Church of St Joseph the Worker in Lubiechów Górny

The Church of St Joseph the Worker in Lubiechów Górny, in Cedynia municipality, is a granite building from the 13th century, entered in the heritage register. The register dates it to the third quarter of the 13th century. It is a filial church of the parish of Our Lady of Częstochowa in Czachów, where the Church of Our Lady of Częstochowa in Czachów stands.

The building

The church is a hall church, built of granite ashlar on a rectangular plan measuring 16.7 by 9.95 metres. In the late Middle Ages the nave was raised, and on the west side a tower of stone and brick adjoins it, with a staircase inside. On the ground floor of the tower there is a portal with four stepped reveals, and on its left reveal a mason's mark in the form of a chequerboard of rhombuses can be seen. In the south wall two walled-up pointed-arch portals have survived, and in the east wall three walled-up windows.

Rebuilding and interior

Around 1880 the church was rebuilt in the Neo-Renaissance style, and the windows were widened at the same time. After the Second World War, at the end of 1946, it was reconsecrated as a Catholic church. Inside, under the wooden ceiling, a Neo-Gothic pulpit, a 19th-century organ case, a font and pews have survived, and the windows have stained glass.

Cemetery

The church adjoins a historic cemetery surrounded by a stone wall with a gate. Crosses for those who fell in the First World War have survived on the wall.

Practical information

• Location: Lubiechów Górny, Cedynia municipality, Gryfino County.
• Service times and the possibility of entering the interior are given by the parish in Czachów.
• Nearby: Czcibor Hill.