Church of Our Lady of Częstochowa in Wierzchlas

The Church of Our Lady of Częstochowa in Wierzchlas is a Baroque church from 1730, a filial church of the parish of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Mieszkowice. It stands in the village of Wierzchlas in Mieszkowice municipality.

Form and interior

The church is a hall building on the plan of an elongated rectangle, plastered on the outside, with a gable roof. The windows, closed with a segmental arch, have stained glass. On the west side a square half-timbered turret with a slender helm topped with a lantern is set into the roof, and on the south side a porch with a round-arched portal and a circular blind window above it has been added.

The interior is covered by a flat wooden ceiling, on the west wall there is a choir gallery on posts, and of the furnishings a Baroque altar with columns and an entablature has survived. The grounds around the church are enclosed by a wall of stone and brick.

After 1945

After the Second World War the church was at first not used. It was blessed for Catholic worship on 14 April 1963.

Practical information

• Location: Wierzchlas, Mieszkowice municipality, Gryfino County.
• It is about 4 km from here to the castle in Moryń.
• Opening hours and service times are given by the parish.