Neo-Gothic Temple in Stężyca – A Trace of the Evangelical History of Kashubia

The former Evangelical church in Stężyca is a neo-Gothic temple from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This brick structure, with a rectangular layout and single-space chancel, retains numerous neo-Gothic stylistic details. On the west side, a three-sided tower rises, connected externally with an entrance porch and a staircase leading to the choir. The tower is adorned with friezes and pointed arch blind windows, which mimic tracery windows, and the structure is crowned by a conical ceramic roof.

The church interior preserves original decorative elements, such as wall paintings in the nave and chancel, a wooden choir balustrade, two cast-iron stoves, fragments of stained-glass windows in the nave, and decorative fittings on the porch doors. During the Second Polish Republic, the church served an Evangelical parish of about 130 worshippers, part of the Kartusian Superintendency of the Evangelical Union Church. The parish in Stężyca was also listed in the appendix to the ordinance of the President of the Republic of Poland dated March 6, 1928, concerning the convening of an Extraordinary Synod of this church.