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Vol. 98 (2002): Our Past

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The monastic complex in Strzelno in the context of the Wettin margraves' family foundations: sculpture, architecture, history

  • Adam Soćko
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52204/np.2002.98.99-161  [Google Scholar]
Published: 2002-12-30

Abstract

Experts from various fields conducted research on the sculptures and architecture of the Romanesque Norbertine Abbey in Strzelno, seeking answers to three main questions: the time and circumstances of the arrival of the monastic community in Strzelno, the dating of the Romanesque churches, and the artistic origin of the sculptures and the entire architectural complex. Recent architectural studies shed light on the original plan of the eastern part of the abbey church. They also revealed that both the basilica and the rotunda to the north of it were built at the same time, around the turn of the 12th and early 13th centuries. Several features of the monastic complex in Strzelno have counterparts in architectural projects funded by the von Wettins, margraves of Lower Lusatia. The plan of the Strzelno complex was modeled on the architectural complex of the Augustinian convent at Petersberg, one of the Wettins' foundations. As the expansion of the chancel of the Petersberg basilica began after a fire in 1199, the chancel in Strzelno cannot be dated earlier than the beginning of the 13th century. The Norbertine convent in Strzelno was probably founded around 1190; the construction of the two churches began at that time, and they were completed around 1216. Historical reconstructions presented in the article are largely based on assumptions that require verification in further research.

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