My luminous wall by Michał

Saint Polanowska Mountain

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In pagan times, the local population gathered here to worship Slavic gods and draw water from the holy source. In the twelfth century thanks to Saint. Otto from Bamberg on top a wooden chapel dedicated to Mary was created and a cross was made, which was a sign of Christian cult [needed footnote].

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From the thirteenth century, when the chapel was under the care of the Cistercians, the tradition of pilgrimages for the Pomeranians and peoples from the neighboring districts of the Polanie land developed here. Then, in the fourteenth century, another temple could be erected in its place. Another hypothesis assumes that inside the richly equipped temple there was an image of Mary and 12 figures of apostles made of gold.

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On the basis of the document from 1435, it is assumed that pilgrimages to Holy Hill in the 14th century were relatively few and developed only in the fifteenth century. Pilgrimages could take place until the end of the sixteenth century, despite the reformation introduced earlier in Western Pomerania.

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 Then, the church was demolished, but gradually, because the source from the year 1672 was still written about the ruins of the former church. After 1544, the Cistercians left this place, taking with them a statue of Mary, probably to Pelplin. As a result, the pilgrimage tradition has virtually ceased.

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