Church of Our Lady of Candlemas in Kraśnik Łobeski

The Church of Our Lady of Candlemas in Kraśnik Łobeski is a brick, Neo-Gothic church from the 19th century, a branch of the parish of St John the Baptist in Sielsko. The village is protected by an entry in the heritage register.

A towerless building with a bell turret on the roof

The church was built of brick on a rectangular plan, closed on three sides at the chancel end. It has no tower, and in the western part of the ridge an open bell turret with a small bell is set. The walls are supported by buttresses, the windows and portals have pointed arches, and above the entrance two oculi can be seen in niches. The heritage register gives the date as 1865 and the style as Neo-Gothic; the church was entered in the register in 2005.

Interior

The interior is covered by a beamed ceiling, and above the entrance there is a choir gallery. The pulpit and stalls date from the 18th century, and the altar with a scene of the Crucifixion from the 17th century. In the sacristy an 18th-century painting of the head of Christ in a crown of thorns has survived. The church was consecrated as Catholic on 2 February 1946. It belongs to the parish of the church in Sielsko.

The mausoleum next to the church

East of the church stands a 19th-century mausoleum of semicircular shape. Gravestones are set in the niches, divided by columns with cherub heads, and in the central part there is a medallion with the head of Christ.

Practical information

• Village: Kraśnik Łobeski, Węgorzyno municipality, Łobez County.
• The church is a branch church, so times of services and the possibility of seeing the interior are given by the parish in Sielsko.
• The nearest of the described churches in the area is the church in Runowo.