Parish Church of St James in Dąbrowa Zielona

The Church of St James the Apostle in Dąbrowa Zielona combines two eras: a Renaissance church from the second half of the 16th century and a new body from 1908-1911, built at right angles to the older part. It is entered in the heritage register.

Two buildings in one

The first church was founded by the Kraków canon Stanisław Dąbrowski in the second half of the 16th century. Before 1787 the building was restored. When a new two-tower body was added on the north in 1908-1911, the old church became the transept and part of the chancel. Above the former entrance a shield survives with the coats of arms Poraj, Pobóg and Nowina and the letters S.D.

Architecture and interior

The older part is a brick building with a massive tower on the west, whose top storey is octagonal, and a semicircular apse on the east. Above the crossing of the nave and transept rises a dome with a lantern on a tall drum. In the interior of the older part there survive rib vaults with polychrome from the 18th century, Renaissance portals and tombstones from around 1600, and a stone pulpit. Two altars in the Rococo style date from 1776, and the font was made in 1778.

Practical information

• Address: plac Tadeusza Kościuszki, Dąbrowa Zielona, Częstochowa County.
• The church belongs to the parish of St James the Apostle, in the Olsztyn deanery of the Archdiocese of Częstochowa, and is active.