User:UniverseRider/Parish of Saint Nicholas in Inowrocław

Parish of Saint Nicholas in Inowrocław - one of 9 churches in the Inowrocław decanate I.

Historical overview

 * 1185 – existence of a trading outpost in the area.
 * First half of 13th century - by the funding of the kuyavian prince Casimir I a wooden church is built.
 * 1259 – the building burns down after which a new also wooden church is built.
 * 1320-1321 - a papal court trial about the ownership of Danzig Pomerania between Poland and Teutonic Order mentions the church of Saint Nicholas as being "in the middle of the town".
 * 1328-1338 - elevation of the church's status to a parish church for the walled town. Supposed start of building of a brick church.
 * 1431 – another fire destroys the church.
 * after 1431 – a new brick church is built, which survived to present day (at the south-west corner of the town's defence walls).
 * up until 16th century there were two parishes in the town. Later the church of Virgin Mary functioned as branch of the church of Saint Nicholas.
 * Second half of 17th c., first half of the 18th c. – the church is ruined by the effects of the Great Northern War with Sweden (the state of the church is shown in a panorama by F.B. Werner from the year 1734 - only the north nave and the presbytery have a roof).
 * 1760 - renovation of the church is undertaken, a change from gothic hall to a rococo basilica. New defence walls are built before the partitions.
 * 1779 – shutdown of the church and occupying the church as a salt deposit, with which the conservators have problems to this day.
 * 1820 - 1828 - return of the church to the parish, new ceilings are made, the church is conserved in a rough state.
 * 1884 - 1885 - remodelling of the gables to a neogothic style.
 * 1918 - 1928 - the church is being finished in a Neo-Baroque style.
 * 1929-1931 – creation of a cemetery for the church at Marulewska Street.

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 * baptised since 1760
 * marriages since 1761
 * deceased since 1761