Church of Saints Peter and Paul the Apostles in Bełczna

The Church of Saints Peter and Paul the Apostles in Bełczna, a village in Łobez municipality, is a masonry parish church with a tower topped with an octagonal spire. It is entered in the heritage register.

Date of construction

Dates of construction are sometimes given in different ways. The heritage register dates the present church to 1871-1880 and gives stone as the building material. The Wikipedia entry describes the building as Neo-Gothic and states that it stands on the ruins of an earlier, stone church.

Architecture and interior

The nave has a rectangular plan and a gabled roof, on the east it is closed by a three-sided apse, and on the south a sacristy adjoins it. The tower is of masonry at the base, of brick higher up, with a pointed-arch portal on the ground floor. Inside, the nave and the apse have flat ceilings, and of the furnishings wooden pews and a gallery on pillars with an organ have survived. After the Second World War, on 20 June 1946, the church was consecrated as a Catholic one.

Practical information

• Address: Bełczna 35, Łobez municipality, Łobez County.
• Nearby, about 300 m away, is the manor and park complex in Bełczna.
• The times at which the interior can be entered are given by the parish.