Kościół Matki Bożej Różańcowej, Szczecin

Church of Our Lady of the Rosary - is located in the oldest part of the Szczecin housing estate Gumience on Lwowska Street. The church was built at the end of the 15th century as a hall church, without a tower and without an architecturally separated presbytery. At the end of the sixteenth century the church received a barrel vault with lunettes. In 1800 a timber-framed tower was added to the church, the church walls were strengthened by adding buttresses, and the window openings were rebuilt.

General renovation of the church began in 1979. During the extensive work, the interior was renovated, a sacristy, a porch by the tower and catechism rooms were added.

At present, the body of the church has Gothic, Renaissance and Neoclassical elements. The church is surrounded by numerous annexes.

The furnishings include an 18th century Baroque high altar, a neo-Gothic baptismal font and a bell from 1708.

In front of the church, on a pedestal that was once a monument to those killed in World War I, a statue of Christ was placed.

On April 4, 2020, during a church service, police intervened in connection with violations by local worshippers and Roman Catholic clergy of a national quarantine measure imposed by the Polish government in the wake of the global outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Anti-epidemic regulations at the time limited the maximum number of participants in public gatherings and religious ceremonies to 5 people, while several dozen worshippers had gathered in the church. The intervening police officers referred the matter to the Sanitary Inspectorate in order to initiate appropriate administrative proceedings against the local parish. The incident was commented on in the nationwide media.