St Adalbert's Church in Szczecin

St Adalbert's Church stands on Plac Zwycięstwa in the Nowe Miasto district. It is a Neo-Gothic hall church from 1906-1909 with a massive, asymmetrically placed tower 65.5 metres high. Today it serves as the Roman Catholic garrison church of the Szczecin-Kamień diocese.

A brick building

The designer was the architect Jürgen Kröger. The church is built of brick, and although Neo-Gothic dominates, the decoration also includes Neo-Romanesque motifs, which is why the Wikipedia entry describes the style as eclectic. The building is 35 metres long and 23 metres wide, and the hall is 17 metres high. The heritage register also describes the style as Neo-Gothic, and the church was entered in it together with its surroundings on 20 April 2009.

From an Evangelical church to a garrison church

Before the war it belonged to an Evangelical parish and was called the Bugenhagenkirche, after Johannes Bugenhagen, the father of the Reformation in the Pomeranian lands. During the Second World War the building was damaged in Allied air raids, but a decision to rebuild it was taken quickly. In 1948 the church was consecrated and taken over by the Roman Catholic parish.

Interior

Inside are a stone altar and pulpit, and a sixteen-stop organ made by the master Brandt of Wałcz.

Practical information

• Address: plac Zwycięstwa 2B, Nowe Miasto.
• Opening hours and Mass times are given by the garrison parish, so check them before your visit.
• The Port Gate stands nearby.
• A few hundred metres further on is the Basilica of St John the Baptist.