Baroque Church of Saint John of Nepomuk in Godziszewo

Godziszewo, one of the oldest settlements in Pomerania, belonged to the bishops of Kujavia from 1301, who then passed it on to the Cistercians from Ląd. The monks leased the estate from 1328 until 1772. During its turbulent history, the village was repeatedly damaged – both during the Thirteen Years' War and the Swedish wars. In 1626, almost all the buildings in Godziszewo burned down, but the church dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul survived. However, later events did not spare it. In 1747, a lightning strike destroyed the temple along with its furnishings. A year later, Abbot Antoni Łukomski erected a new, Baroque church dedicated to Saint John of Nepomuk. The building was constructed in an oriented style, on a rectangular plan, with a three-sided presbytery, and the whole was crowned with a gable roof. A wooden tower was added to the church from the west. The interior of the single-nave church delights with its decor from the years 1750–1760. In the side porch, you can see a Mannerist tombstone from 1623, commemorating the Pomeranian castellan Jan Wiesiołowski and his wife, Justyna Branicka. From the old, 17th-century temple, a late Renaissance tombstone of the Wiesiołowsks also survived, emphasizing the rich history of this place.