Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Przęsocin

The late Gothic filial church in Przęsocin, a village in Police municipality on the northern outskirts of Szczecin, is a church built of granite stones in 1493, with a wooden tower from the Baroque period.

History

The first church in the village, a wooden one, was mentioned in 1286. In 1493 it was pulled down and a masonry church of granite stones was built, which stands to this day. In 1740 a wooden bell tower with a Baroque helm, an octagonal lantern and a cross at the top was added at the west. A bronze bell of 1832 hangs in the tower. After the Second World War the church was consecrated as a Catholic one, on 4 August 1946.

Interior

The interior is covered with a wooden beamed ceiling. On the west wall there is a music gallery with an organ case. After 1945 the plaster was knocked off outside and inside, and the walls inside were whitewashed. In 1987 a sacristy was set up in the passage under the tower to a design by Eng. Stefan Kwilecki.

Practical information

• Location: Przęsocin, Police municipality. The church belongs to the parish of St Faustina Kowalska in Szczecin.
• The service times are given by the parish; it is a filial church, so the interior need not be open outside the liturgy.

From Przęsocin it is not far to the Bismarck Tower in Szczecin, about 4.6 km as the crow flies.