Churches and monasteries
single-storey walls of a 14th-century Augustinian monastery on the Gunica River, next to the parish church
Churches and monasteries
a church from 1894 with a tower over 60 m high, replacing the medieval St Mary's Church
Churches and monasteries
the largest and youngest church in Police, with an organ brought from Switzerland
Churches and monasteries
the oldest church in Police, mentioned from 1299, formerly part of the Augustinian monastery
Churches and monasteries
remnant of St Mary's Church, a former charnel house, today a tourist information point on the Old Town market square
Churches and monasteries in Police: the ruined Augustinian monastery in Jasienica, a Gothic chapel and three churches of different eras.
Police has places of worship from several centuries, from a mention at the end of the 13th century to a church whose construction began in 1992. It suits a visitor who wants to walk around old Police and Jasienica in a day, or to pick a single stop from several.
The oldest is the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Police-Jasienica on Kościelna street. The first church on this spot, dedicated to the Holy Cross, was recorded in 1299. The present building went up in several stages and belonged to the Augustinian monastery until the Reformation.
Next to it, on the bank of the Gunica river, stand the single-storey walls of the Augustinian Monastery in Police-Jasienica, secured as a permanent ruin. Duke Barnim III brought the Augustinians here in 1331. The monks regulated the Gunica, built a mill and grew hops. It is a stop for people who prefer traces of the past to closed interiors, and the whole complex is described in the article Police and Jasienica: the Augustinian monastery, a Gothic chapel and churches.
In the centre it is worth combining two sites, a church and a chapel. The Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Police on Mazurska street was built in 1894 to replace the medieval St Mary's church from the Old Town Market Square. Its tower is over sixty metres tall and is part of the old town skyline.
All that remains of that medieval church is the Gothic Chapel in Police from the 15th century, at Plac Bolesława Chrobrego 2. The church was pulled down in 1895, but the chapel, also called the little church, survived and now houses a tourist information point, so it is a good place to begin a walk.
The youngest is the Church of St Casimir the Prince in Police on the Anny Jagiellonki estate. Its parish is the most populous in the Szczecin-Kamień archdiocese, the foundations were laid in 1992, and the interior holds Swiss-made organs next to a Fátima chapel. It is a choice for anyone interested in modern church architecture.
All five places are quiet stops for people travelling alone. A broader picture of the town is on the page things to do in Police, and other places of worship in the region are gathered under churches and monasteries.
The walls of the former Augustinian monastery stand in Police-Jasienica, on the Gunica river. They are secured as a permanent ruin, and the church of Saints Peter and Paul is right next to them.
A good starting point is the Gothic chapel on Bolesława Chrobrego square, because a tourist information point works there. The church on Mazurska street is close by.
The tower of the Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is over sixty metres tall and is a distinctive part of the old town skyline.
It is the Church of St Casimir the Prince, the newest place of worship in town. The organs come from Switzerland, and a separate chapel is devoted to Our Lady of Fátima.
