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In Silesia, the Wooden Architecture Trail combines 94 historic buildings and architectural complexes. The trail is approximately 1060 km long. There are mainly numerous religious buildings, such as wooden churches, but also inns, cottages, lodges, mills and others. The route also leads to an antique buildings museums. The Wooden Architecture Trail consists of five loops enabling tourists to visit the facilities in respective, smaller regions.

Date added: 03.12.2013

Objects on the trail

The Wooden Church of St Mary Magdalene in Bełk

Bełk

In the village of Bełk, located in the district of Rybnik, there is an, eighteenth-century wooden Church of Saint Mary Magdalene. Besides the monument, which is recently unfortunately closed, one can see attractive landscapes. The church is adjacent to the ponds and the Bierawka river, which are part of the landscape park “Cistercian Landscape Compositions”. The church in Bełk is situated on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Wooden Church of St Lawrence in Biełowicko

Bielowicko

One of the most beautiful wooden churches in Cieszyn Silesia is Saint Lawrence Church in Biełowicko. The building was erected in 1541. It has valuable furnishings, among others, a triptych, which may come from the time when the church was built. The church, as it was in the past, houses parish offices, although it did not serve this purpose for three centuries. The parish belongs to the diocese of Bielsko and Żywiec. The church is located on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Weaver's House in Bielsko-Biała

Bielsko-Biała

The Weaver's House is a branch of the Bielsko Biała Museum, which, from its beginnings, that is since the fifteenth century, was inhabited by the Bielsko clothiers. The house, partially reconstructed, comes from the eighteenth century and is one of the few examples of this type of architecture, which, in the case of this city, was destroyed in fires. The property is located on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Wooden Church of St Barbara in Bielsko-Biała - Mikuszowice Krakowskie

Bielsko-Biała

The historic Church of Saint Barbara in the district of Mikuszowice Krakowskie of Bielsko-Biała is a Catholic parish church in the Diocese of Bielsko-Zywiec. The building from 1690, with a sloping roof is surrounded with wooden arcades called “soboty” in Polish. It is an example of wooden church architecture in the Silesia and Little Poland style. The church is located along the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province. Mikuszowice itself is an old town. Originally the village of Mikuszowice waspart of two principalities.

The Wooden Church of St Valentine in Bieruń Stary

Bieruń

The wooden Church of Saint Valentine in Bieruń Stary is affectionately called “Walencink” by local people. Walencik means little Valentine in Polish. We do not know the exact date of its foundation. The first written mention of the building dates back to 1628 and comes from a report of the visit paid by Johann Hoffman, who was the last Protestant dean of Pszczyna. Therefore, the church is supposed to have been founded at the end of the sixteenth century or at the beginning of the next century. The wooden Church of Saint Valentine is situated on the Wooden Architecture Route of the Silesia province.

The Wooden Church of St Lawrence in Bobrowniki

Bobrowniki

The church in Bobrowniki is the oldest monument of wooden architecture in the district of Będzin. The church was built at the beginning of the sixteenth century. Alongside with a stone enclosure and a cemetery the church is on the List of heritage registers. After the construction of a new church in Bobrowniki, the church fell into disuse, and is currently under renovation. It is located on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Wooden Church of All Saints in Bojszów

Bojszów

Bojszów is a village located in the commune of Rudziniec in the district of Gliwice. The village boasts a monument, which is a wooden Church of All Saints. Bojszów was mentioned as early as the fourteenth century. At that time there was a church here. The Church of All Saints was erected in the sixteenth century. Due to the construction of a new brick building in 1982, the wooden church is rarely used. The church is located on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Wooden Church of Our Lady Queen of the Holy Rosary in Boronów

Boronów

The village of Boronów is the seat of the commune. It is situated a few kilometers to the east of Lubliniec. The local Church of Our Lady Queen of the Holy Rosary was built by the Dzierżanowski family in the early seventeenth century. For a time, due to the special historical values, it was a monument of class "0". The church is one of the monuments on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Wooden Church of St Hyacinth in Bór Zapilski

Bór Zapilski

Zapilski Bór is a village situated in the commune of Wręczyca Wielka in the district of Kłobuck. The village and the surrounding areas are known for patriotic traditions and local people often stood to fight, sometimes in an unequal struggle, against different invaders, for which they paid the price of blood. There is a log cabin Church of St Hyacinth in the village. It was built in 1921. It lies on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

Brenna

The Wooden Church of St John the Baptist in Brusiek

Brusiek

Brusiek lies in the district of Lubliniec, but in terms of the church administration the village belongs to the parish in Kalety-Drutarnia. There is a small Church of Saint John the Baptist from the seventeenth century. It is located on the site of an earlier church, built probably in the fifteenth century. The preserved church, built in carcass construction, is one of the most picturesque monuments of the region. It is located on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Wooden Chapel of the Rosary in Buków

Buków

Buków lies in the commune of Lubomia, in the district of Włodzisław. The town located on the banks of the Oder has been often flooded by the river. The first mention of the village comes from the early fourteenth century. The eclectic church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help from the 1930s stands in the middle of the village. Among other monuments, an eighteenth-century Chapel of the Rosary is worth visiting. The monument lies on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Refuge of Peace and Mother Eve's House in Bytom-Miechowice

Bytom

The Refuge of Peace is a life-work of Mother Eve from Miechowice, a person famous all over Silesia. Waleska von Tiele-Winckler, named Mother Eve, was an aristocrat, who devoted her life to helping the poor and needy. In 1890, the first residential care center, called the Refuge of Peace, was opened in Miechowice near Bytom (now a district of the city). In the following years, new buildings were added, creating a center of charity care homes, a nursing school, and even its own church.

