Dzieje kościoła Bożego Ciała w Elblągu do 1945 roku
History of the Corpus Christi Church in Elbląg until 1945

Summary/Abstract: At the end of the 13th century a hospital and a wooden chapel dedicated to St George were built in the northern suburb of Elbląg and replaced by a brick church in 1386. This temple burned down in 1400. In its ruins an intact Host was found, which was considered a Eucharistic miracle. Rebuilt in 1405, the church received the invocation of Corpus Christi and became a shrine known throughout Teutonic Prussia. From the middle of the 16th century until 1945, the Corpus Christi church was owned by Evangelicals from Elbląg. Inside,its Gothic and modern furnishings have been preserved. When the Red Army entered Elbląg in January/February 1945, the church was destroyed and lay in ruins.

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