Landmarks

St Andrew the Apostle Church in Kadłub

The wooden Church of St Andrew the Apostle in Kadłub near Wieluń is an example of the late-Gothic Wieluń style. This 16th-century church preserves its larch log construction, steep shingled roof and modest rural form.

Built without metal nails

The oriented, single-aisled building was erected around 1520 without metal nails. Its narrower, polygonally closed chancel joins the nave beneath one roof that extends into a broad eave. A post-and-frame tower was added at the turn of the 18th century, and the western part of the nave was extended in 1949.

A Baroque altar and a 15th-century bell

The key furnishing is the Baroque high altar from 1723. The side altars preserve 16th-century sculptures of the Madonna and Child and a bishop, as well as 17th-century images of St Matthew and St John the Baptist. The bell tower holds a 15th-century bell bearing an inscription in Gothic minuscule.

Practical information

The church is at 1 Kadłub, a few kilometres south of Wieluń. It remains an active parish, and Mass times are published on an ongoing basis; arrange tourist access to the interior with the parish. Allow about 20–30 minutes. Combine the stop with the wooden Church of All Saints in nearby Popowice.