The wooden Church of Saint Lawrence in Chorzów

Chorzów

The Church of Saint Lawrence in Chorzów is one of the monuments located on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province. The building was erected at the end of the sixteenth century in Knurów. In the inter-war period, the wooden church built of larch logs was moved to a new location, onto Góra Wyzwolenia (Mount Liberation), once called Mount Reden, in Chorzów. Currently, the church is the seat of the parish.

The Museum "Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park in Chorzów"

Chorzów

One of the tourist sights located in the Silesian Park (formerly the Regional Park of Culture and Recreation) is an open-air museum with an area of 22 hectares, in which there are more than 70 historic buildings. The exhibits collected in the museum come from the five sub-regions of Upper Silesia (the Beskids, the Piedmont, Pszczyna-Rybnik, the Industrial sub-region and Lubliniec) and from Zagłębie (Coal Basin). The Museum "Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park in Chorzów" is on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The wooden Church of St Martin in Cieszowa

Cieszowa

The church of Saint Martin in Cieszowa was built in the early eighteenth century, on the site of an older building, which had been erected by Protestants at the end of the sixteenth century. The nave and chancel were built in carcass construction, and the tower was made in pole construction. The building is covered with a shingle. The bell tower is decorated with a bulbous helmet. A smaller, similar helmet crowns the turret over the main nave. An interesting feature are the low arcades running around the church - the so-called “soboty”.

The Wooden Church of Saint Catherine of Alexandria in Cięcina

Cięcina

The village of Cięcina, which lies at the bottom of the Silesian and Żywiec Beskids, boasts having a very interesting sacral monument. It is a sixteenth-century Church of Saint Catherine of Alexandria. It is one of the monuments on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province and the local Papal Trail. The one-nave church with a tower has been rebuilt several times. It is one of the most precious monuments of the southern part of the Silesian voivodeship.

The Wooden Church of St Lawrence in Cynków

Cynków

The church of Saint Lawrence in Cynków (near Koziegłowy) was built in the seventeenth century. What fairly unusual, we know the name of the builder. It was Walenty Ruray, a carpenter from Pyskowice. The wooden building was erected in a special vertical-post log construction. That is the only church in Silesia built in this way. The walls and roof are covered with shingle. Above the roof, there is a metal turret.

The Historic Chapel and the Wooden Bell Tower in Czernichów

Czernichów

The historic chapel and the wooden bell tower in Czernichów is one of the characteristic, sacral monuments of the Beskid landscape. The chapel dates from the eighteenth century. It is made of brick and covered with a roof of shingles. The wooden belfry is a post and beam construction, whose sloping walls are covered with wooden boards. The tower is protected with a shingled roof with a lantern, in which you can see a bell with an interesting history. From the side of the road, over the door, there is some space created for the chapel with a statue of the Virgin Mary.

The Wooden Church of St Martin in Ćwiklice

Ćwiklice

In the village of Ćwiklice, in the district of Pless, one can find a Baroque, wooden church of Saint Martin the Bishop of Tours. The church is dated to the turn of the sixteenth century. It is a log cabin construction, which was later rebuilt and in the main part it houses late Baroque altars and a seventeenth-century polychromy, as well as a particularly valuable, Gothic triptych in the side chapel. The monument is part of the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Church of St Andrew the Apostle in Gilowice

Gilowice

The Church of Saint Andrew in Gilowice, in the district of Żywiec, until the mid-eighteenth century, stood in Żywiec in the village of Rychwałd, known today as the Marian shrine. The construction of the temple was completed in 1545, and it was consecrated in 1547 by Bishop Erasmus Ciołek. The founder of the church was probably Krzysztof Komorowski. In 1756, this church was moved to Gilowice, where it was added to the tower, which had stood here before.

The Wooden Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gliwice

Gliwice

The wooden church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary located on the Starokozielski Cemetery in Gliwice was originally erected in Zębowice near Olesno. Itserved the local faithful from the end of the fifteenth century to the beginning of the last century. Then, it was carried over to Gliwice. It is archaic wooden structure, with an added tower, was crowned with a helmet and a lantern. The interior, decorated in the Baroque style, dates from the eighteenth century.

The Wooden Church of St George in Gliwice-Ostropa

Gliwice

One of the many interesting wooden churches of Silesia is located in Ostropa, a district of Gliwice. The church is situated a few miles west of the city, on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province. It is difficult to determine the exact date of the construction of the first building on the site of the present church. It was mentioned as early as 1340, but we know that the building was burned down during the Hussite Wars. In the seventeenth century, it was replaced by a new shrine.

