using the horizontal log technique, common in eastern and northern Europe since the Middle Ages, these churches were sponsored by noble families and became status symbols. They offered an alternative to the stone structures erected in urban centres.

• St. Michael the Archangel Church in Dębno from 15th century 
• St. Leonard Church in Lipnica Dolna, late 15th century 
• Church of St. Phillip and St. Jacob in Sękowa, from 1520 
• Assumption of Holy Mary, Haczów, Poland; the oldest wooden gothic temple in Europe, 1388 
• Church of All Saints in Blizne, east of Jasienica Rosielna 
• St. Michael the Archangel Church in Binarowa from circa 1500 

Poland

Gorlice, Nowy Targ, and Bochnia counties, Voivodship of Lesser Poland (Malopolskie); Brzozów County, Subcarpathian (Podkarpackie) Voivodship

N49 45 0 E21 13 60

Date of Inscription: 2003

Criteria: (iii)(iv)

Property : 15 ha

Buffer zone: 413 ha

Ref: 1053rev

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