HISTORY IMMORTALIZED IN WOOD

Gwoździany - Catholic church of the Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The church was erected in 1576 in Kościelisko near Olesno (in the original location of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary), transferred to Gwoździany in the years 1976-1978. The temple is situated on an artificial hill, carcass construction with a tower pole construction.

Lubliniec - Church of St. Ann

Church dedicated to Saint. Anny in Lubliniec (Lubliniec town, Gliwice diocese) - a church built in 1653 from the foundation of Andrzej Cellari, rebuilt or renovated in 1754, most recently in the years 1999 - 2001 with a slight transfer. Oriented temple, carcass construction, with a three-sided closure from the east and a rectangular sacristy of the log structure (formerly skeletal construction). Shingle roof with a turret, six-sided turret with a lantern. Baroque equipment.

Sadów - Wooden and Brick Belfry

The belfry, built at the church in the 17th century, is located on the wooden architecture route of the Silesian Voivodship. The bell tower has two bells, one from the year 1486, the second from the seventeenth century.

Cieszowa - Church of St. Marcin

The wooden church from 1751 located in Cieszów in the Sady deanery, in the diocese of Gliwice, is the seat of the parish of St. Marcin Bishop and the Confessor in Cieszowa. The church is located along with several other churches in the Lubliniec area on the Wooden Architecture Route of the province Silesia. It is oriented, carcass construction with a pole construction tower.

Koszęcin - Church of Saint. Trinity

Church of the indulgence pw. Holy Trinity in Koszęcin in the diocese of Gliwice - built in 1724, on the site of a previous church from the 16th century. Lies on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesian Voivodeship. The place of construction of the former church was - as reported by the old records of the chroniclers - revealed to the daughter of the local miller - Wiktoria. The church from 1724 expanded to the west.

Brusiek - Church of St. John the Baptist

Church St. John the Baptist - a church located in Brusiek, Lubliniec poviat, Gliwice diocese. Already in the fifteenth century, a church was mentioned here, which burned down. The present church was built before 1670 from the foundation of Andrzej Kochcicki. Oriented temple with carcass construction, with a pole construction tower. Inside the church is a polychrome stencil from 1693 - the work of Wawrzyniec Grochowski.

Sieroty - Church of All Saints

Catholic church of All Saints in Sierozy - a historic Catholic church located in the Orphans in the Gliwice poviat in the Silesian voivodeship. Is a parish church in the Toszek deanery in the diocese of Gliwice. The church is located on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesian Voivodeship. The Zacharzowicki Trail runs nearby. The first mentions of the Orphans come from 1299. The church probably existed already in the thirteenth century, while the present was created in the fifteenth century.

Zacharzowice - Church of St. Lawrence

A historic Catholic church located in Zacharzowice in the Gliwice poviat in the Silesian Voivodeship. It is a branch church of the All Saints' parish in the orphans of the Toszek deanery in the diocese of Gliwice. The first mention of the village of Zacharzowice come from 1305, and about the church - from 1447.

Paczyna - Wooden Belfry

Belfry in Paczynie - a historic, freestanding belfry located in Paczyń in the Toszek commune, in the Gliwice poviat in the Silesian Voivodeship. Located in the central part of the village, near the church. St. Martin. Built in 1679 next to a non-existent wooden church, which was demolished in 1931, and in its place built a brick church.

Poniszowice - Church of St. John the Baptist

Church Nativity of Saint John the Baptist and Our Lady of Czestochowa in Poniszowice - a church from the fifteenth century located in Poniszowice (commune of Rudziniec, poviat of Gliwice, Silesia), in the diocese of Gliwice. The church in Poniszowice was mentioned already in 1175. This church, after being destroyed by a gale in 1399, was rebuilt in 1404. The present one dates from 1499. In 1570, a free-standing belfry was built next to the church.

Rudziniec - Church of St. Michał Archangel

A historic Catholic church located in Rudziniec in the Gliwice poviat in the Silesian Voivodeship. It is a parish church in the Ujazd deanery in the diocese of Opole. The first records about the church in Rudziniec come from 1447. In the first half of the seventeenth century, the temple passed into the hands of the Protestants. The present church was built in 1657 from the foundation of Wacław Pełka, then owner of Rudziniec. 

Bojszów - Cemetery Church of All Saints

Church of All Saints in Bojszów - a church from the 16th century located in Bojszów (commune of Rudziniec, poviat of Gliwice, province of Silesia), in the Pławniowice deanery, in the diocese of Gliwice. The first mention of the parish in Bojszów comes from 1376. The church is also mentioned in 1447. Recent dendrological research indicates that the present church dates from 1506. The founder of the church was the Ozorowski family.