The Wooden Church of St. Anne in Gołkowice

Gołkowice

One of the monuments along the Wooden Architecture Trail is a church of St. Anna (19th c.) in Gołkowice, which is located in the southern part of the trail, in the Wodzisław district. The village is situated on the Szotkówka and Piotrówka rivers. It is an old village, already mentioned in the first half of the thirteenth century. The present church was built in 1878, but there was a chapel of Saint Michael which the site of worship for the ducal court residing in Gołkowice.

The Wooden Church of St. Barbara in Góra

Góra

Góra is the most populous village in the commune of Miedźna, in the district of Pszczyna. It numbers about 2.5 thousand people. The village is picturesquely located along the meandering Vistula river. The local wooden church Saint Barbara, built in the sixteenth century, and then rebuilt in later centuries, is one of the several such monuments in the area. The monument is located on the Wooden Architecture Trail of Silesian province.

The Wooden Church of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist in Grzawa

Grzawa

The parish church in Grzawa, in the commune of Pszczyna, is one of the oldest and most valuable timber structures in the region. The characteristic tripartite church covered with a shingle roof and a small bell tower is also the oldest wooden Catholic church. The building, erected in a log cabin construction on the site of the former shrine, comes from the sixteenth century. The church is located on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Wooden Church of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gwoździany

Gwoździany

Gwoździany is a village situated on the north-western edge of the Silesian voivodeship. It is proud of an interesting monument, which is the local church of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This sixteenth-century church was moved to its present site from Kościelisko near Olesno in the 70s of the 20th century. The shrine in Gwoździany, which is a parish church in the Diocese of Opole, lies on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Wooden Hut of the Kawulok Family (Chimneyless Hut) in Istebna

Istebna

The Kawulok’s wooden cottage was built in 1863. It now houses an exhibition presenting the old household equipment and musical instruments, such as a gaida (bagpipe), a shepherd's horn, or a fujara, which is a large sophisticated folk shepherd's fipple flute .The interesting exhibits and the stories of the local guides have long enjoyed great popularity among tourists. It is located on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Wooden Chapel of the Konarzewskis on Bucznik in Istebna-Andziołówka

Istebna

The Chapel of Our Lady Queen of the Polish Crown located on Bucznik in Istebna was built in 1922. Its founder was Ludwik Konarzewski Senior - a sculptor and painter, the first of the family of artists, who have been associated with Istebna for a hundred years. The chapel was built as a votive offering for the safe return from exile to Siberia. The building was erected as a log cabin construction, covered with shingles. Inside the chapel, there are works of the artist, including a wooden altar with an image of the Virgin Mary.

Istebna

The Wooden Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Istebna-Kubalonka

Istebna

The Kubalonka Pass is situated at the height of 758 m above sea level in the Silesian Beskid mountain range. It is known for the church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. It is one of the monuments located on the Wooden Architecture Trail. The church was moved here from Przyszowice near Gliwice in the 50s of the twentieth century and for a time served as a museum. The Kubalonka Pass is also the starting point for hiking trails leading towards the massifs of Mount Barania Góra.

The Hamlet of Stecówka

Istebna

Stecówka is a hamlet situated on the mountain top, which belongs to the village of Istebna, in the vicinity of the Barania Góra range in the Silesian Beskids. The place is frequently visited - mainly because of the location of the hiking routes, leading towards the Barania Góra massif. On Stecówka, there is a church is Our Lady of Fatima, which lies on the Wooden Architecture Trail. The hikers can stay here in a mountain hostel.

The Wooden church of St Joseph in Istebna-Mlaskawka

Istebna

The wooden church of Saint Joseph in Istebna stands in a picturesque hamlet called Mlaskawka. It was moved here only just in 1997. Originally, it served residents in the hamlet of Trzycatek Jaworzynka, where it had been built in 1948 as a thanksgiving offering for the survival of the Second World War. The church is a traditional log cabin construction, with an interesting interior decorated with works by local artists.

The Wooden Church of Corpus Christi in Rybnik Jankowice

Jankowice

The Church of Corpus Christi in Rybnik Jankowice was built as the foundation of Count Ferdinand Oppersdorf in 1675. It is one of the two wooden churches in Silesia built on a Greek cross plan. The shrine is a typical log cabin construction. The roofs are covered with shingles. The neo-Baroque interior houses a few eighteenth-century monuments, such as the painting of the Ascension and a Baroque font.

The Wooden Church of St Barbara and St Joseph in Jastrzębie-Zdrój

Jastrzębie-Zdrój

The wooden Church of Saints Barbara and Joseph in Jastrzębie-Zdrój was originally located in Jedłownik, a district of Wodzisław Śląski. The first mention of the church appeared in 1447, but it is believed that it could have been built in 1345 as it is suggested by the Latin date carved on one of the beams. The relocation of the church, which took place in the 70s of the twentieth century, was the culmination of a several year long struggle of the local residents for their own place of worship. The church is located on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

"The Old Inn" in Jeleśnia

Jeleśnia

At the entrance to the conspicuous wooden building in the center of Jeleśnia on can read the following words: Hey, folks, are you crazy? Hey, folks, are you fools? There is a inn on the road, And you are going home? "The Old Inn" in Jeleśnia is one of many such places once standing in the villages of the Beskids. The origins of the inn, which now, as in the past, serves its purpose date, in general, to the sixteenth, seventeenth or eighteenth centuries. It is one of the monuments located on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Wooden Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Kaczyce

