Churches and monasteries
a Gothic brick basilica with a tower over 80 m high, a Historic Monument together with the town walls
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a late Gothic Hospitaller church with a 99 m tower and the Jan Maria bell of 1464
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neo-Gothic church of 1874-1877 with a tower 50 metres high, on the site of a hospital church of 1364
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Neo-Gothic red brick Orthodox church of 1889-1890, a former Reformed church
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the largest post-war church in Stargard, with an upper and a lower church and stained glass
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a church from the turn of the 14th and 15th centuries in Kluczewo
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modern Greek Catholic church with an iconostasis of 2020, built at the parishioners' expense
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Neo-Gothic brick church from the end of the 19th century, now Polish Catholic, shortened by two bays in 1984
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organist's house from the 14th-16th centuries by the collegiate church, part of Stargard's Historic Monument
Churches in Stargard: the Gothic Collegiate Church of St Mary, St John's with its 99 m tower, two Orthodox churches and 19th-century chapels.
Stargard's places of worship represent several denominations and several periods, from brick Gothic to a modern Greek Catholic church. They give a good reason to walk through the Old Town and beyond it, though not every interior is open at all times.
Begin with the two Gothic basilicas of the Old Town: the Collegiate Church of St Mary and St John's. Both tower over the surrounding buildings, both are brick, and a short walk separates them, so they are easy to see in one day.
On the Old Town Market Square, at Bolesława Krzywoustego 12, stands the Collegiate Church of St Mary, Queen of the World. The brick Gothic basilica has a tower about 83 m high and, with the town walls, forms part of a Historic Monument. The tale of the two towers and the quarrel among the councillors is told in a piece on the Collegiate Church. Next to it is the Plebania Kolegiaty NMP w Stargardzie Szczecińskim (Rectory of the Collegiate Church), a group of three historic buildings: a former school, later the seat of a museum.
Kościół św. Jana w Stargardzie Szczecińskim (St John's Church) at Świętego Jana Chrzciciela 1 is a late Gothic hall church with an axial tower 99 m high. Its tower carries West Pomerania's biggest medieval bell, and the building is tied to the Johannite commandery.
Three places of worship serve eastern rites or minority denominations, each with a different history. Two are Orthodox or Greek Catholic churches, and the third is a Polish Catholic church in a Neo-Gothic building.
Cerkiew Świętych Apostołów Piotra i Pawła w Stargardzie (Orthodox Church of Saints Peter and Paul) occupies a Neo-Gothic brick church of 1889-1890 at św. Jana Chrzciciela 2. Since 1953 it has been an Orthodox parish church, so the same building changed its user, not its appearance.
Cerkiew św. Jozafata Męczennika w Stargardzie Szczecińskim (Church of St Josaphat the Martyr) belongs to the Greek Catholic parish and stands on Młyńska street. The congregation began building it in 2007, it was consecrated in 2015, and the iconostasis arrived in 2020.
Kościół Przemienienia Pańskiego w Stargardzie (polskokatolicki) (Church of the Transfiguration) at Nadbrzeżna 6 is a Neo-Gothic brick building from the late 19th century, designed by L. Braatz. Since 1959 it has partly served the Polish Catholic Church, and in 1984 it was shortened by two bays.
Three churches stand on the outskirts: one medieval, one from the 19th century and one entirely new. Each lies in a different part of town, so you will usually need transport.
The Kościół Świętego Ducha w Stargardzie (Church of the Holy Spirit) at Świętego Ducha square 2 was built in 1874-1877 as a Neo-Gothic structure with a 50.2 m tower. It has stained glass from 1926 and an organ by Stockmann, and it stands outside the town walls on the site of the original hospital chapel.
The Kościół Świętego Krzyża w Stargardzie (Church of the Holy Cross) in the Kluczewo district, at Lotników 8A, dates from the turn of the 15th century. It is built of fieldstone and brick, and the tower is decorated with blind arcades. It is the oldest of the churches lying outside the centre.
The Kościół Miłosierdzia Bożego w Stargardzie (Church of Divine Mercy) on the Zachód estate is the town's biggest church put up after 1945. It has an upper and a lower church, and Wikipedia gives its capacity as three thousand people.
Other monuments of the town are gathered in the category Zabytki: Stargard, and green places between the churches in Parki i przyroda: Stargard. A route with further stops is suggested in the article Weekend in Stargard. For the town as a whole, see Stargard.
The Old Town churches are a walk of a few minutes apart. Those on the outskirts, in Kluczewo and on the Zachód estate, need a car or local transport.
Among the churches described here, St John's has the tallest tower. According to the description it measures 99 m, while the tower of the Collegiate Church is about 83 m.
Yes, two. One is the Orthodox church of Saints Peter and Paul, in a brick Neo-Gothic building of the 1890s, and the other is the Greek Catholic church of St Josaphat, raised on Młyńska street from 2007.
Outside the walls stand the Church of the Holy Spirit, the Church of the Holy Cross in Kluczewo and the Church of Divine Mercy on the Zachód estate. Each is easier to reach by transport than on foot from the Market Square.
