Church of St Jude Thaddeus in Lubicz

The Church of St Jude Thaddeus in Lubicz, in Widuchowa municipality, was built at the end of the 13th century of granite ashlar. Since 1986 it has been a parish church.

A granite hall with a massive tower

It is an oriented hall building on the plan of an elongated rectangle measuring 23.2 by 7.6 m, girded by a profiled plinth. On the west side stands a four-sided tower of the same width as the nave, with a wide portal with three steps at the base, blind arches in the upper parts and a pyramidal helmet. In the walls the original slender windows closed with a semicircular arch have survived, and in the east gable a walled-up brick rose window.

Ruin and rebuilding

The church, destroyed during the Second World War, fell into ruin after 1945. It was rebuilt in 1974-1976, and Bishop Jerzy Stroba blessed it on 11 December 1976. The interior has a flat wooden ceiling and white walls. The chancel wall is covered with modern polychromy with images of the twelve Apostles, and beside the altar stands a font with gilded decoration.

Practical information

• Village: Lubicz, Widuchowa municipality. The church is entered in the heritage register.
• The branch church in Czarnówko belongs to this parish and lies about 3.4 km further on.
• Service times and opening hours are given by the parish.