The nave of Poznań Cathedral, modelled on the church in Stargard Szczeciński, was built at roughly the same time (c. 1330-1357).
Gniezno’s Holy Trinity Church (c. 1420-1430) and St. Laurence Church (1st half of the 16th century and solidly rebuilt) also have Gothic roots. Cathedrals and churches were often modelled on earlier exemplars. The parish church in Słupca (then part of the estate of the Poznań bishops) was modelled on the cathedral. Bishop Andrzej of Bnin funded the construction of a magnificent three-nave church in the city in the mid-15th century. The Śrem parish church took the entire 15th century to build and the imposing tower was completed in the 16th.
The collegiate church in Szamotuły, which goes back to the 1st half of the 15th century, is especially interesting. The Szamotuły collegiate church is worth mentioning because it was the last Gothic church to be erected as a basilica, i.e. with the nave higher than the aisles. Since then, Wielkopolska churches have been built as hall churches, i.e. the nave and the aisles are at the same height.
The Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Ostrów Tumski (Cathedral Island) in Poznań had a huge influence on late-Gothic Wielkopolska cathedrals and churches. This building was itself modelled on the church in Chojna, West Pomerania, and was erected between 1431 and 1448. The bricklayers were Hanusz Prus, Mikołaj of Poznań and Jan Lorek of Kościan.
Many other similar churches were modelled on this one over the course of the next 100 years or more. The Kórnik parish church (c. 1437) exhibits the greatest likeness, although similar three-nave arrangements can be seen in churches in Dolsk (c. 1460), Lwówek (2nd half of the 15th C; a row of chapels was annexed to the north during the 2nd half of the 16th C to create a quasi fourth nave), Nowe Miasto nad Wartą (2nd half of the 15th C), Opalenica (c. 1518) and Osieczna (1540 and later rebuilt in the baroque style).
Some very impressive urban (parish) churches were likewise erected at the end of the Gothic phase. St. Margaret’s Church in Gostyń, completed in the first half of the 16th century but dating back to 1416-1468, is one of the most important. The Środa Wielkopolska Collegiate Church is a late-15th or early-16th century expansion of an earlier structure. It boasts three naves, an extended presbytery and a high tower.
The church in Gosławice (now on the outskirts of Konin) was erected prior to 1444 and is the probably the most original in the region, despite its small town setting and modest size. It is the only centrally arranged Gothic church in Wielkopolska.
