St Martin's Church in Kołobrzeg (Portowa Street)

St Martin's Church on Portowa Street in Kołobrzeg is a modern church adapted from the building of a former garrison club. Before the war the Protestant St Nicholas' Church stood on its site, and the history of both buildings tells of the changes in the town after 1945.

From a Protestant church to a garrison club

The Protestant St Nicholas' Church was partly destroyed in 1945 and survived as a permanent ruin until the 1960s. After its demolition a modernist garrison club building was put up on the site. From the 1980s the building slowly deteriorated, and was used, among other things, as a canteen and a dance hall for holidaymakers from the Spa District.

Conversion into a church

In 2001-2004 the building was rebuilt and adapted to the needs of the Roman Catholic parish of St Martin. The former club hall became the nave of the church, and the service areas the presbytery.

Nearby

It is about seven hundred metres from here to the pier in Kołobrzeg, and about six hundred to the lighthouse.

Practical information

• Place: Kołobrzeg, Portowa Street, in the area of the Spa District.
• The church is in use; check the times of services and the possibility of entering the interior with the parish.