Church Saint. Stefan

parish church Saint. Stefana in the police was erected in the years 1889–1894 according to the design of Jerzy Werner . Built red brick , on the "Strong> Latin Cross set , represents the neo -Gothic style , which is emphasized by two soaring towers , visible from afar and dominant over the landscape of the town. The founder of the temple was the Maria née Tyzenhauz, Countess Przeździecka , who allocated the impressive amount of 84184 rubles in silver , supported by parishioners (1,400 rubles) to neo -Gothic architecture. The main altar has a sculpture of Christ crucified made of linden wood . On the sides of the transverse nave there are chapels of St. Stefan and Saint. John of Nepomuk . Interior elements - pulpit, benches, confessionals, a sacristy door and a railing - also made of oak wood in the same style.

The presbytery contains images of two blessed martyrs of World War II , beatified by Saint. John Paul II in 1999: priest Władysława Miegonia , Fleet chaplain murdered in Dachau, and priest Kazimierz Sykulski , Pastor of the Policzna parish, shot in Auschwitz. Earlier, there were two wooden churches - the first from the 15th century. Saint. Anna and Saint. Stanisław, and the second of around 1740 , the foundation of Ewa Suchodolska , which was demolished at the time of the construction of the current temple.

is also a place related to the history of Polish literature - in 1892 Fr. Antoni Grudziński blessed here the marriage of Stefan Żeromski and Oktawia Rodkiewicz , and the witness of this ceremony was Bolesław Prus (Aleksander Głowacki) . Today the church of St. Stefana in the Cable is not only a place of prayer, but also An important point of the national and cultural heritage of the region .