Church of Our Lady of the Scapular in Głębowice

Monuments

Na wprost drewniany kościół z ciemnych desek z kwadratową wieżą na nawie, z lewej z małym zadaszonym przedsionkiem z zamkniętymi drewnianymi drzwiami. Z boku nawy okno i dalej drugi zadaszony przedsionek. Za przedsionkiem murowana dobudówka. Dach pokryty blachą. Kościół stoi w otoczeniu drzew, ogrodzony murowanym ogrodzeniem. Po prawej stronie czarna metalowa starodawna latarnia.

Głębowice, ul. Plebańska 8, 32-608 Osiek Tourist region: Oświęcim i okolice

tel. +48 338755517

The timber and brick church has a rich history. Rebuilt and restored, it served as a Calvinist church for almost a century. It contains one of the oldest tombstones in the Małopolska region.

The present church is partly wooden and partly brick. The timber-framed nave was built in the 16th century. Its exterior walls are clad in vertical planks. The original square-plan tower with sloping walls also dated from that time. In 1782, the tower was rebuilt during the church restoration and covered with a domed cupola with a spire. A wooden porch dating from 1924 adjoins the nave to the south. In 1931, a brick presbytery and chapel to the north were added to the wooden nave. A brick chapel called the Dunin Chapel was also erected in the 19th century. It was founded by the widow of the then owner of Głębowice, Tytus Dunin. Epitaph plaques of the deceased of the Dunin and Pisarzowski families were placed on the facades of the presbytery and chapels. Several such plaques are also found inside the church.

Interestingly, between 1560 and 1659 the church served a Calvinist congregation as Głębowice was an important local centre of Calvinism Bartłomiej Bythner, a prominent Calvinist writer, was active here between 1602 and 1612.

Also, worth noting is the stone gravestone depicting a knight with a sword and shield. This gravestone was moved in 1854 from the façade of one of the chapels and set into the gate post of the church fence. It depicts Jakub Gierałtowski, judge of Oświęcim, who died in 1546. It is one of the oldest tombstones in the Małopolska region. Several gravestones have also been preserved at the church.

The site is located on the Wooden Architecture Route.