Holy Trinity Church in Lubnów: A Gothic Filial Church in Poland
Site at a Glance
- Rating
- 5
- Popularity
- Very Low
- Country
- Poland
- Primary era
- Medieval
- Eras represented
- Medieval, Early Modern
- Civilizations
- Holy Roman Empire
- Site type
- Religious
- Remains
- Church
History
Holy Trinity Church in Lubnów, Poland, is a historic Gothic Roman Catholic filial church. A filial church is a subordinate church served under the authority of a parish church. Holy Trinity belongs to the Parish of St. Michael the Archangel in Uraz. Construction began in the fourteenth century and was completed in the sixteenth century.
Remains
The church survives as a Gothic building with epitaphs, commemorative inscriptions or monuments honoring the dead, installed on its exterior walls. These memorials preserve the names and family relationships of members of the von Diebitsch and related noble families.
The epitaphs commemorate Ernst von Diebitsch, who died in 1592, his wife Sabine von Braün, who died in 1602, and their son Ernst von Diebitsch, who died in 1609. Other memorials name their son Hans and their daughters Hedwigis and Anna. They also commemorate their son Friedrich von Diebitsch, who lived from 1583 to 1617, Friedrich’s wife Eva von Schliebitz, and their daughters Anna, who lived from 1605 to 1621, and Eva, who lived from 1614 to 1625. Elisabeth von Diebitsch, who died in 1622, is also remembered.
The memorials bear paternal and maternal coats of arms associated with the von Diebitsch, Seidlitz, Stosch, Niebelschütz, Braün, Glaubitz, Schliebitz, and Nimptsch families. Ernst von Diebitsch’s epitaph identifies him as the son of Dominikus and Anna von Stosch. The epitaphs for the younger members of the family record their descent from Ernst von Diebitsch and Sabine von Braün.
