Owiesno o is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dzierżoniów

Gmina Dzierzoniów

Gmina Dzierżoniów is a rural gmina in Dzierżoniów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Dzierżoniów, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

, within Dzierżoniów County

Dzierzoniów County

Dzierżoniów County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the town of Dzierżoniów, and it...

, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province , is one of the 16 voivodeships into which Poland is currently divided. It lies in southwestern Poland...

, in south-western Poland.
It lies approximately 12 km (7 mi) south-east of Dzierżoniów

Dzierzoniów

Dzierżoniów is a town in southwestern Poland. It is situated in Lower Silesian Voivodeship...

, and 57 km (35 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław. The village has a population of 580.

Owiesno was first mentioned as Ovesonovo in a 1260 deed and as Haverdorph in 1292. In 1945 it fell to Poland.

Upon the foundations of an old Knights Templar

Knights Templar

The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon , commonly known as the Knights Templar, the Order of the Temple or simply as Templars, were among the most famous of the Western Christian military orders...

 castle Przecław of Pogorzeli (Pogarell), the Bishop of Wrocław and chancellor

Chancellor

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 of Emperor Charles IV

Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor

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, had a palace erected in the 14th century. It was rebuilt several times and decayed after 1945 so only ruins remain.

The Holy Trinity

Trinity

The Christian doctrine of the Trinity defines God as three divine persons : the Father, the Son , and the Holy Spirit. The three persons are distinct yet coexist in unity, and are co-equal, co-eternal and consubstantial . Put another way, the three persons of the Trinity are of one being...

 church was erected about 1583 and received a Boroque

Baroque architecture

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 equipment including an altar

Altar

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with a Trinity painting about 1730.