Brick parish Church of St James in Szwecja on the Piława, entered in the heritage register in 2010, on the site of a half-timbered church from 1604.
The parish Church of St James in Szwecja is a brick church entered in the heritage register in 2010 together with the churchyard. The heritage register dates it to 1876-1877 and gives the Neo-Romanesque style, while the Wikipedia entry on the village describes it as Neo-Gothic, built in 1887. It stands on the site of a half-timbered church from 1604.
Szwecja lies in Wałcz municipality. It was founded on 10 April 1590 on the order of Hieronim Gostomski, Voivode of Poznań and starost of Wałcz; in the privilege of 1626 one hide of land was assigned to the endowment of the church. The Piława flows through the village, one of the most popular canoeing rivers in Poland.
About 7 km from the village, in Zdbice, is the Combat Open-Air Museum of the 1st Polish Army.
Not far away also lies the Dolina Rurzycy Nature Reserve.
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