St Peter and St Paul's Church in Kiełpino

The Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Kiełpino is a Gothic church from the 15th century, listed in the heritage register. It is a filial church of the parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Brojce, in Brojce municipality.

A Gothic hall with a wooden tower

It is an oriented hall church of brick, on a rectangular plan, with a chancel closed on three sides. In the western part of the body stands a square, boarded tower with an octagonal spire covered in sheet metal. In the west wall is a pointed-arch portal with three recessed orders, and the gable is decorated with three pointed-arch blind windows.

Interior

Inside, a Baroque altar with acanthus-leaf ear ornaments and figures of small angels has survived, as well as a suspended hexagonal pulpit with a canopy from the first half of the 18th century. On the wooden gallery stands an organ by the Szczecin firm Grüneberg in a 19th-century Neo-Gothic case. There is also a Baroque crucifix and three historic candlesticks. As a Catholic church it was consecrated on 1 November 1946.

Practical information

• Village: Kiełpino, Brojce municipality, Gryfice County.
• Service times and the possibility of seeing the interior are given by the parish, so it is worth checking them before a visit.

A few kilometres further on, in Brojce, stands the parish Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Brojce.