Churches and monasteries in Piaseczno: three stone churches in Banie, Czaplinek and Trzcińsko-Zdrój municipalities, from the 13th century onwards.
Several villages are called Piaseczno, and each church described here stands in a different municipality. They share stone construction and a modest village scale, but differ in age and former denomination.
Which church in Piaseczno is the oldest and where is it?
Kościół Matki Bożej Królowej Różańca Świętego w Piasecznie (Rosary church) stands in Banie municipality and dates from the 13th century. Its beginnings are tied to the Templars, installed on Banie land by Duke Barnim I in 1234. It was built of regularly dressed stone blocks on a rectangular plan, with a wooden bell tower and a painted ceiling. It is a filial church of the Banie parish.
Kościół Wniebowzięcia NMP w Piasecznie (Assumption church) in Trzcińsko-Zdrój municipality was built around 1300 of granite ashlar. It is a hall building on a small rise in the centre of the village, and in the second half of the 19th century a stone neo-Romanesque apse with a crypt was added on the east. It belongs to the parish in Warnice.
Which church in Piaseczno was built for a Protestant congregation?
Kościół Najświętszej Maryi Panny Wspomożenia Wiernych w Piasecznie (Help of Christians church) is a plain stone building of the 1600s, put up by the local Protestant parish. It is now a branch church of the Siemczyno parish, in Czaplinek municipality, and has a wooden belfry. Many alterations have blurred its original style.
The village profile lives at Piaseczno, and more of the region's churches in Kościoły i klasztory.
Frequently asked questions
Do all the churches stand in the same Piaseczno?
No, in three different villages, in Banie, Czaplinek and Trzcińsko-Zdrój municipalities.
What is the Assumption church built of?
Granite ashlar, around 1300.
What links the church in Banie municipality to the Templars?
The description ties its beginnings to Templars installed by Duke Barnim I in 1234.