Kaczyce

The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Kaczyce is an interesting wooden building, originally built in Ruptawa before 1620. It was moved to its current location in the 70s of the twentieth century. Lying in the center of the village, the church is thickly surrounded by trees, and somewhat obscured by the buildings of the nearby houses. It is situated on the Pszczyna loop of the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Wooden Church of St Michael Archangel in Katowice

Katowice

The wooden church, still standing at the highest point Kosciuszko Park in Katowice Brynów, is a building erected in the early sixteenth century and moved to this place from Syrynia, a district of Rybnik in 1938. It is the oldest monument in Katowice. Next to the church, there is a seventeenth-century bell tower, which was moved here along with the shrine. The whole complex is surrounded by a stylish wooden fence with three gates. The church moved here at the initiative of the then mayor Adam Kocur - a future priest The property is located on the Silesian Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Wooden Church of St Archangel Michael in Kończyce Wielkie

Kończyce Wielkie

Even from afar the church of the Archangel Michael in Kończyce Wielkie near Hażlach attracts attention with a beautiful, slender silhouette. Not only is it the largest wooden church in Cieszyn Silesia, but also the talleSt It was erected in the second half of the eighteenth century. The construction itself is unique, because the new church was simply built around the older one, like a case. Inside the shrine there are interesting monuments, including a baptismal font and pulpit.

The Wooden Church of the Holy Trinity in Koszęcin

Koszęcin

Koszęcin is a village in the commune of Lubliniec, but the local parish belongs to the Diocese of Gliwice. The parish church of Holy Trinity is an eighteenth-century building, erected on the site of the previous shrine. The oriented building was erected in the log construction on the stone and brick foundation. The monument lies on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Wooden Church of St Archangel Michael in Księży Las

Księży Las

Księży Las is a village located in the commune of Zbrosławice, in the district of Tarnowskie Góry. There is a fifteenth-century late Gothic church of Saint Archangel Michael here. This is one of the oldest churches in the region, which has been repeatedly rebuilt. Currently, the shrine is a branch church of the parish of Nativity of John the Baptist in Kamieniec. The church in Księży Las t is one of the monuments lying along the Gliwice section of the Gliwice Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Wooden Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Laliki Podchodzita

Laliki

The southern corners of the Silesian voivodeship with such villages as Istebna, Koniaków or Laliki are one of the most picturesque areas of Poland. It is also the region which for a long time has attracted lovers of wooden architecture and folk art. One of the pearls of these areas is a church in Laliki, which is situated in the hamlet of Pochodzita. The church belongs to the monuments lying on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Wooden Church of St Anne in Lubliniec

Lubliniec

The wooden church of Saint Anne in Lubliniec was built on the then outskirts of the town in 1653. Its founder was Andrzej Cellary, landowner of Lubliniec. In the last century, the church building was on the verge of collapse. Therefore, in the years 1996-2004, it was dismantled and reconstructed. The one-nave building was erected in a log wall construction, with a roof covered with shingles. The interior of the church is in the Baroque style.

The Wooden Chapel of John of Nepomuk in Lubomia

Lubomia

In Lubomia, which is the seat of the commune lying 12 km northwest of Wodzisław Śląski, there is one of the monuments of the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province. It is the - Chapel of Saint John of Nepomuk. The chapel dates probably from the turn of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Itwas dedicated to one of the most popular saints in Central Europe. John of Nepomuk was a fourteenth-century Czech martyr. He is the patron of many Silesian churches and chapels.

The Wooden Church of All Saints in Łaziska

Łaziska

Łaziska is a village located not far from Jastrzębie-Zdrój and Wodzisław, at the border with the Czech Republic. It is one of the oldest settlements in the region. On a small hill, in the picturesque surroundings of old oaks and chestnut trees, stands the parish church of All Saints. It is dated to the sixteenth, or even the fifteenth century. It is considered to be the most valuable among wooden churches in the country. It is located on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Wooden Church of St Simon and St Jude Thaddeus in Łodygowice

Łodygowice

In the village of Łodygowice near Żywiec there is a seventeenth-century church. It is located on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province. Originally, it was a chapel, which was enlarged in later centuries. The church was built in a log wall construction, with a shingle roof made of larch wood. The shrine has arcades, which in the past served as shelter for the pilgrims visiting it. It is one of the largest wooden churches in the Polish Beskids.

The Wooden Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Miasteczko Śląskie

Miasteczko Śląskie

The wooden church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built in Miasteczko Śląskie in the years 1666-1667. For many decades, it was a branch church of the parish in Żyglin. The building was erected in a log wall construction, with a shingle roof. A slender bell tower and arcades used as shelter for pilgrims, who encircle the church, are worth attention. There is a gate to the church premises located in a freestanding bell tower.

