Church Wang
Church Wang was built at the turn of the XII and XIII century in Norway, in city Vang situated next to the lake Vang. In XIX century church was purchased by Prussian king Frederick Wilhelm IV for 427 marks. Church was taken to pieces and in boxes it was first transported to Szczecin and then to King Museum in Berlin. Finally it has been moved to Poland (at the foot of Czarna Góra in the middle of the way from lower Karpacz to Sněžka).
Church Wang is a priceless old Nordic art creation. Mainly wooden decorations refer to warlike Vikings culture – numerous sculptures present animals, plants and mascarons. Special attention attract Vikings’ faces with cloven tongues (symbolize knowledge and wisdom passing to the next generations) and pinnacles – tenons in shape of open dragon’s jaws (characteristic Vikings’ boats decoration). Church Wang owes its durability to resin-soaked Nordic pine, which it is made of.
Read MoreChurch Wang is a priceless old Nordic art creation. Mainly wooden decorations refer to warlike Vikings culture – numerous sculptures present animals, plants and mascarons. Special attention attract Vikings’ faces with cloven tongues (symbolize knowledge and wisdom passing to the next generations) and pinnacles – tenons in shape of open dragon’s jaws (characteristic Vikings’ boats decoration). Church Wang owes its durability to resin-soaked Nordic pine, which it is made of.
