A filial church of erratic boulders from the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries, rebuilt after a fire in 1703 and altered in the Neo-Romanesque spirit.
The Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Żelechowo was built of erratic boulders at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries. It is a filial church of the parish of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Krzywin, in Widuchowa municipality.
It is a hall building on a rectangular plan, covered with a gable roof, with four windows in each side wall. In 1703 the church was destroyed by fire, after which it was rebuilt, and in 1737 a square brick tower was added over the west part of the nave. In the second half of the 19th century the church was rebuilt in the Neo-Romanesque spirit, which almost obliterated the original forms. The old portal was walled up then and a new one cut in the west wall, the windows were changed, and a semicircular apse was added on the east side.
The interior is covered by a wooden beamed ceiling, and the chancel is separated from the nave by a chancel arch with stucco and a cross at the top. On the west wall there is a choir gallery with an openwork parapet, lit by a rose window. Beside the church stands a free-standing belfry with a bell from 1704, bearing the coat of arms of the von Wulffen family.
The church was consecrated as Catholic on 15 September 1946. The heritage register describes its style as Gothic and dates it to the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries, whereas Wikipedia speaks of the 13th century. In the register name “XIII/XIV” therefore means precisely this dating.
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