1. IN THE MONASTERY’S HEYDAY
IN THE MONASTERY’S HEYDAY
The best years of the Warmbrunn (Cieplice) provostship lasted from the second half of the 17th century (during counterreformation) until 1810 (dissolution of the Grüssau (Krzeszów) monastery). These times were marked by cooperation of prominent abbots of Grüssau: Andreas Michaelis, Bernhard Rosa, Dominikus Geyer, Placidus Mundfering and equally prominent members of the Schaffgotsch family: baron Christoph Leopold Gotthard, count Johann Anton Gotthard, count Karl Gotthard and count Johann Nepomuck Gotthard. In this period the most beautiful structures of the abbey and provostship were erected and decorated with murals, frescoes, sculptures, reliefs and rich furnishings.
Many talented individuals were involved in the process of expanding the monastery. Among them we can mention: architects such as M. Urban, E. Scholtze, K. Jentsch (from Hirschberg, now Jelenia Góra), sculptures such as A. Wagner, J. F. Schroll, J. Schönheim, stoneworker Seyfert, and painter S. Leistritz.
Drawing (made after 1714)
View from the northern side.
(colored by: S. Firszt, 2014)
Graphic (second half of 18th century)
View from the northern side.
(colored by: S. Firszt, 2014)
Copper plate engraving based on a drawing made by Fridrich Bernhard Werner (second half of 18th century)
View from the north-eastern side.
(colored by: S. Firszt, 2014)