Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Górzyca

The Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Górzyca was built in 1886 in the Neo-Romanesque style. It was originally an Evangelical church. It stands on the site of an earlier church, as shown by the date 1670 on one of the internal ceiling beams.

Architecture

A brick hall building, orientated, on a rectangular plan, with a semicircular chancel at the east end. On the west side rises a four-storey tower on a square plan, topped with four wimpergs and an octagonal, pointed spire. The walls are decorated with lesenes and an arcaded frieze.

Interior

The wooden music gallery, pulpit, altar, pews and two Neo-Romanesque chandeliers date from the 19th century. In a side wall is set the original painting of Christ Pantocrator from the former high altar. After the war, on 8 December 1946, the church was blessed as a Catholic one, and since 1977 it has been a parish church. In the area there is also the church in Otok.

Practical information

• Place: Górzyca, Gryfice municipality, Gryfice County.
• Entered in the heritage register (number A-641).
• Service times are given by the parish.