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The Wang Church in Karpacz is a Norwegian wooden stave church. It was originally built in the 12th or 13th century in the Norwegian town of Vang. In the 19th century they wanted to demolish the church there because it was dilapidated and too small. Frederick William IV, King of Prussia, bought the church for 427 marks. He planned to place him in Berlin, but ultimately decided against it. Countess Friederike von Reden from Buchwald had the church placed in Krummhübel (Karpacz). The church was brought up in parts on foot and assembled and renovated in 2 years. On July 28, 1844, the church was consecrated as a Protestant Lutheran church. Lower Silesia was German territory at the time. After the Second World War it became Polish territory. Since 1946, the church has been in use by the small Polish Lutheran community.
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