Church of St Andrew Bobola in Mechowo (Gryfice County)

The Church of St Andrew Bobola in Mechowo (Gryfice County) is a stone church from the turn of the 16th century, with a wooden upper part of the tower and Baroque furnishings. There are several places called Mechowo in the region; this one lies in Gryfice County.

The building

The church was built of fieldstone on a rectangular plan. It has a single nave and a gabled roof. A square tower adjoins it on the west side: the lower part is of stone, the upper part was added later in wood and boarded, and it narrows towards the top under a hipped roof. In the 19th century the church was partly rebuilt, the windows were re-walled and a brick porch was added on the south side. The outer walls and the east gable are plastered.

Interior

The ceiling is wooden and beamed, and above the entrance runs a wooden music gallery supported on two columns. In the chancel a Baroque altar has survived, in two storeys, decorated with auricular ornament and acanthus leaves; a modern picture shows the patron saint. A carved Baroque pulpit with a canopy, decorated with polychromy and gilding, has also survived. After the war, in 1946, the church was reconsecrated as a Catholic church, and since 1985 it has been a parish church.

Nearby, in Trzygłów, stands the Church of St Mary Magdalene.

Practical information

• Location: the village of Mechowo, Gryfice County.
• The church is active. Service times are given by the parish.