The Wooden Church of St Clement the Pope in Miedźna

Miedźna

Miedźna is a pretty old village. It was founded in the thirteenth century. The name of the village does not come, as one might think, from copper (In Polish “miedź “means copper), but form honey. A trade route called “Great Road” ran through Miedźna in medieval times. The beginnings of the parish date back to the first half of the fourteenth century, and the documents give the name of the parson - Bernhard. In Miedźna, there is a wooden church, the largest of its kind in the province of Pszczyna. It is a monument lying on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Wooden Church of St Nicholas in Mikołów Borowa Wieś

Mikołów

In the village of Borowa Wieś, a district of Mikołów, there is a historic wooden church of Saint Nicholas. It was moved to its current location from nearby Przyszowice in 1937-39. The building is a typical, oriented structure, with a tower and a turret on the roof. It is surrounded by arcades, serving as shelter for pilgrim called “soboty” meaning “Saturdays” in English, because pilgrims used to gather here on Saturdays. The church equipment comes from the seventeenth or eighteenth century. Like many wooden churches of the region is mostly in the Baroque style. The monument is located on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Wooden Church of Saints Peter and Paul the Apostles in Mikołów Paniowy

Mikołów

In the past, Paniowy was a village, mentioned already in 1282. It is now part of the town of Mikołów. Amid the local landscapes combining arable land and industrial centers dotted with shafts and chimneys, it is worth looking inside the eighteenth-century wooden church of Saints Peter and Paul. This sanctuary, with a fine silhouette of three Baroque domes, is on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Museum "Stara Chałupa" (Old Hut) in Milówka

Milówka

Milówka is a popular summer resort. It lies in the valley of the Soła river, on the border of the Silesian Beskids and the city of Żywiec. In Milówka, on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province, there is an old wooden cottage with an original furnishing. This "Old Cottage" is a typical example of traditional architecture building characteristic for the land of Żywiec. Besides, it is one of the oldest buildings in the region. Legend has it that the Polish kings were staying here, including John Casimir escaping the Swedes and John III Sobieski on the way to Vienna.

The Wooden Church of St Simon and St Jude Thaddeus in Mokra

Mokra

Mokra is a small village located north of Kłobuck. The village is known primarily as the site of the battle in the first days of September 1939. Not far from the monument dedicated to the battle there is a wooden church of Saints Simon and Jude Thaddeus. The eighteenth-century shrine was erected as a cabin log construction, with a roof covered with shingles and topped with a graceful bell tower. Inside, we can find some Baroque and neo-Baroque furnishings.

The Moving Crib of Jan Wiewiór in Olsztyn

Olsztyn

The Moving Crib of the folk artist, Jan Wewiór,is called "Bethlehem under the thatch". Apart from the ruins of the fourteenth-century castle, it is another unique attraction of Olsztyn near Częstochowa. There are few such cribs in Poland! There are more than 800 pieces, of which nearly 350 are moving, and the work is still going on over the crib! The crib is exhibited in the nineteenthcentury cottage, lying on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Wooden Granary in Olsztyn

Olsztyn

Olsztyn near Częstochowa is known primarily for the ruins of the once mighty castle - "Eagle's Nest" from the time of Casmir the Great. In this town of the Polish Jura there are other, perhaps less impressive, but also historic buildings. An eighteenth-century wooden granary at the northern foot of the fortress is impressive. It was moved to Olsztyn from the village of Borowno. Today, it houses a smart restaurant.

The Wooden Belfry in Paczyn

Paczyna

The bell tower in Paczyn reminds of the old church of Saint Martin, which stood close to it at the beginning of the 30s of the last century. It was then replaced by an imposing brick building. A moderately short bell tower is a post and beam construction, erected in the in the seventeenth century (the documents mention it in 1679). It is crowned with a typical belfry walled with wooden boards. The bell tower has a tent roof, protected by shingles.

The Wooden Church of the Holy Trinity in Pałowice

Palowice

Palowice is an old village situated in the district of Rybnik. It was for the first time mentioned in a document of Duke of Racibórz as early as 1308. Centuries ago, an important trade route to Moravia ran through the village. An interesting monument lying on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province is the Church of Holy Trinity. This sanctuary comes from the village of Leszczyny, from where it was brought to Palowicein 1981.

The Wooden Church of Our Lady of Fatima in Pawełki

Pawełki

In the small village of Pawełki, situated among the forests of the Upper Liswarta, you can find a fine, wooden church. It is a log cabin construction. The sanctuary is dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima. It has been serving the villagers only since 1956. Previously, it was a chapel dedicated to Saint Hubert, which in the interwar period was built by Count Ludwik Karol von Ballestrem, owner of the property in Kocice, in the nearby wilderness called “Brzoza” (Birch).

The Wooden Church of Saint Catherine of Alexandria in Pielgrzymowice

Pielgrzymowice

The church of Saint Catherine of Alexandria in Pielgrzymowice was built in the second half of the seventeenth century. It is made of wood, covered with shingles. The one-nave church with a tower is topped with a tent roof. The interior is mostly in the Baroque style. We can find here images and figures from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The polychromy on the ceiling and the stained glass windows were designed by Paweł Steller, a known Silesian artist.

The Wooden Church of the Holy Cross of Pietrowice Wielkie

Pietrowice Wielkie

The pilgrim church of Holy Cross of Pietrowice Wielkie lies on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesian province. It was built in 1667. It is a cabin log construction, and its gable roof is covered with shingles. Next to the nave and the chancel there is an outbuilding with a staircase leading the choir? The church has an outer pulpit with a canopy, a porch and a vestry. The belfry, built in 1822, is topped with a spherical helmet covered with tin sheets, a lantern and the papal cross. Along the east and north sides there are arcades, which in the past served as shelter for the pilgrims.

