Church of St Thérèse of the Child Jesus in Wysoka

A Gothic church of dressed granite and erratic boulders stands in the village of Wysoka in Boleszkowice municipality. It was built at the turn of the 14th and 15th centuries, and after the war it was blessed as a Catholic church.

Architecture

It is an oriented hall church on a rectangular plan, covered with a gabled roof. Above the eastern part of the body stands a wooden, two-stage tower from 1880-1890, topped with a conical spire with a ball and a cross. The south elevation has two portals, a smaller one and a larger one with two steps, and the windows were widened at the beginning of the 18th century.

Interior and history

The interior is covered with a wooden beamed ceiling, and on the west there is a choir gallery. A bell of 1883 hangs in the tower. The Rococo pulpit of 1755 was destroyed after the reforms of the Second Vatican Council. The church was consecrated on 3 October 1946. Nearby also stands the Church of the Holy Cross in Oborzany.

Practical information

• Location: the village of Wysoka, Boleszkowice municipality, Myślibórz County; a filial church of the parish of St Anthony in Boleszkowice.
• Service times are given by the parish.