Highgarden

A stronghold called "Góra Zamkowa". It is situated between ul. leading to the bridge and the banks of the Vistula River. It has a conical shape, relative height 12-15 m. At the top, a rectangular platform with dimensions 28 on 38 m with an uneven surface damaged by shooting ditches and the construction of two concrete fire stations by the Germans. Archaeological research allowed to establish the presence of two levels of buildings: upper, where the originally wooden castle was located, and then after 1364 r. replaced with brick (w XIX w. demolished along with the foundations, to get bricks), and the lower one, where there was a wooden stronghold, probably built in the 13th century.

Parish Church. pw. Holy Trinity, built in years 1779-86 by Samuel Fischer, a builder from Gdańsk. In 1837 r. the towers were raised. Late baroque, brick and plastered, orderly, rectangular, with the presbytery separated by the marking out of the sacristy and the northern porch. The facade is located on the East. tripartite with two separate towers in its upper storey. In the middle of the eastern peaks. i zach. the crosses of the Holy Sepulchers. A five-span vault, cross-barrel with lunettes. Inside, there is a neo-baroque main altar from 2 half. XIX w. partly using elements of an earlier late baroque altar. Pictures in it: in the main field of the "Holy Trinity with four Church Fathers", on the veil "St.. Stanisław, the bishop resurrecting Piotrawin " – both of 2 half. XIX w., and in the finial "Holy Communion. Stanisław Kostka "with 1909 r. On the left side of the main altar, a painting of St.. Barbara, painted approx. 1700 r 'placed in the baroque style, carved frame. There are some interesting plaques on the walls inside the church, m.in.: commemorating the privilege of the altar by the superior of the Order of the Holy Sepulcher of 1752 r. and a memorandum of Szymon Tadeusz Miszewski with the coat of arms of Lubicz z 1770 r. – both made of black marble. The original church was probably built before 1320 r. in the place of the former bordering chapel located closer to the Vistula than the present one. In 1320 r. Wacław, the Duke of Płock and Masovia, brought and settled here and in nearby Rębów the regular canons of the Guardians of the Grave

Christowy from Miechów, called the Holy Sepulchers (miechowites). In 1726 r. the church was damaged due to the sliding of the Vistula escarpment. After 1740 r. the Holy Sepulcher moved to the present place – to the already mentioned in the 11th century. church. st. James. The Bożogrobcy stayed in Wyszogród until 1819 r., when was the dissolution of the order.

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