Kraków, Poland (Kościół Najświętszego Serca Pana Jezusa), Herz Jesu Kirche, Chiesa del Sacro Cuore, Iglesia del Sacré Cœur, l’église du Sacré-Cœur, Church du Sacré-Cœur (Mikołaja Kopernika), Jugendstil (1909-1921, Franciszek Maczyński)
Jezuici Polscy Ofiary Terroru Hitlerowskiego (Polish Jesuits victims of Nazi terror)
 
Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Krakow (Copernicus Street)
Jesus - Conventual Church of the Jesuits
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Minor Basilica • suitable title since July 1, 1960
Pope John XXIII
Call of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Liturgical memorial Friday after the octave of Corpus Christi
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The interior of the church
Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus - Roman Catholic Jesuit convent church, which is located in Krakow, in Quarter II, the Merry Street Copernicus 26
Modernist architecture of the building represents the Young Poland and is one of the greatest works of Polish religious art from the first quarter of the twentieth century.
History
At this point, the Jesuits settled in 1868, and two years later erected the first chapel, which quickly proved to be insufficient. In 1903 it was decided to build a new, magnificent temple. The implementation of the adopted project by architect Francis Mączyński.
Originally it housed a large reality belonging to Peter Joseph Szyryna, that included the so called fruit and vegetable garden. English palace complex of smaller buildings and bungalows. The Jesuits acquired the property for $ 16 thousand guilders. Makeshift chapel in the 30s it was decided to put the building on the today Copernicus street. In June 1869, proceeded to demolish the house, leaving only the foundation and load-bearing walls. The left wall sacristy was added to the upper chapel (St. Aloysius) and the women's gallery and a new roof. In 1870, the floor was laid with plates made of Belgian marble and were built arched arcades separating the two side aisles of the nave. Then carefully shaped barrel vault and semicircular founded colorful windows in iron fittings. The completed building was 21 meters long, 11 meters wide and 9 meters high. Inside the chapel there is an altar with the image of Belarus brought from the Heart of Jesus and the two side altars dedicated to Our Lady and St. Joseph (Image by Antoni Reichenberg). In 1889 was founded a new, larg, richly carved altar and side altars images replaced with sculptures by Mayer of Munich. Later the chapel was built more extensive room where pomieszczono (mixed up) additional chapel and sacristy for clergy. Consecration of the Chapel of the Sacred Heart of Jesus took place August 28, 1870, the temple served the faithful for 42 years. Last service in the chapel was held on 20 May 1912 and transferred the Blessed Sacrament in the walls of a new building next to the church. The chapel began to undress on May 21.
November 1, 1909 , Bishop Suffragan Bishop of Cracow Anatol Nowak blessed the cornerstone of the new church. Construction lasted until 1912, but the equipment and decoration of the church because of the war were firmly extended Finally, the official consecration took place on 29 May 1921, the Bishop of Anatol Nowak made ​​her in the company of 24 other bishops, who lived then in Krakow, the Polish Episcopal Conference.
In 1960, Pope John XXIII granted the title of minor basilica church, and since 1966 it is registered as monument. In 1960 it was decorated a chapel in the church of adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, which is October 29 of that year, consecrated by Bishop Karol Wojtyla.
Art
Architecture
The architect of the church appealed not only to modernism, but to practice the tradition of Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque. The church tower is 68 meters high and is one of the highest in Krakow. The church walls are made of red bricks, window frames and detail of gray stone. In the middle in the final of each window there is a mosaic-arms of the cities that contributed to the construction of the church.
Above the portal, the tower is a mosaic &quot;Puncture the side of Christ&quot;, made and designed by John Bukowski, a little higher sculpture designed by Xawery Dunikowskiego. The figure of Christ in Odkuł-stone by Charles Hukan, the side of the lead characters were cast in 1913. They symbolize the suffering humanity and seeking comfort in the heart of God.
Outside the sacristy, on the east wall of the church, there is a memorial temple of artist Francis Mączyński in 1912 , by Xawery Dunikowskiego. Statue cast in bronze offered Jesuits architect 's widow in 1953.
Interior
The interior of the basilica is divided into three naves. Vaults, first in Krakow, made ​​of reinforced concrete. The floor mimics the patterns of early Christian churches. In the years 1914-1918 polychrome vaults made ​​and designed by John Bukowski. Mosaic of the nave in 1922, designed by Leonard Strojnowski, benches designed by Francis Mączyński a backdrop confessionals John Bukowski. Stations of the Cross purchased in France in 1937 by the Jesuits, for the purpose of churches in Kołomyja, but in 1946 it was brought to Krakow and installed in 1959.
The high altar, built between 1915-1920, is the work of Francis Mączyński. Frieze of mosaic in the chancel was designed in 1913 by Peter Stachiewicz, and executed by the company Gianese Angelo in Venice. The church was placed in 1921. Mosaic is 30 meters long, is a tribute to Christ by the holy and blessed Polish led by St . Stanislaus and the Polish nation, famed for Jesus by Queen Jadwiga Andegawenkę and her husband, King Wladyslaw Jagiello.
The six side altars made ​​in stucco placed between 1920-1930 sculptures by Charles Hukana. Attention is drawn in particular altar of Our Lady of the Angels, who, according to art historians, is one of the most valuable works of sacred art in Poland in the interwar period . Virgin Mary is presented as Queen of the crown, adored by a group of eight angels.
Authorities
Authorities were purchased in 1928 in the well-known firm of brothers Riegerów Jägerndorf (opus 2317). Then repaired several times (most recently in 2007), now have 47 votes and tracker power. Decorated in a romantic style sonic characteristic of organ building late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
The church is located on the route of the Malopolska Way of St James from Sandomierz to Tyniec.
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