One of three, besides churches in Świdnica and Głogów, churches of peace built in Silesia as a result of the Peace of Westphalia which ended the Thirty Years’ War. It was the largest religious conflict in modern Europe. The defeated Emperor Ferdinand III Habsburg yielded to the demands of Sweden and Saxony, granting Silesian Protestants the right to build temples. However he agreed that they can be built outside the city walls and using only perishable materials. This way, as if in defiance, the largest wooden temples in Europe were built. The one in Jawor, built in 1654–1655, was designed by Albrecht Säbisch. The church in Glogow, built in 1652, burnt in 1758, but the churches in Swidnica – built in 1656–1657 – and in Jawor still impress their visitors. In 2001 they were entered on the UNESCO World Heritage List.