Albrecht von Säbisch designed the Church of Peace in Jawor, a half-timbered wooden church built in 1654 and 1655 under the terms of the Peace of Westphalia, which ended the Thirty Years' War. It was made of perishable materials: wood, straw and clay. It is one of three Churches of Peace built after the war, and one of two still preserved, the other being in Świdnica.
Inside are a Baroque altar, pulpit and baptismal font. Four stories of galleries on the north and south sides carry paintings of Old and New Testament scenes, landscapes with castles and heraldic shields, and the structure is covered with polychrome plant tendrils.
UNESCO inscribed it in 2001 with the Church of Peace in Świdnica. It became a Historic Monument of Poland in 2017. The Evangelical Lutheran congregation still worships here, and Peace Concerts run each year from May to September.
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