Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Bądkowo

The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Bądkowo is a Gothic church of stone and brick from the 16th or 17th century, with Neo-Gothic gables and a square chapel added in the 19th century. It stands in a village in Płoty municipality and is entered in the heritage register.

Architecture

The church was built of stone and brick on a rectangular plan. The heritage register dates it to the 16th century, the Wikipedia entry to the 17th century. In the 19th century it was rebuilt and a raised chapel on a square plan was added on the west. The east gable and the gable of the chapel are Neo-Gothic, of brick. The west façade has an entrance portal, above it an oculus in a brick reveal, and higher up a gable with three pointed-arch windows topped with a ridge turret. The façade, rebuilt in brick, is supported at the corners by buttresses, a sacristy adjoins it on the south, and the roof is covered with tiles.

Interior

The ceiling is flat, of beams, and the walls are covered with a stone dado. 19th-century pews and a gallery with an organ case have survived. The church was blessed as a Catholic one in 1946. It belongs to the parish of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Płoty, whose church is the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Płoty.

Practical information

• Location: the village of Bądkowo, Płoty municipality, Gryfice County.
• This is a filial church. Service times are given by the parish in Płoty.