Church of St Sylvester in Strzelewo

The Church of St Sylvester in Strzelewo (Nowogard municipality, Goleniów county) was built in the 1890s, and the heritage register gives the year 1890. It is neo-Romanesque, single-nave and built of granite ashlar. It has served as a parish church since 1957.

The building and furnishings

The nave on a rectangular plan has a gable roof, and on the east side it is closed by a semicircular chancel. On the west side stands a projecting tower with an entrance portal on the ground floor, and the windows, framed in brick, end in semicircular heads. The interior is covered by a wooden, beamed ceiling, and on the west wall is a wooden music gallery with an organ case, supported on two posts. In the chancel arch hangs a wooden cross with a figure of Christ, the windows hold stained glass with Eucharistic symbols, and among the furnishings a neo-Gothic wooden font with a cover has survived. The church was consecrated as a Catholic one on 30 December 1945.

The parish includes, among others, the church in Węgorza.

Practical information

• Address: Strzelewo 9a, Nowogard municipality, Goleniów county.
• A parish church. Service times and the possibility of entering the interior are given by the parish.
• The building is entered in the heritage register.