42:
31:
20:
112:
However, severe restrictions were placed on the
Protestant congregations. No more than two churches could be built in each administrative region (county)— in areas of strategic importance, the limit was one church — and buildings had to be outside
117:. Further regulations determined siting, and building procedures. As a consequence, the articular churches were all built of wood, mostly in the period 1681–1730. There were originally 38 such churches, nearly all located in the region of today's
165:
in the late 1970s. Between 1974 and 1977 the church was carefully dismantled and restored before being rebuilt in Svätý Kríž, where it was reconsecrated in 1982. The churches in
105:
The Sopron
Congress was called against a background of social unrest, including civil revolt, religious friction and continuing threat of invasion from
177:
246:
221:
124:
Many of the churches displayed extraordinary ingenuity in their construction. They were typically decorated within by painting, often of a
41:
109:. The Emperor therefore determined that it was necessary to make concessions to his Protestant population to secure its loyalty.
142:, built between 1718 and 1730 under the direction of Juraj Müttermann, replacing an earlier structure of 1687. Others are at
139:
78:
241:
184:
236:
158:(about 1693). The latter church was originally located at the village of Paludza, which was submerged in the
196:
173:
82:
90:
75:
126:
217:
159:
56:
30:
19:
97:) 25 and 26 of the Congress's deliberations, the term 'articular' was applied to them.
138:
Five articular churches survive today in
Slovakia. Perhaps the most well-known is the
230:
89:
confessions to erect and maintain churches within the
Emperor's dominions within the
60:
155:
166:
23:
213:
187:
was dismantled in 1924, but some of its decorations, including a 17th-century
151:
143:
114:
162:
86:
118:
72:
64:
192:
188:
150:(1725-6, a wood-framed structure now without internal wall-paintings),
147:
35:
170:
106:
94:
68:
40:
29:
18:
81:, permission was for the first time granted for followers of the
53:
130:
nature giving the impression of marble columns or drapery.
195:
region much of its wealth, are preserved in the museum at
16:
Wooden churches for
Evangelical congregations in Slovakia
93:. As this permission was contained in Articles (i.e.
191:depicting the mines and miners who brought the
210:Cultural Heritage of Slovakia: Wooden Churches
8:
71:of 1681. At this congress, summoned by the
67:erected under the terms of the Congress of
178:Wooden churches of the Slovak Carpathians
169:, Leštiny and Hronsek are now part of a
7:
154:(built between 1686 and 1731) and
45:The articular church in Svätý Kríž
14:
1:
247:Lutheran churches in Slovakia
134:The articular churches today
263:
183:The articular church at
146:(1689, restored 1860s),
34:The articular church in
46:
38:
27:
44:
33:
22:
208:Miloš Dudaš et al.,
180:, declared in 2008.
242:Church architecture
174:World Heritage Site
140:church in Kežmarok
91:Kingdom of Hungary
50:Articular churches
47:
39:
28:
222:978-80-89226-15-3
63:congregations in
254:
185:Spišská Nová Ves
26:articular church
262:
261:
257:
256:
255:
253:
252:
251:
237:Wooden churches
227:
226:
205:
136:
103:
17:
12:
11:
5:
260:
258:
250:
249:
244:
239:
229:
228:
225:
224:
204:
201:
197:Spišská Sobota
160:Liptovská Mara
135:
132:
102:
99:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
259:
248:
245:
243:
240:
238:
235:
234:
232:
223:
219:
215:
211:
207:
206:
202:
200:
198:
194:
190:
186:
181:
179:
175:
172:
168:
164:
161:
157:
153:
149:
145:
141:
133:
131:
129:
128:
122:
120:
116:
110:
108:
100:
98:
96:
92:
88:
84:
80:
77:
74:
70:
66:
62:
58:
55:
51:
43:
37:
32:
25:
21:
209:
182:
137:
127:trompe-l'œil
125:
123:
111:
104:
49:
48:
61:Evangelical
231:Categories
214:Bratislava
212:, Dajama,
203:References
156:Svätý Kríž
115:city walls
101:Background
163:reservoir
87:Calvinist
79:Leopold I
216:, 2007.
167:Kežmarok
119:Slovakia
83:Augsburg
73:Habsburg
65:Slovakia
57:churches
24:Kežmarok
189:retable
176:called
152:Istebné
148:Hronsek
144:Leštiny
95:clauses
76:Emperor
36:Hronsek
220:
171:UNESCO
107:Turkey
69:Sopron
54:wooden
218:ISBN
193:Spiš
85:and
59:for
52:are
233::
199:.
121:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.