The Wooden Church of St Giles in Podlesie

Podlesie

Podlesie is a village in the commune of Lelów, lying in the Włoszczowska Basin, adjacent to the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland. In the village, there is an interesting group of architectural monuments associated both with the local gentry and the parish. The local wooden church of Saint Giles dating from the eighteenth century is one of the monuments on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Wooden Church of St John the Baptist and Our Lady of Częstochowa in Ponieszowice

Poniszowice

In the village of Poniszowice, in the district of Gliwice, there is one of the monuments of the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province. It is the church of Saint of John the Baptist and Our Lady of Częstochowa. The history of the parish is quite long, and according to written sources, goes back to the twelfth century. The present church is the third turn on this site. It was founded at the end of the fifteenth century, and was rebuilt later and underwent minor renovations. Next to the shrine, there is a free-standing bell tower from the sixteenth century.

The Wooden Church of St Joseph in Popów

Popów

The church of Saint Joseph of Popowo has an interesting history dating back to the seventeenth century. At that time a wooden chapel was built in this small village lying on the Liswarta river. It belonged to the parish in Wąsosz. In the following centuries, the building was enlarged and rebuilt. Currently, its wooden log cabin frame and a vestry, which was added later, are plastered, making it impossible to recognize the wooden structure of the church. Its pained pediment roof, made of tin, has a small tower crowned with a tent roof. The chapel witnessed the tragic events of the January uprising.

The Wooden Parsonic Granary in Przyszowice

Przyszowice

Przyszowice is a village lying in the district of Gliwice, in the commune of Gierałtowice. In the village, we can see a parsonic granary. This is one of the typical small rural barns. This property is located in the garden of the presbytery, next to the church of Saint John of Nepomuk, which was erected in 1783. The historic parsonic granary in Przyszowice is one of the sites on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Open-Air Museum - "Croft of the Region of Pszczyna"

Pszczyna

One of the attractions of the Historic Park of Pszczyna is the Open-Air Museum - „Croft of the Region of Pszczyna” („Zagroda Wsi Pszczyńskiej”). The museum displays wooden constructions which are exemplary of the timber architecture of the region. Most of them come from the nineteenth century. The open air museum was established in 1975 and in the following years it was gradually being expanded. Currently, there are a dozen objects here. In addition to sightseeing, we can also taste regional dishes in the inn, which is housed in the historic mill. The open air museum is located on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Wooden Church of St Nicholas in Pszczyna-Łąka

Łąka

Łąka is a village lying in the province of Pszczyna. It was founded under the German town law at the turn of the thirteenth and fourteenth century. From its inception, the local parish belonged to the Diocese of Kraków. We do not have any information about the time of the original construction of the church, because it burned down in 1658, together with the documents stored in. We know that it was a church of Saint Hedwig. The patron of the new shrine, built shortly thereafter, was Saint Nicholas. The church is located on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Wooden Church of the Holy Trinity in Rachowice

Rachowice

The historic church in Rachowice is one of the interesting places of worship in the district of Gliwice. The sanctuary lies on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province. Rachowice is one of the oldest villages in the region. The local parish is mentioned for the first time at the beginning of the fourteenth century. The present church is the result of construction work carried out in the following centuries. The sanctuary is made of wood and brick.

The Old Church of St Michael the Archangel in Rudziniec

Rudziniec

The church of Saint Michael the Archangel in Rudziniec belongs to the group of historic wooden churches of the district of Gliwice It is now a parish church in the deanery of Ujazd of the Diocese of Opole. The shrine is known for the interior polychromy, whose composition refers to an idea of the Trinity, scenes from the life of Christ, the saints, and ornaments. It is alsoone of the monuments on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Wooden Church of St Lawrence in Rybnik-Ligocka Kuźnia

Rybnik

Ligocka Kuźnia, which is a district of Rybnik, has an interesting monument. It is a wooden church of Saint Lawrence. The shrine was built in 1717 in nearby Boguszowice, and moved to Ligocka Kuźnia in the 70s of the last century. The building, erected on a Greek cross plan, houses the precious painting depicting the martyrdom of Saint Lawrence. The church lies on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Wooden Church of St Catherine and the Virgin of the Rosary in Rybnik-Wielopole

Rybnik

Wielopole is a district of Rybnik with a population of about 1800 inhabitants. It lies just north of the city center. In Wielopole, one can find a sixteenth-century church of Saint Catherine and the Virgin of the Rosary. In this shrine, which was moved here from village of Gierałtowice, the so-called stenciled polychromy was discovered on the ceiling during renovation work. The church, which is the oldest wooden monument of the Rybnik region, is located on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Church of St Joseph and the Wooden Belfry in Sadów

Sadów

Sadów, also called Sodowje in the Silesian language and Sodow in German, is located in commune of Koszęcin, in the district of Lubliniec. The local brick church of Saint Joseph, dating from the early fourteenth century, is one of the oldest in Silesia. Next toit, there is a wooden bell tower, built in the seventeenth century. Because of this monument the village lies on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Wooden Church of St Catherine of Alexandria in Sierakowice

Sierakowice

The church of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, located in Sierakowice, in the district of Gliwice, is a branch church of the parish in Rachowice. Of particular interest to those interested in monuments are paintings covering the entire interior of the church. They depict scenes from the Bible. These paintings were for a long time beneath the successive coat of the pain. They were discovered at the beginning of this century. The Sierakowice shrine is one of the monuments on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Wooden Church of All Saints in Sieroty

Sieroty

Sieroty located in the commune of Wielowieś is one of the villages of the district of Gliwice. The Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province runs through this interesting place. There is a historic parish church of All Saints, which has a very long history. The building has an interesting form, because it is a brick and wooden construction. Inside the church, we can see the precious Gothic polychromy, now partially not clearly visible.

