Church of St Maximilian Maria Kolbe in Szumiąca

The Church of St Maximilian Maria Kolbe in Szumiąca, a village in Kamień Pomorski municipality, initially served as a cemetery chapel of the Manteuffel family. It was restored and blessed on 22 September 1974, and today it is a filial church of the parish in Jarszewo.

Architecture

The church was built on a square plan with a separate chancel, under a gabled roof. The front wall and the chancel wall have stepped gables with blind niches, and a portal with three archivolts leads inside.

Ruins next door

Next to the building stand the ruins of another church, destroyed in 1952. What church it was and from what period it dated, and what the interior of the chapel looks like, will be explained by the parish in Jarszewo.

Practical information

• Location: the village of Szumiąca, Kamień Pomorski municipality, Kamień County.
• In Kamień Pomorski there is the Museum of Stones.
• Opening times of the church are given by the parish in Jarszewo.