A half-timbered church from 1789 in Glewice, with a square tower, a granite font in front of the portal and two bells from 1596.
The Church of St Stanislaus the Bishop and Martyr in Glewice is a branch church in Goleniów municipality, Goleniów County, belonging to the parish of St Catherine in Goleniów. It was built in 1789 in the half-timbered technique and formerly served Protestants.
The church stands on a rectangular plan, with a square tower on the west side. The building has a gable roof and the tower a pavilion roof. Renovation work was carried out in 1847 and 1856, in 1870 the roof covering and window joinery were replaced, and in 1967 the west wall was rebuilt completely.
The original beamed ceiling with braces was lined with pine boards, and the historic interior furnishings have not survived. In front of the south portal stands a granite font 50 cm high and 80 cm in diameter. Two bells from 1596, 52 and 65 cm in diameter, hang in the tower. After the war the church was consecrated as a Catholic church on 8 May 1947. It is entered in the heritage register.
Nearest are the church in Żółwia Błoć and Goleniów with the Church of St Catherine.
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