Stare Miasto | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Pomeranian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Sztum |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Stary Dzierzgoń |
Coordinates: | 53.8858°N 19.3669°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Population Total: | 290 |
Stare Miasto (pronounced as /pl/) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stary Dzierzgoń, within Sztum County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6km (04miles) north-west of Stary Dzierzgoń, 230NaN0 east of Sztum, and 720NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk.
For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.
This church was built in the late 15th century. The oldest cornerstone shows 1495 or 1496. The wooden ceiling and pews are painted in the late baroque style.
The pipe organ was built 1796 and restored and expanded 1866. The elaborate organ case survived the war damages 1945. All organ pipes, however disappeared. The mechanism of the organ fell into disrepair.