Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Gdańsk, Gothic Revival church in Nowy Port, Gdańsk, Poland.
The Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Nowy Port is a red brick building in the Gothic Revival style with pointed arches and tall spires. The structure displays typical features of this architectural period and occupies a prominent location within the district.
The brick church was designed in 1904 by architect Friedrich Oskar Hossfeld during a period of significant growth in the port city. Its completion coincided with rapid population changes and the expansion of maritime activities.
The name Morski Kościół Misyjny (Missionary Maritime Church) was given when the Franciscans consecrated it in 1949, linking the parish to the port district. Inside, stained glass from the 1970s shows New Testament scenes in the chancel and the lives of St. Francis and St. Anthony in the nave.
The church stands in Nowy Port, in northern Gdańsk near the port channel, and belongs to the Franciscan monastery there. It is an active parish and monastic church, so visits fit around Masses and the friars' daily prayers. The interior is small enough to see in a short stop; the 1970s stained glass and sgraffito wall paintings are the details to look for.
The 1905 building cost 205,000 marks, and the Prussian state covered one third of that sum. The rest was raised locally for the Evangelical Church of the Ascension. The name changed in 1949, when it was consecrated as the Missionary Maritime Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
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