The Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption or Pelplin Abbey ( la, Polplinum) is a former
Cistercian
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abbey
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The conce ...
, located in
Pelplin
Pelplin (; csb, Pôłplëno; formerly German also: ''Pelplin'') is a town in northern Poland, in the Tczew County, Pomeranian Voivodship. Population: 8,320 (2009).
Pelplin is located in the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in Pomerania. It is hom ...
, Poland, to the south of
Gdańsk
Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...
.
History
It was founded in 1258 by
Sambor II, Duke of Pomerania
Sambor II of Tczew ( pl, Sambor II Tczewski; c. 1211/1212 – December 1277 or 1278) was a duke of Pomerania and prince of Lubiszewo Tczewskie.
Sambor was a son of Mestwin I, Duke of Pomerania, and member of the Samborides. He was married to ...
, as "Samboria", and was a daughter house of the Cistercian
Doberan Abbey
Doberan Abbey (''Kloster Doberan'') is a former Cistercian monastery in Bad Doberan, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The Brick Gothic church continues in use as Doberan Minster (''Doberaner Münster'').
After the conversion to Christianity of t ...
. It was first sited in
Pogódki (Pogutken) near
Kościerzyna
Kościerzyna ( Kashubian and Pomeranian: ''Kòscérzëna''; formerly german: Berent, ) is a town in Kashubia in Gdańsk Pomerania region, northern Poland, with some 24,000 inhabitants. It has been the capital of Kościerzyna County in Pomerania ...
(Berent) and re-located in 1276 to Pelplin. By decree of the
Prussian
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government of 5 March 1823 it was dissolved. Since 1824 the church, as Pelplin Cathedral, has been until 1992 the cathedral of the
Diocese of Chelmno
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...
, and since then of the new
Diocese of Pelplin.
Main building
Work on the
Brick Gothic
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building (length 80 m, height 26 m) began in 1289. The church was finished in 1323; additional work was completed in 1557. Currently, it is one of the largest church buildings in Poland. The cathedral is known as an impressive early example of Northern German
Brick Gothic
Brick Gothic (german: Backsteingotik, pl, Gotyk ceglany, nl, Baksteengotiek) is a specific style of Gothic architecture common in Northeast and Central Europe especially in the regions in and around the Baltic Sea, which do not have resourc ...
architecture. In Pelpin, the architecture has also been influenced by
Cistercian
The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint ...
tradition.
File:Katedra Pelplińska 1.JPG, Pelplin Abbey
File:Pelplin a.JPG, Abbey at night
File:2010.10.02 PELPLIN (21).jpg, Main altar
File:20100701 Pelpin, cathedral, 7.jpg, Main nave of the abbey
File:Pelplin Katedra 005.jpg, A Gothic
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People and languages
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**Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths
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portal
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File:Pelplin Katedra 009.jpg, An altar with painting by Herman Hann
File:Pelplin ambona 0473.jpg, A Baroque
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pulpit
File:Pelplin Katedra 051.jpg, Late-Gothic choir stalls
File:Pelplin Katedra 069.jpg, Paintings in the interior of the cathedral
File:6 Pelplin 135.jpg, Gothic stained-glass window
File:Pelplin wirydarz 1.jpg, A corridor inside the abbey
File:20100701 Pelpin, cathedral, 1.jpg, West interior side.
References
*Antoni, Michael, 1993: ''Dehio-Handbuch der Kunstdenkmäler, West- und Ostpreußen'', pp. 469–473 (with plan). Munich and Berlin:
Deutscher Kunstverlag
The Deutscher Kunstverlag (DKV) is an educational publishing house with offices in Berlin and Munich. The publisher specializes in books about art, cultural history, architecture, and historic preservation.
History
Deutscher Kunstverlag was fo ...
.
*
Binding, Günther,
Untermann, Matthias, 2001: ''Kleine Kunstgeschichte der mittelalterlichen Ordensbaukunst in Deutschland'', 3rd edn., p. 222 (with plan). Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft Darmstadt. No ISBN
*Dehio, Georg, 1922: ''Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Zweiter Band Nordostdeutschland'', 2nd edn., pp 362 ff. (edited by Julius Kohte). Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth A.G.
*Faryna-Paszkiewicz, Hanna; Omilanowska, Małgorzata; Pasieczny, Robert, 2001: ''Atlas zabytków architektury w Polsce'', p. 44. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN.
*Pasierb, Janusz, 1993: ''Der Pelpliner Dom'', Pelplin Diözesanverlag. No ISBN
*Schneider, Ambrosius, 1986: ''Lexikale Übersicht der Männerklöster der Cistercienser im deutschen Sprach- und Kulturraum'', in: Schneider, Ambrosius; Wienand, Adam; Bickel, Wolfgang; Coester, Ernst (eds.): ''Die Cistercienser, Geschichte – Geist – Kunst'', 3rd edn., p. 683. Cologne: Wienand Verlag.
External links
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Photos and history of Pelplin Cathedral
Cistercian monasteries in Poland
1258 establishments in Europe
Basilica churches in Poland
Tczew County
Buildings and structures in Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pelplin
Pelplin (; csb, Pôłplëno; formerly German also: ''Pelplin'') is a town in northern Poland, in the Tczew County, Pomeranian Voivodship. Population: 8,320 (2009).
Pelplin is located in the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in Pomerania. It is hom ...
Pelplin
Pelplin (; csb, Pôłplëno; formerly German also: ''Pelplin'') is a town in northern Poland, in the Tczew County, Pomeranian Voivodship. Population: 8,320 (2009).
Pelplin is located in the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in Pomerania. It is hom ...
13th-century establishments in Poland
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