The Wooden Inn in Sławków

Sławków

The Sławków inn, whose old and official name was “Municipal Austeria in Sławków Called Pierwocha", is located at the market square and it is still an active restaurant. The name “austeria” comes from Italian, and in the old Polish language it meant taverns of the highest standard. They were housed in solid, spacious buildings, in which there was a dining site, offering a wide range of food and drinks as well as hotel and stable services. The inn in Sławków is located on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Wooden Church of St Bartholomew in Smolnica

Smolnica

Smolnica, now lying in the district of Gliwice, in the commune of Sośnicowice, as its name suggests (Smoleń means “pitch” in Polish) was a village traditionally inhabited by charcoal and pitch burners. The first mention of the village dates back to the thirteenth century. In the second half of the fourteenth century, a parish was established in the village. We do not know when the first church was erected in Smolnica, or where it was located. The present church of Saint Bartholomew was founded as a Lutheran church at the beginning of the seventeenth century.

The Wooden Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Stara Wieś

Stara Wieś

The sixteenth-century wooden church in Stara Wieś is located near Wilamowice. Successive reconstructions changed somewhat original Little Poland-Silesian style of the building. The church was built on a small hill, surrounded by trees and the cemetery, and together with adjacent historic buildings of the former rectory and parish school forms a picturesque architectural ensemble. It is located on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Wooden Parish Church in Stara Wieś

Stara Wieś

Stara Wieś is located in the commune of Wilamowice, on the Skowronka river, in the picturesque surroundings of fish ponds. The origins of the village date back to the thirteenth century, when Duke Mieszko II of Cieszyn told someone named William to settle newcomers from all over, including Western Europe. Among several historic buildings worth seeing here, there is an old, wooden school building, which houses an ethnographic exhibition.

The Wooden Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Szałsza

Szałsza

The church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Szałsza near Gliwice was built around the mid-seventeenth century. However, the first shrine in this place stood already in the fifteenth century. The nave and the chancel of the existing church were erected as a log cabin construction, and the tower erected using a post and beam method. The whole building is covered with shingles. The turret with a bell-shaped helmet rises above the roof. The greatest treasure can be found inside the church. It is a Gothic painting of the Madonna and Child surrounded by the Apostles.

The Wooden Church - Sanctuary of St James the Elder the Apostle in Szczyrk

Szczyrk

The Church of Saint James the Apostle is the oldest shrine in Szczyrk. It was built between 1797 and 1800, on the main road to Bielsko. It is a wooden log cabin construction, covered with shingles. The tower is crowned with a distinctive tent-roof over the upper chamber. The interior is baroque and comes primarily from the liquidated Norbertine abbey church in Nowy Sącz.

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The Wooden Church of Our Lady of Truskolasy in Truskolasy

Truskolasy

The Our Lady of Truskolasy Church in Truskolasy in the commune of Wręczyca Wielka, is one of the historic religious monuments in the district of Kłobuck. It is a parish church built of wood in the first half of the eighteenth century, and it is the shrine of Our Lady of Truskolasy, whose image, considered to be miraculous, is found in the main altar. The church is one of the monuments of the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Wooden Church of Saint Anne in Ustroń Nierodzim

Ustroń

The wooden church of Saint Anne in Ustroń Nierodzim is known to all visitors to the health resort located beneath Mount Czantoria. It stands close to the road to Katowice. The modest, wooden church was built in the eighteenth century. The tower was added just before the Second World War. The interior of the church is in the late-Baroque style. As Fr. Józef Londzin wrote: "church attracts each passer-by by its mystery and beauty of the poetry of the area".

The Wooden Church of St Nicolas in Wilcza

Wilcza

The church of Saint Nicholas in Wilcza (in the commune of Pilchowice, in the district of Gliwice), is the third, successive religious building in this place, erected in the eighteenth century. The one-nave wooden church is a log construction. It has valuable equipment with a Baroque painting of Our Lady of Frydecka. It is located on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province. There are other walking trails: a yellow-marked circular trail around Gliwice and the green Centenary of Tourism Trail.

The Hunting Palace of the Habsburgs in Wisła

Wisła

The wooden hunting palace of the Habsburgs is the pride of Wisła. This does not mean that their Imperial and Archducal Majesties were hunting in the center of the town at the foot of Barania Góra. The mansion had once stood in the forests of the Silesian Beskid, and it was moved to Wisła only in 1986. Originally, it had been built on the initiative of Archduke Frederick Habsburg on the glade of Przysłóp in 1898. He often hosted crowned heads, who loved to hunt beautiful birds - grouses.

