%0 Journal Article
%T The Wooden Church of St. Dorothy in Grochowy. A Contribution to the History of a Nonexistent Temple
%A Trocha, Łukasz
%J Polonia Maior Orientalis
%V 2021
%R 10.4467/27204006PMO.21.014.15465
%N VIII
%P 259-280
%K Grochowy, chuch, sacred architecture, monument, parish, clergy
%@ 2392-0106
%D 2021
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/polonia-maior-orientalis/article/drewniany-kosciol-sw-doroty-w-grochowach-przyczynek-do-dziejow-nieistniejacej-swiatyni
%X In the 14th century Grochowy (a village in Konin county, Rychwał commune) belonged to Lubusz bishops. It was probably thanks to them that a parish was established there and the first church was built. At the end of the 15th century the village became the property of the local gentry. The old building was in ruins, so thanks to the heiress Żychlińska a second wooden temple was built at the beginning of the 16th century. Its main body (log structure) may have survived until the beginning of the 20th century. The sources show that the church consisted of a nave, a chancel, a vestry and a porch. From an architectural point of view, the church could be classified in the group of Silesian late Gothic churches. Consecrated in 1727, the building was still in good condition at the end of the 18th century. This is evidenced by the description of the parish from 1794. However, it deteriorated in the following decades until 1863, when Fr Bethier became the parish priest. The priest renovated the church and built a parsonage. His successors decided to build a brick church in Grochory in 1908-12. The historic church was demolished in 1928.