Polish Catholic Church
The first wooden church was built here in 1124, when Otto from Bamberg came to Szczecin with a mission to Christianize. This wooden church was probably the oldest religious building in Szczecin, but it was burnt down during the Danish invasion in 1189. In the years 1223-1237 a new brick temple was built in its place.
In 1268, the Bishop of Kamień Hermann von Gleichen incorporated the surrounding villages of Grabowo, Golęcino and Niemierzyn into the parish of Saints Peter and Paul.
The interior of the church
In 1425, the construction of a new body of the temple began in the spirit of the Pomeranian school of Gothic architecture by Heinrich Brunsberg. Mascarons are placed on the external walls - the faces of authentic inhabitants of medieval Szczecin. In 1460, the church was extended to the west by one span, much wider than the others and topped with a tower.
In 1534 it was converted into a Protestant temple. In 1556, the tower was pulled down and the western facade was rebuilt. In 1602, the church was crowned with the existing signature.
It was significantly damaged during the artillery fire in 1677. The reconstruction took 24 years. Rebuilt as a hall structure, without vaults and pillars dividing into naves. In 1702 Hans Kamerling made the so-called pseudo-vault, i.e. a wooden ceiling in the shape of brick vaults. In 1703, the Szczecin painter Ernst Eichner decorated the vault with a huge painting. In 1817, during the renovation, all baroque elements were removed. In 1901, the western facade of the temple was regothisated. In 1909, in the vicinity of the church, on the site of an older parish building, a new tenement house was built, which has survived to this day, where the parish was located.
Since 1946, it belongs to the followers of the Polish Catholic Church as a parish church. In 1960, the temple was thoroughly renovated.
In 2009, old burials, most likely of patricians or members of the Griffin dynasty, were found in the temple vaults.