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Holy Trinity Church, Görlitz

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Holy Trinity Church, Görlitz
Photo: Europastadt GörlitzZgorzelec GmbH, CC BY-SA, Archiv Europastadt GörlitzZgorzelec GmbH

The Holy Trinity Church is the oldest building on Obermarkt. It used to be part of a monastery built by Franciscan monks from 1234, which at that time was still outside the city limits. It was not until 1250 that the town of Görlitz expanded its area to the west and moved the new town boundaries to the other end of the square, where you can see the Reichenbach Tower and the Kaisertrutz behind it today.

The church underwent significant structural changes over time, including the construction of a larger choir and the extension of the building in the 15th and 16th centuries. The Reformation brought about changes that affected the livelihood of the Franciscan monks. Finally, the last monk handed over the monastery to the town council, which established the Gymnasium Augustum there in 1565, which is still run on the same site today with an unbroken school tradition. The Holy Trinity Church survived the Thirty Years' War and was renovated between 1713 and 1715. It was consecrated as the Church of the Holy Trinity and some works of art, including the 15th century Franciscan altar of the Virgin Mary, have been preserved to this day.

Further renovations were carried out in 1909/10, including colorful decorations. Despite these changes, the history and importance of the Franciscan monks in the Holy Trinity Church of Görlitz remains unforgotten. Some of the older paintings in the cloister can be clearly attributed to the Franciscans and date back to 1430/1440.

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Opening times

Closed today

Tuesday	11:00–16:00
Wednesday	11:00–16:00
Thursday	11:00–16:00
Friday	11:00–16:00
Saturday	11:00–16:00

Price:

Free admission

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Europastadt GörlitzZgorzelec GmbH

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Public transport

The nearest city bus stop is "Obermarkt" in front of the west portal of the church. The streetcar stop is at Demianiplatz. For further information, please visit: https://www.goerlitztakt.de/de/

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Holy Trinity Church, Görlitz

Directions

from Dresden via the A4 to the Görlitz junction (94) and continue on the B6 and B99 in the direction of Zentrum/Altstadt.
from Cottbus via the B115 and continue on the B6 and B99 in the direction of Zentrum/Altstadt.
from Wrocław (Breslau) via the A4 to the Görlitz junction (94) and continue on the B6 and B99 towards the city center/old town
from Bautzen/Löbau via the B6 to the Görlitz-Rauschwalde junction and continue via Wiesbadener Straße and Reichenbacher Straße towards the city center/old town
from Zittau on the B99 in the direction of Zentrum/Altstadt

You can find more information at: www.goerlitz.de/Anreise.html

Parking

Paid parking is available on the Obermarkt, in the Altstadt parking lot, in Elisabethstraße or in the CityCenter Frauentor multi-storey parking lot.

Coordinates

51.155265, 14.988506

DMS

51°09'19.0"N 14°59'18.6"E

UTM

33U 499196 5667091

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