Holy Cross Church, Brzeg

Holy Cross Church - a Roman Catholic parish church in Brzeg, in the Opole Voivodeship. The church belongs to the deanery of the North of Brzeg;^[1] Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wrocław.^[2]

Holy Cross Church
Kościół Podwyższenia Krzyża Świętego
Holy Cross Church
Location	Brzeg
Country	Poland
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Architecture
Architect(s)	J. Frisch
Style	Baroque
Groundbreaking	1734
Completed	1739
Specifications
Materials	Brick
Administration
Parish	Parafia Podwyższenia Krzyża Świętego w Brzegu

History and architecture

The church was built between 1734 and 1739 (the towers were built in between 1854 and 1856) in the location of the destroyed in 1545 monastery of the Dominicans - for the need of Jesuits which arrived to the town in 1677 (architect J. Frisch).^[3] The church has a single-aisle, with a number of side chapels and the tribunes. The ceiling stands out due to frescoes of Silesian painter Johann Kuben (1739-1745), presenting the glory of the Holy Cross (in the centre),^[4] surrounded by eight scenes of missions of the Jesuit Order and their saints.^[5]

Gallery

• 
  Holy altar
• 
  Pulpit
• 
  Ceiling

See also

• Brzeg Castle
• St. Jadwiga's Church, Brzeg
• St. Nicholas' Church, Brzeg