Church of St Stanislaus in Kowalki

The Church of St Stanislaus in Kowalki is a former Protestant church, now Roman Catholic and a filial church of the parish of St Joseph in Mieszałki. The village lies in Tychowo municipality, in Białogard County. The heritage register calls the patron St Stanislaus the Bishop, and the Wikipedia entry on the village St Stanislaus Kostka.

The building and furnishings

It is a half-timbered church of half-timbered construction, from the 16th century, rebuilt in the 19th century. It has a rectangular body with two symmetrical chapels from the 19th century, a chancel closed on three sides and a square tower on the west side, topped with a sheet-metal pyramidal spire with a finial. Inside are a Baroque pulpit from the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries, a chalice from 1612 and a bell from 1574. Two Renaissance pewter candlesticks from 1597 are kept by the museum in Szczecinek. The church has been in the heritage register since 1960.

Practical information

• Address: Kowalki 21a. By the village, about 50 m to the east, lies a cemetery from the late Roman period.
• The opening hours of the church are given by the parish in Mieszałki.