The Peace Church of the Holy Trinity in Świdnica is one of two historic sacred buildings built under the terms of the Treaty of Westphalia (1648). In the interests of peace, Silesian evangelicals were allowed to build three Protestant temples in Silesia, including one in Świdnica. The building has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2001.
The Medieval Synagogue in Jawor is an Ashkenazi synagogue built in 1364. This brick Gothic building was transformed into a church.
The Broumov Abbey dates back to 1213 when King Ottokar I of Bohemia offered the Broumov fiefdom to the Benedictines of Brenau Abbey. When the Sudeten German-speaking populations were expelled from the new Czechoslovakia after the Second World War, the monks found refuge in 1946 in Rohr Abbey in Bavaria and were replaced by Czech monks, who themselves were expelled a few years later. After it was returned to the church in 1989, it is no longer inhabited and, in agreement with its administrator, houses the collections of the Broumov Municipal Museum.
The Jawor Peace Church is a Protestant wooden church with a half-timbered structure. It is one of two historic sacred buildings still built as part of the Peace Accord of Westphalia (1648). The church is a world cultural heritage site of UNESCO.
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