St. Lawrence Church in Głowaczów

The original church was built around 1390 as a foundation of Jan Głowacz of Leżenice. The Leżenice parish existed in the second half of the 15th century. It had a wooden church. In turn, the church in Głowaczów st. Wawrzyńca was wooden and existed in the second half of the fifteenth century. At the end of the same century, the center of the church center was moved from Leżenice to Głowaczów. But the Leżenice parish survived until 1621 in the deanery of Zvolen, as a separate one next to Głowaczów. Later sources do not mention it. The church in Głowaczów was to be located on the site of today's cemetery. It was destroyed during the Swedish wars, and burnt down at the end of the 16th century. Then a brick church was built, which was extended in 1675 according to the design of architect Tylman van Gameren, thanks to the efforts of Tomasz Leżeński, bishop of Luck. The temple was consecrated on October 28, 1745 by Bishop Michał Ignacy Kunicki, a Cracow suffragan. At the beginning of the 19th century, it was estimated that the church was close to collapsing. Before World War I, Fr. Wiktoryn Budziszewski thought about enlarging the church according to the plans of architect Słomiński. Nevertheless, the temple was completely destroyed and burnt down in 1944–1945. The buildings of the parishioners were similarly destroyed[1].The present church was built in the years 1958–1964/1966 according to the design of architect Władysław Pieńkowski, thanks to the efforts of Fr. Stanisław Sikorski. On October 23, 1966, it was consecrated by Bp. Piotr Gołębiowski. The church is made of brick, it was built in a modern style as a neo-basilica, three-nave.