Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Sokolniki

The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Sokolniki was built of erratic boulders at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries. It has a rectangular plan and a gable roof. The east gable is decorated with blind arches and pinnacles, and in the south wall is an 18th-century portal.

A tower of the 19th century

In the 19th century a three-storey brick tower on a square plan, supported by buttresses, was added on the west side. At its base it has a pointed portal with four steps, on the third storey large louvred bell openings, and in the gable, topped with wimpergs and small turrets, clock faces. The tower is covered by a slender, octagonal helmet.

Interior

The ceiling is wooden, of beams. On the west wall is a gallery with an organ case, and the church has preserved a baroque pulpit and a sacrament niche with a small door. A sculpture of the Madonna and Child from around 1400, coming from this church, is displayed in the National Museum in Szczecin. The church was blessed as a Catholic church on 23 June 1946.

In Maszewo municipality stands the Church of Our Lady of Częstochowa.

Practical information

• Address: Sokolniki 39b, Maszewo municipality.
• The church belongs to the parish in Bielice. Check service times with the parish.