Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Czaplinek

The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Czaplinek was begun in 1829 as a Lutheran church to a design by the German architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel. Today it is an auxiliary church of the Holy Trinity parish. The building is entered in the heritage register.

A Greek cross and neo-Romanesque elements

The building is Neoclassical, with neo-Romanesque elements, and stands on a Greek cross plan. At the ends of the arms of the cross there are false portals and oculi with stained glass, and the actual portal leads in from the north. The walls are of brick.

Interior

The walls are covered with modern polychrome decoration of 1954, the work of Władysław Drapiewski. In the chancel there is a ceramic mosaic from the 1980s, and in the side altars wooden sculptures by the Czaplinek artist Edward Szatkowski. On one of the galleries stands a neo-Gothic organ built by the Szczecin firm of Barnim Grüneberger.

From Lutheran to Catholic

The church was consecrated as a Roman Catholic one on 24 October 1999.

Nearby

In the town there is also the parish Church of the Holy Trinity and the town hall.

Practical information

• Address: Czaplinek, Moniuszki 26a.
• The church is an auxiliary church; check the times of services and the possibility of entering the interior with the Holy Trinity parish.
• Heritage register entry: number 436 of 1965.