The county seat is located approx. 115 km south of Poznań, on the road to Wrocław.
The construction of St. Andrew Bobola Church in Rawicz began in 1803. The current building is not the first to occupy the site. The original Holy Trinity framework, was erected as an Evangelical church in 1639 (a year after Władysław IV had granted the privilege of founding the city) and funded by Adam Olbracht Przyjemski, the founder of Rawicz. This burnt down in 1707. The next temple, erected in 1724-1729, was likewise consumed by fire in 1801.
St. Andrew Bobola Church was built in a late classicist style. It is made of brick on the outside and plastered. It is built on a rectangular plan and has a rectangular tower on the north side. The tower (the common feature of the four churches designed by Langhans in Rawicz, Syców, Dzierżoniów and Wałbrzych) is rectangular at the bottom and cylindrical at the top. It has three bells called Andrzej, Maryja and Maksymilian. The tallest part of the tower is the cupola, which rests on 8 columns, is covered with copper sheeting (1975), and finished with a 1-metre-diameter orb and an almost 2-metre cross.
The church’s historical baptismal font with the Baptism of Christ on the cover (early 19th century) and the monumental organ are definitely worth seeing. The organ’s 50 stops makes it one of the largest in Poland. It was built in 1917-1918 by Schlag, a well known manufacturer in the interwar years. The organ was thoroughly restored and modernised in the early 1980s.
St. Andrew Bobula Church may not be a very old building, but it has been entered into the Polish heritage register on account of its uniqueness (especially its galleries).
Address:
ul. Ignacego Buszy 3a
63-900 RAWICZ
Tel. +48 65 545 20 66
