Kościół Świętego Piotra, Międzyzdroje

St. Peter the Apostle Church in Międzyzdroje is a Roman Catholic parish church in the town of Międzyzdroje. It is located in Lipowa Street. It belongs to the deanery of Swinoujscie.

The temple is located on the northern slope of Piast Hills. It is a neo-Gothic building, built in the years 1860-62, designed jointly by the well-known architect and official, F. A. Stüler and the Prussian king Friedrich Wilhelm IV. The king was also the main founder of the temple, he covered 2/3 of the construction costs.

The church is built on a quadrilateral plan, the chancel is closed on three sides, separated, lower and narrower than the nave. Tower in northwestern corner, three stories high, on octagonal plan, topped with octagonal cupola. The eastern gable is profiled with pinnacles, and the western gable additionally has a round rosette with stained glass. At the tower and on the western gable, there is an empora supported on arcades. In the corner of the empora, there is a ceramic statue of the parish patron, St. Peter the Apostle.

Inside, a raised wooden ceiling, beamed, open. On the western choir gallery there is the original, working organ from 1862. From the original Protestant furnishings there survived two oil paintings from the mid 19th century: the first one from the main altar, now on the eastern wall of the northern gallery, depicting Christ walking on the sea and St. Peter drowning. The second painting with Christ in the Garden of Olives hangs by the steps to the gallery. A wooden crucifix has also been preserved from the same period. The rest of the equipment and decorations are new, designed by the artists Kolodziejczyk, Pudełko and Bardonska. In the 1980s and 1990s the church was expanded, according to a design by Adam Szymski, combining modern and neo-Gothic forms. Since 2000, on the right side of the altar there has been a reliquary with the remains of St. Jadwiga Śląska, St. Faustyna Kowalska, St. Albert Chmielowski, St. Rafał Kalinowski, and Bl. Bernardyna Jablonska.

Every day at 12:00 the Hejnał Międzyzdrojów Hejnał composed by Jaromir Gajewski is played from the church tower