Granite branch church in Rychnów from the 13th or 14th century, rebuilt in the 19th century, with a wooden music gallery.
The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Rychnów is an early Gothic branch church of granite ashlar, entered in the heritage register. It stands in the village of Rychnów in Barlinek municipality, in Myślibórz County, and belongs to the parish in Barlinek.
Wikipedia dates the building to the 13th century and counts it among the oldest religious buildings in the Myślibórz area, while the heritage register gives the 14th century. The church is a single-room hall on a rectangular plan. It was rebuilt in the 19th century, as shown by the brick elements in the square bell tower on the west side, in the east gable, in the west wall of the nave and in the north annexe.
The interior is covered with a raised barrel vault. A wooden music gallery and pews from the 19th century have survived. The church was consecrated as a Catholic church on 12 January 1947. Nearby lies Lake Barlinek, and in Barlinek, about seven kilometres away, the Regional Museum is located.
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