A Neo-Gothic brick church on Łasztownia from 1894-1896, designed by Wilhelm Meyer-Schwartau, Evangelical since 1959.
The Holy Trinity Church on Łasztownia in Szczecin is a Neo-Gothic building of dark brick, designed by the Szczecin architect Wilhelm Meyer-Schwartau. Since 1959 it has belonged to the Evangelical-Augsburg parish. It is a monument entered in the heritage register, and since 2019 protection has also covered the vicarage and the site of the former churchyard.
The present church was erected in 1894-1896 on the foundations of an old Gothic church which, according to the Wikipedia entry, probably dated from as early as the 13th century and was later rebuilt many times. It was originally dedicated to St Gertrude. The heritage register gives the years 1896-1897.
The church is a single-space hall, built on a cruciform plan, not oriented, with a slender octagonal tower by the façade. Inside runs a single tier of galleries. Five old gravestones from the 17th and 18th centuries are set into the walls.
Damaged during the war, the church changed hands several times: in 1945 it was handed to the Roman Catholic parish, in 1946 to the Polish National Church, and in 1948 it was assigned to the Methodist Church, but the decision was suspended after less than a month. The church was handed to the Polish Evangelical parish in 1959. After renovation, on 16 October 1960, it received the dedication of the Holy Trinity.
On the high altar, in a Neo-Gothic setting, hangs a contemporary painting "Christ in Gethsemane" by H. Ostachiewicz. The organ was built in 1917 by the firm Schlag & Söhne for a church in Wałbrzych-Sobięcin, and it came to Szczecin from an abandoned church. The instrument is used for the liturgy and concerts, and organ workshops and symposia are also held.
In the tower hang three cast-iron bells from the interwar period. The earlier bronze ones were taken in 1917 for wartime needs. According to the Wikipedia entry, the large bell is one of the largest bells in Szczecin and one of the largest cast-iron bells in Poland. Several altar figures from the first half of the 16th century and an epitaph with the Last Judgement from 1661, originating from this church, are displayed by the National Museum in Szczecin.
Since 1995 the church has housed an Evangelical charitable and social institution, the Rev. Dietrich Bonhoeffer Diaconal Centre.
The church lies on Łasztownia, about a kilometre from the port of Szczecin.
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