Church of the 16th century with a 15th-century altar triptych, a late Gothic crucifix and a bell tower of the 17th century.
The Church of St Matthew the Apostle in Dobieszewo is a towerless church of stone and brick from the 16th century, in which a 15th-century altar triptych with the Apostles has survived. It stands in the village in Łobez municipality and is surrounded by a former German cemetery.
The church was built of stone and brick on a rectangular plan, without a tower. Buttresses support it at the corners, the east and west gables are boarded, and the roof is gabled. In the south wall there is an entrance portal with three steps, and in the west elevation two windows with two steps and a semicircular arch, framed in brick. The heritage register dates the building to the end of the 16th century.
A 15th-century altar triptych hangs in the church: in the central part are St Christopher, St Anne with the Virgin and Child, and St Catherine, and on the wings the figures of the twelve Apostles. The reverse carries a note of a renovation in 1921, carried out by the sculptor Ehlert and the painter Hoffman. A late Gothic crucifix with a small Passion group, a Renaissance pulpit and a choir gallery on posts have also survived.
Beside it stand a freestanding 17th-century bell tower and a monument to Helmut Pretzell, the last pre-war owner of the Dobieszewo estate. The church grounds are surrounded by a former German cemetery with surviving gravestones. The church was consecrated as a Catholic church on 9 October 1946.
Nearby, in Łobez, stands Roland's Mound.
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