It is one of the Grace Churches [pl] (German: Gnadenkirchen), built in Silesia after the intervention of Swedish king Charles XII, who forced Austrian Emperor Joseph I to provide right for Protestants.

[1] The construction of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Church was begun in 1709 and completed in 1718.

[1] It was designed by Martin Frantz on a Greek-cross plan, modelled after the Katarina Church in Stockholm.

[1] In 1806 the fire destroyed the stairwell and the cupola of the church,[1] which were reconstructed in the years 1810–1811.

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