Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Laskowo

The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Laskowo, a village in Przelewice municipality in Pyrzyce County, is a 13th-century stone church, according to the heritage register from the second half of that century. Today it is a filial church of the parish in Barlinek.

The building

The church is a hall church on a rectangular plan measuring 22.5 by 11.4 metres, built of hewn stone, 16 courses in each wall. In the 16th century it became a Lutheran church, and it was blessed again as a Catholic church in 1958. To the west, above the nave, stands a wooden tower from the 19th century with a sundial. The east elevation has three pointed windows, the middle one wider and taller than the side ones.

Inside there is a granite font with a motif of nine crosses, a metre high, probably from the 13th century, as well as an 18th-century pulpit altar and Neo-Gothic stained glass. The church is surrounded by the area of a former cemetery with a stone wall and a pointed gate on the south.

Practical information

• Laskowo, Przelewice municipality.
• The parish gives service times and the possibility of seeing the interior; it is worth checking before you visit.
• In Laskowo, 0.4 km away, stands the palace.