Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Stare Objezierze

The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Stare Objezierze is a granite church from the second half of the 13th century, today a filial church of the parish in Klępicz, entered in the heritage register.

Granite nave and Neo-Romanesque tower

The church was built of granite ashlar as a hall church on a rectangular plan of 9.5 by 7.6 m, with a separate chancel of 8.1 by 6.6 m. On the west side stands a tower wider than the nave, raised in 1910 in brick in the Neo-Romanesque style. The west elevation has a pointed-arch portal with two stepped reveals, and the east elevation is decorated with three slender windows in pointed-arch niches, set in a large blind arcade, above which there are further blind arcades.

Interior

Inside, a Baroque pulpit altar from around 1720 has survived, from the workshop of a Moryń carver, with figures of St John the Baptist, Moses and the Risen Christ. The body of the pulpit has been dismantled. On the chancel walls traces of stucco decoration from around 1600 can be seen. As a Catholic church it was consecrated on 8 September 1946.

Practical information

• Address: Stare Objezierze 4, Moryń municipality, Gryfino County.
• Service times and the possibility of entering are given by the parish in Klępicz.
• Nearby lies the church in Nowe Objezierze, and in Moryń the castle.