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 Nowadays a small town, Lidzbark Warmiński is situated on the riverside of two rivers: Łyna and her creek Symsarna. For many centuries Lidzbark was the capital of Warmian Episcopate, the greatest political, economical and cultural center of the region. As a token of remembrance of these times today we have many priceful monuments: gothic castle of Warmian Bishops, beautiful churches, fragments of city walls and a city gate Wysoka Brama, wooden ex-evangelic church which is now an orthodox church and many old tenement houses. The town center is also famous for it’s gothic development
arrangement.
First mentions about Prussian Lecbarg on Łyna (Prussian river Alle) appear in documents from early XIII century. About 1240 the city was conquered by Teutonic Knights and named Heilsberg. A few resurrections were stirred by pagan Prussian tribes. During the heroic fights Lecbarg moved from one hands to other. In 1273 the final defeat was blow to the Prussians. In the conquered areas the Teutonic Order developed new episcopates and instituted a new religion. At the head of Warmian Diocese, which had a triangular shape, there was a bishop, who had a spirital authority and a lot of money to build new castles and establish new cities.
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On 12th of August 1308 the third of Warmian Bishops, Eberhard from Nysa (1301-1326) gave city rights to the settlement which grew in the area of Old Prussian burg city. The new city was named Heilsberg.
The first Catholic church in the town was built in the late XIII century. The wooden temple was situated at the left river-bank of Łyna. One of it’s rectors was Heinemann (1305-1327). During his term, in 1315, the second wooden temple was consecrated. |
 As every medieval city, Lidzbark was walled and moat-surrounded. The bishop’s residence,
situated at the other bank of Łyna, had similar fortifications. The castle was separated from the
city with a moat, and there was a draw-bridge over the water. |
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Construction of the new, bricked temple was started in late XIV century. Main temple of the city
was much smaller than nowadays. It didn’t have separate presbytery, but according to the
tradition it’s altar was turned east (orientated temple). First it was a gothic basilica – main nave
was twice as high and wide as side ones. The church also didn’t have a main tower and side
chapels next to it. Almost seventy-meter-high tower was only finished in XV century.
 
Known local chronicler and rector of the church Wojciech Heideg (1706-1765) mentions huge
temple conflagrations in 1400, 1442 and the most tragical one in 1497. The fire those year
destroyed temple’s roof, the main altar and pulpit burned. During a reconstruction the church
was hall-shaped: the main nave was lowered and the side ones were built higher. The original
height can be noticed at the east wall of the tower. The same time the temple received a beautiful
starry vault.
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Another disaster occurred on 25 march 1698. Fire destroyed the roof and the tower. New organs
were hardly damaged. In 1701 a small tower with the smallest bell, so-called ave-bell, was placed
on the roof. The main tower was also reconstructed. It received new baroque dome. On it’s top
there is a statue of saint Michael Archangel. In 1717 the church and the whole city was put in
those saint’s care. Over the figure, which is as high as an adult man, there is a coat-of arms of
Potocki line, called “Pilawa”. It’s a prove on bishop’s Teodor Potocki supervision of temple’s
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Three temple’s bells: “Maria”, “Stefan” and “Teodor” invite the faithful for devotions, inform
about happy and sad events, accompany dead on their last path.
Thanks to bishop Stanisław Hozjusz inhabitants of the town since 1562 can check time and listen
to the striking of clocks, which faces are on four walls of the tower.
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In late XIX century the church was increased by neogothic chancel with two side chapels and a
vastry. Newly built main nave was twice as high and wide as side ones. Our temple became one
of the biggest in Warmia: 70m long, 24m wide, 18m high inside and 25m outside.Dimensions of
the main tower are: 11mx12mx66m.
The new chancel had two stained-glass windows. In the central window we can see scene of Jesus
Christ crucifixion.
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  In 1898 new organ loft, pulpit and fews for the faithful were founded. The same year statues of
the Apostles which are nowadays on the wall separating church from presbytery were ordered
from Munich.
Inside of the temple was divided into three naves. Starry vault bases on four pairs of octagonal
pillares and two pairs of parietal pillares. Under the main tower there is a crest of Warmian
Bishops – a lamb. |
Inside of the temple is nowadays differefrent from it’s look in XVI-XVIII century. From the main
altar from 1761 (founded by bishop Adam Stanisław Grabowski) only two baroque angels
remained.
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Present chancel was built in 1912-1919.
The main altar is a triptych. It is 5 m high and 9 m wide. |
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In the northern side nave there is an altar “crucification”. In the other side nave there is an altar with a reproduction of XVII-century painting “Snowy Blessed Virgin”.
Those altars are situated in the annexed part of the temple. But there are also altars by the pillars, showing: Our Lady with the Child on her hands, saint Anna Samotrzec and saint Walenty in the northern nave.
  In the southern part of the temple by the pillars there are: an altar showing “Jezus Heart”, a pulpit from the turn of XVIII and XIX century, altars showing Nativity and saint Michael Archangel.
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In the middle of the main nave there is a “Candlestick with Madonna” from 1604.
Only seven paintings from 1687-1688 remained till our times. They show martyrdom of the
Apostles.
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In the southern nave near the altar of “Snowy Blessed Virgin” we can see a precious font and a
candlestick for the Paschal Candle from 1608. Over the font there is a stained glass showing
Throne of the Grace. |
 
In the Chapel next to the tower we can admire two stained glasses. In one of them there is saint
patron of Prussia Wojciech and in the second one we can see saint patron of Warmia Andrzej. In
the church we can also see a painting showind the Nativity, which for many years had been
situated in the main altar. In the right lower corner of it there is a crest of Warmia. |
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Over the entrance th the vestry there is a picture of Our Lady.
Under a new choir there is an oldest pew from 1684.
In the church there are also several historic confessionals.
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Outside of the temple, on it’s northern side there is a historic column with Our Lady Szkapelrzna
and late baroque crucification. On the northern side of the temple there is also a double-storeyed
campanile. On it-s top there was a funeral bell. |
In august 2008 Lidzbark celebrated end of it’s 700 century. There is a memorial plaque on the
northern wall. |
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