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Raine

January 16th, 2005, 04:11 PM

Wang Temple, located in Karpacz Gorny 885 m asl, is a wooden church built at the turn of 12th and 13th centuries. It was originally erected in the town of Vang in Southern Norway but in the 19th century it was moved to Poland.

The church is one of very few wooden monuments of Roman Scandinavian architecture which survived to our times. It is a magnificent example of the Scandinavian folk architecture with beautiful sculptured ornaments. The temple is built of wood except for the granite tower, which was built when the church was moved onto its present location. Its main aim is to protect the wooden construction against the strong winds blowing from the direction of Sniezka peak (the highest peak of Karkonosze mountains).

Wang Temple was moved to Karpacz at the instigation of the countess Fryderyka von Reden from Bukowiec. She wanted the temple to became a parish church for protestants living in Karpacz and its vicinity.

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OlekD

January 16th, 2005, 05:43 PM

great little church 10/10. really remarkable.
thanx a lot Raine :)

Wicky

January 16th, 2005, 10:41 PM

Very nice, I hope my judgement will be not regarded as too grim, I really like it: 8,5/10.

Ellatur

January 17th, 2005, 12:23 AM

absolutely love it
classic. 10/10
reminds me of rohirrim buildings ;)

Phobos

January 17th, 2005, 01:07 AM

these wooden churches are loveley.
8.5/10

SkylineTurbo

January 17th, 2005, 11:24 AM

10, this is unique architecture! :)

DamienK

January 17th, 2005, 07:33 PM

8/10

kafarek

January 23rd, 2005, 01:03 AM

architektura karpacza jest niesamowita.obcowanie jej z przyrodą to klasa 10-od razu

Fabio

January 25th, 2005, 08:48 AM

8/10

interesting temple

February 8th, 2005, 09:04 AM

9/10

Ekumenopolis

February 8th, 2005, 09:37 AM

Great!

Somebody could film "The Fall of the House of Usher" in that place, i just love, it!!

Paolo

February 8th, 2005, 09:51 AM

8,5/10
one of the most beautifull small churches Ive ever seen

koparkata

March 19th, 2005, 05:42 PM

nice temple.7/10

lukay

May 13th, 2005, 11:18 AM

Talking about Stove churches. This one is awesome!

DRAKKO

May 15th, 2005, 01:31 AM

7/10

Raine

June 23rd, 2005, 03:40 PM

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Indexi

June 23rd, 2005, 06:42 PM

I am not a big fan of wooden churches but the tower (tough it's not the original look) on this one looks really good. 8/10

Kampflamm

June 23rd, 2005, 07:21 PM

Temple of Wang. HAHA! 8/10

intervention

June 23rd, 2005, 07:27 PM

Everybody have fun tonight.... Everybody Wang Chung tonight

Henk

June 24th, 2005, 09:21 AM

I like it. 8/10.

oduguy1999

June 25th, 2005, 08:24 AM

pretty

Cyp

August 2nd, 2005, 03:22 PM

Great, 8,5

El_Greco

August 25th, 2005, 08:38 PM

9.5/10

Macieks

December 10th, 2005, 03:09 PM

Bardzo Ładne 10/10

Sinjin P.

December 27th, 2005, 04:51 AM

9/10

forvine

March 5th, 2006, 10:16 AM

8/10

marpa

March 7th, 2006, 09:39 PM

9,5/10

dżimi pejdż

April 5th, 2006, 12:27 PM

10/10 niesamowite

Mosaic

August 8th, 2006, 09:19 AM

8/10

delmaule

October 19th, 2006, 12:24 AM

8/10

marax0

March 10th, 2007, 01:16 PM

Every time i am there i enjoy this building ..
Altough I wish there was less tourists when i visit it :D

Sbz2ifc

March 10th, 2007, 01:55 PM

8/10

Piotr-Stettin

March 13th, 2007, 02:22 AM

8/10

gutooo

March 14th, 2007, 11:48 PM

9.5/10

roen

September 18th, 2007, 06:04 PM

8,5/10

kyle@1008

September 19th, 2007, 09:56 AM

a 9.. very beautiful...

Kelsen

October 6th, 2007, 01:11 AM

7/10

Popiel

December 7th, 2007, 01:47 AM

8,5/10 :)

LMCA1990

December 9th, 2007, 03:53 AM

7/10

ufonut

December 11th, 2007, 11:16 PM

Photos by Piotr Krzaczkowski.

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Panorama

Click here : http://www.sniezka.karpacz.pl/panorama/panorama_61.jpg

Popiel

December 15th, 2007, 07:30 PM

http://www.sniezka.karpacz.pl/galery04/pic_22.jpg

like a picture :cheers:

MarcinK

January 24th, 2008, 06:43 PM

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IMPRESARIO

January 25th, 2008, 08:17 PM

7.5/10

silesius

February 15th, 2008, 12:29 AM

(..) in the 19th century it was moved to Poland[/B].

Are you sure? :lol::lol:

Nikkodemo

June 20th, 2008, 07:16 AM

8/10

W!CKED

July 9th, 2008, 01:44 AM

9/10

henry hill

December 10th, 2008, 02:35 PM

7,5/10

Inconfidente

December 12th, 2008, 02:59 AM

9.5 Nordic?

ZZ-II

May 27th, 2009, 11:04 PM

8/10

tonyssa

May 30th, 2009, 08:59 PM

9/10

michal_OMB

July 14th, 2009, 11:10 AM

10 :)

Marathaman

July 14th, 2009, 12:54 PM

It resembles Thai architecture!

Jan Del Castillo

July 27th, 2009, 01:57 AM

8. Good. Regards.

piotr71

October 29th, 2009, 09:42 PM

Remarkable recollection of my childhood. Always admire beauty of Karkonosze.
10

Heroico

November 24th, 2009, 10:13 PM

mikhal77

December 8th, 2009, 11:46 AM

8/10

Srdjan Adamovic

December 9th, 2009, 07:07 PM

7.5/10

sieradzanin1

July 1st, 2010, 03:05 PM

10/10

Paxson5

July 23rd, 2010, 06:02 PM

Dziesiatka a jakze!

romanito

August 6th, 2010, 10:24 PM

8/10

yudibali2008

May 28th, 2011, 04:20 PM

10/10

mossimoh

June 16th, 2011, 09:15 PM

9/10

dnh310

June 25th, 2011, 01:41 AM

8/10