St. Andrew the Apostle Church in Przodkowo

The neo-Gothic St. Andrew the Apostle Church in Przodkowo was built between 1874 and 1878 from stone and brick blocks, replacing two previous wooden churches. A defining feature of the structure is its tall tower, crowned with a spire adorned with pinnacles. The church houses a late-Gothic sculpture of the Madonna. Bishop Jakub Klunder consecrated the church on September 25, 1910, and on its centenary in 2010, Bishop Jan Bernard Szlaga consecrated a new altar. The St. Andrew parish likely separated from the parish in Żukowo in the 13th century or in the early Teutonic period of the 14th century. During the Reformation, the church remained in Lutheran hands for 19 years and was then a filial parish of Kiełno for another 270 years. On December 29, 1866, Bishop Jan Marwicz restored the parish’s independence, paving the way for the construction of the current church. Later, the Przodkowo parish gave rise to the St. Joseph parish in Pomieczyno (1927) and part of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary parish in Grzybno (2000). During the occupation, the church was used to detain arrested parishioners in 1939 and housed prisoners of the “Death March” from the Stutthof concentration camp in late January and early February 1945.