Rachowice - Church of St. Trinity

Church of St. Trójcy in Rachowice - a historic Catholic church located in Rachowice in the Gliwice poviat in the Silesian Voivodeship. It is a parish church in the Pławniowice deanery in the Diocese of Gliwice. The village of Rachowice is mentioned in 1305; probably there was already a church there. Holy Trinity. The list from 1447 mentions the parish in Rachowice. The brick presbytery comes from the turn of the 15th century and the 16th century.

Sierakowice - Church of St. Catherine of Alexandria

Church St. Catherine Alexandrine - a historic wooden Catholic church located in Sierakowice in the Gliwice poviat in the Silesian Voivodeship. It is a branch church of the parish of the Holy Trinity in Rachowice in the Pławniowice deanery in the Diocese of Gliwice. The first mention of the church in Sierakowice comes from 1447, but it was demolished in 1673. In 1675 the present church was built. In 1679 parishes were merged in Sierakowice and nearby Rachowice.

Ostropa - Church of St. George

Church of St. George in Gliwice - a historic church in Gliwice in the Ostropa district, about 6 km west of the city center. The church belongs to the parish of St. Ducha in Gliwice-Ostropa. The first church was probably built in 1340, burnt during the Hussite wars. Around 1640, it was set on fire by the Swedes. A presbytery and a wooden tower were to survive from the fire. The reconstruction of the nave began at the earliest in 1665, so it is likely that the nave of the church comes from 1667, as the year shows engraved over the southern portal.

Gliwice - Catholic church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

A wooden, historic parish church of the Roman Catholic rite in Gliwice, in the deanery of Gliwice in the Diocese of Gliwice. The church is located on the old Starokozielski cemetery. The church was built in Zębowice near Olesno in 1493. The oldest preserved description of the temple comes from 1679; he mentions a free-standing belfry and paintings in the interior of the church. In 1777 a new tower was built, added to the nave, and its builder was the carpenter Wojciech Kokot.

Gliwice - Oscar's Caro Villa

Villa Caro - a historic residential residence of the Oscar Caro industrialist located in Gliwice. The residence is located in the center of Gliwice at ul. Dolnych Wałów. The villa has almost completely preserved interior design. In addition to the permanent museum exhibition, depicting the nineteenth-century residential interiors of the city's industrial building, the building has an ethnographic exhibition presenting the folk culture of the Gliwice region.

Zabrze - Church of St. Jadwiga

Church of St. Jadwiga Śląska in Zabrze - a wooden church located at ul. Wolności 504 in Zabrze. Founded in 1929 on the initiative of the parish priest of St. Francis of Assisi, Fr. Józef Benneka, designed by architect Karol Kuttentodt. A twelve-figure building with four octagonal towers. Covered with a high, multi-pitched roof finished with ceramic tiles, helmets towers covered with copper sheet.

Chorzów - Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park

Museum of Upper Silesia Ethnographic Park in Chorzów - open-air museum located in the Silesian Park. The ethnographic park has nearly 70 historic wooden objects of rural and small-town architecture. The area of the open-air museum is 22 ha. The collected monuments of folk architecture come from five sub-regions of Upper Silesia (Beskid, Podgórze, Pszczyna and Rybnik, industrial and Lubliniec) and the region of Zagłębie Dąbrowskie.

Chorzów - Church of St. Lawrence

A wooden church from the 16th century erected in Knurów, moved to Chorzów on Wzgórze Wyzwolenia in the years 1935 - 1938. The church was built in 1599 in Knurów. It served parishioners until he became too small. It was decided to build a new temple and the church was closed in 1926. The church, which has been decaying for 10 years, at the initiative of the provincial conservator, Dr. Tadeusz Dobrowolski, was dismantled and moved to Chorzów.

Katowice - Church of St. Michael the Archangel

Church of St. Michał Archanioła in Katowice - the oldest sacred building in Katowice, located in Kościuszko Park in Brynów, on the Beata Hill, erected in 1510 in Syrynia in the Wodzisław District. In 1938, the church was moved from Syrynia to Katowice. It is a wooden, single-nave church whose walls have a coronary structure. The rectangular nave from the east is adjoined by a narrower, also rectangular presbytery, while from the west - a small, rectangular porch.

Katowice - The Archdiocesan Museum

The Archdiocesan Museum in Katowice - a museum of religious art existing in Katowice, gathers artifacts related to the history of the Catholic church and inhabitants of Upper Silesia. The institution was established in 1975 by the decision of the then bishop of Katowice, Herbert Bednorz, although efforts to collect and present a collection of religious art were made in the interwar period.

Bieruń - Church of St. Valentine

Sanctuary of Saint. St. Valentine - a Roman Catholic sanctuary located in Bieruń, belonging to the parish of St. Bartłomiej Apostoł w Bieruniu, deanery Bierun and the archdiocese of Katowice. Sanctuary of Saint. Walenty, called by the inhabitants of Bierunia "Walencinek" is a wooden church with a coronary structure, belongs to the parish of St. Bartłomiej in Bieruń. It has all the characteristics of the Upper Silesian wooden church architecture.

