Church of Our Lady Queen of Poland in Golenice

The Church of Our Lady Queen of Poland in Golenice is a Neoclassical parish church of 1759, founded by the von Rosey family. It lies in Myślibórz municipality, in Myślibórz County, and inside it has a Late Renaissance altar from almost four hundred years ago.

A Neoclassical building

The brick church was built on a rectangular plan, orientated, with a semicircular east end. The outer walls are plastered. On the west side rises a four-sided tower with a two-storey wooden superstructure, divided by Ionic pilasters and topped with a small dome, with clock faces. In the middle of the north and south elevations of the nave are false projections decorated with rustication. The square around the church is surrounded by a stone wall.

The altar of 1598 and the patron's box

In the chancel a Late Renaissance polychrome wooden altar of 1598 has survived. It was originally a pulpit altar, and today a painting of Our Lady Queen of Poland has been set into it, with the Last Supper in the predella. On the left side of the chancel stands a Rococo pulpit from the mid-18th century. By the north wall an annexe with a patron's box was added, which opens onto the interior with a window in a Rococo frame with floral and figural decoration and heraldic cartouches. On the west wall is an 18th-century wooden gallery with a Neo-Renaissance organ case from the 19th century. The flat ceiling is wooden and plastered.

After the war

It was consecrated as a Catholic church on 22 November 1953.

Nearby

It is not far from here to Myślibórz: in the town stands the Collegiate Church of St John the Baptist, and closer lies the palace in Czerników.

Practical information

• The village of Golenice, Myślibórz municipality, Myślibórz County.
• Access to the interior and service times are set by the parish.