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Tuczno, Poland Tuczno (german: Tütz, earlier ''Tietz'') is a town and former pre-diocesan Catholic see in Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland, with 2,014 inhabitants (2004). It is the home of the restored Tuczno Castle, which is ...

Location

It is in Tuczno, in the

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, in

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. It belongs to the Deanery Mirosławiec in the

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. Formerly the see of the

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accessdate: February 26, 2017FamilySearch Catalog: Seelenbuch der Stadt Tütz und der umliegenden Dörfer vom Ende des 17. Jahrhunderts bis zum Jahre 1741 — FamilySearch.org
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Construction

The church was built 1522. The

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were expanded after 1640.

Accidents

The tower collapsed in 1636, and there was a fire in 1640.

History

It is a

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built in the style of late

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in the year 1522, but was rebuilt many times.

The inside

Inside the church is a starry vault, supported by massive

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s. The main altar has the image of the Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the aisle is a

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of wood from the beginning of the 16th century. The

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and from the mid-17th century. Two bells are from 1923, one from 1911 The

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is made of stone

References

External links and references

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Tuczno Tuczno (german: Tütz, earlier ''Tietz'') is a town and former pre-diocesan Catholic see in Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland, with 2,014 inhabitants (2004). It is the home of the restored Tuczno Castle, which i ...