Pszczyna - Open-air museum - Farm of the Pszczyna village

Open-air museum in Pszczyna, grouping monuments of wooden folk architecture from the region of Pszczyna. It was created in 1975. After the expansion in 2013, the open-air museum gained, among others, a replica of a water mill, a service building with a cash register and a souvenir shop, and a gazebo located by the pond. The open-air museum is located in the eastern part of the historic Pszczyna Park. On nearly two hectares, several objects of the Pszczyna wooden architecture have been gathered.

Ćwiklice - Church of St. Marcin

Church of St. Marcin - a wooden Baroque church located in Ćwiklicach in the Pszczyna poviat. The first mention of the church located in this place comes from 1326. The present church was erected on the foundations of the original temple, it was thought for a long time that it happened at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries, but recent studies of wood taken from the temple truss indicate that it dates from 1464-1466.

Grzawa - Church of the decapitation of Saint. John the Baptist

Parish church. St. John the Baptist - parish church in Grzawa, in the commune of Miedźna, in the Pszczyna eyelid. The first church probably existed here in the fourteenth century. The present one was erected at the beginning of the 16th century. In the years 1580 - 1628, in the possession of Protestants, later recovered by Catholics and probably rebuilt around 1690.

Miedźna - Church of Saint. Clement of the Pope

Church St. Clement of the Pope in Miedźna, pszczyna poviat, archdiocese of Katowice. The church was probably built in the 17th century, on the site mentioned in 1326. Temple enlarged in the eighteenth century by extending the nave. Oriented church, carcass construction with a pole construction tower. The presbytery is closed with a straight wall, with the sacristy from the north. A nave on the plan of an elongated rectangle with a tower from the west.

Góra - Church of St. Barbara

Church of St. Barbary - a Roman Catholic parish church, located in Góra. It was built as a filial chapel probably in the second half of the 16th century. In the years 1580-1628, it was in the hands of Protestants (Calvinists). To a small, closed polygon in the Lesser Poland type, a chapel with timbered walls was once a tower with post construction, covered with a sheet of steel with a lantern. Expanded in 1950 by moving the tower and adding the nave.

Stara Wieś - Catholic church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Catholic church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Stara Wieś - a wooden parish church of the parish pw. Of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in the center of Stara Wieś, surrounded by a cemetery on a small hill, which is lead by a stone staircase. Built in 1522, the tower was added in the seventeenth century, subsequent alterations occurred in the eighteenth and twentieth century, which blurred its original Silesian-Małopolska style.

Bielsko-Biała - Weaver's House

Weaver's House in Bielsko-Biała is located at ul. Sobieskiego in Górny Przedmieście, in a wooden building with a log construction, with a characteristic boarded garter. The building is a unique example of an 18th-century craftsman's architecture, which was destroyed during city fires in 1808 and 1836.

Bielsko-Biała - Church of St. Barbara

Church of St. Barbara in Bielsko-Biała - a historic Catholic church in Bielsko-Biała, located in the Mikuszowice Krakowskie district, at ul. Cypress. It is a parish church (parish of St. Barbara) and belongs to the Diocese of Bielsko-Żywiec (Bielsko-Biała III Deanery - East). The wooden temple was established in 1690 and is an example of the former rural sacred architecture in the Silesian-Lesser Poland style.

Łodygowice - Church of St. Szymon and Saint. Judah Tadeusz

Church St. Apostles Szymon and Judy Tadeusza - parish church of the parish of Saints Simon and Juda Tadeusz in Łodygowice in the Żywiec poviat. In place of the 13th-century chapel of St. Stanisław Biskupa, the present church was built in 1634-1636. The temple was built in log construction of larch wood. A standing bell tower was added to the church in 1644.

Żywiec - City Museum

The Komorowski Castle, then the Habsburgs in Żywiec. The castle is located on the site of a medieval castle, which was destroyed in 1477 as a result of the military action of the forces of King Casimir the Jagiellonian against Komorowski coat of arms Korczak, described by Jan Długosz. Since 2005, the Old Castle is the seat of the Municipal Museum in Żywiec. As part of the permanent exhibitions of the museum, you can watch ethnographic exhibition, complementing the wooden architecture route of the Silesian Voivodeship.

Jeleśnia - Inn

Inn in Jeleśnia (also known as the Old Inn) - a historic wooden tavern in Jeleśnia (Beskid Żywiecki), probably from the 18th century. In the eighteenth century, the existence of taverns in the Beskid villages was common - they were not only a meeting place, consumption of food and drink, but also acted as staged coach-houses, sold pet food and provided accommodation services.