The Wooden Building Enclave In Wisła

Wisła

Even a few decades ago, a highland village in the Carpathians was a wooden village. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, traditional building is going into the paSt The Andrzej Podżorski Beskid Museum in Wisła wants to recreate what the Beskid village looked like in the past. Therefore, in 2010, the museum opened (in addition to its headquarters) an enclave of the wooden buildings with a forge, a tenant farmer’s hut, a mountain lodge, and an apiary. These objects stand near the old inn called "At the Bear" and a cottage from Jonidło.

The Wooden Church of the Finding of the Holy Cross in the Wisła

Wisła

The church of the Finding of the Holy Cross in Wisła Głębce is a very successful combination of a new architecture with historic details. The body of the church was built in the early 80s of the last century, but the tower is older than ... four hundred years. Because it comes from the church in Połomia near Jastrzębie-Zdrój, from where it was moved to Wisła and painstakingly reconstructed. The church stands on the slope of a hill, and at its foot the Kopydło stream rustles gently.

The Wooden Chapel at the Manor House of the President of the Republic of Poland on the Zadni Groń Hill in Wisła

Wisła

The chapel of Saint Hedwig on the hill of Zadni Groń in Wisła is part of the mansion belonging to the President of the Republic of Poland. The wooden Tyrolean-style building was erected in 1909, at the time when the hunting mansion of the Habsburgs, which had been built a bit earlier) was already standing nearby. Today, the property is located in the area administered by the Office of the President,but it is open to the public. Both Evangelical and Catholic services are held here.

The wooden Church of St James the Apostle in Wisła Mała

Wisła Mała

The church of St James the Apostle in Wisła Mała, which originally was dedicated to the Nativity of the Mother of God, is one of the wooden churches of the district of Pszczyna. The present church and the belfry tower, which was built later, are from the eighteenth century and were erected on the site of the previous building, dating from the fifteenth or sixteenth centuries. In the interwar period, the church was enlarged. It is located on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province.

The Wooden Church of St Valentine and the Grave of Józef Lompa in Woźniki

Woźniki

Woźniki is a town located in the district of Lubliniec. Its main monument is the Church of St Valentine. It is a log cabin construction building with baroque furnishings. In the nineteenth century, Józef Lompa, a Silesian poet and preacher of Polish national consciousness, lived with his daughter in Woźnik, where he died. Lompa founded a public libraryin the town. He is buried in the cemetery at the Church of St. Valentine. There are also tombs of Silesian insurgents in this graveyard.

The Wooden Evangelical Church in Mikulczyce

Zabrze

Mikulczyce was mentioned at the beginning of the fourteenth century as Mikulczicz and, later as Niculticz. For a long time, it was an independent village until the 50s of the twentieth century, when it became a district of Zabrze. Industrial development took place with the acquistion of the village by the von Donnersmarck in the first half of the nineteenth century. A Lutheran church was built in less than two months in 1937, using environmentally friendly solutions from Scandinavia.

The Wooden Church of St Hedwig in Zabrze

Zabrze

The Church of Saint Hedwig at Wolności Street in Zabrze is one of the monuments on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province. The church was erected at the initiative of Fr. Józef Bennek from 1928 to 1929. It was designed by Karol Kuttentodt. The original nice structure of the church was built on a dodecagonal plan with four surrounding towers. The characteristic shape of the Zabrze church distinguishes it from other churches in the region.

The Wooden Church of St Lawrence in Zacharzowice

Zacharzowice

The church of Saint Lawrence in Zacharzowice is one of the monuments of the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province. It was built about 1570 and has survived - despite many renovations - to this day in the state which is not much different from the original. The wooden building is a small log construction whose walls and roof are covered with shingles. The interior houses several historic Baroque monuments of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Some parts of the precious late- Gothic altar triptych were stolen in 1997.

The Wooden Church of St Roch in Zamarski

Zamarski

The wooden church in Zamarski near Hażlach is an old, squat building, as if overwhelmed by the number of past years. It stands on a hill, in the summer hidden behind fine, green trees. The oldest part of the church is its tower, built in 1585. The rest was added only after nearly 150 years, in 1731. For centuries, it was a branch church of, at first, the parish in Cieszyn, and later in Hażlach. In 1981, an independent parish of Saint Roch.

The Forester’s Lodge of the Management of the Żywiec Estates of the Habsburgs in Złatna

Złatna

The forester’s lodge in Złatna was built in 1876 as one of a number of the facilities created by the Management of the Żywiec Estates of the Habsburgs. In the nearby Beskid mountains they managed a planned forest economy. The building was already designed in 1853 by Karol Pietschka, court architect of the archdukes. The forester’s lodge stands on a stone foundation. It is a wooden, log cabin construction. There is a porch with Swiss-type ornamentation running around the whole length of the porch.

The Kołaczew Water Mill in Złoty Potok

Złoty Potok

For centuries, water mills have been present in the Polish countryside. However, their time has gone, therefore, in the twenty-first century, we can admire only a few historic objects of this type. We will see a traditional mill in beautiful surroundings in Złoty Potok, in the Kraków-Częstochowa. The water mill “Kołaczew” was powered with the water of the Wiercica water from medieval times, but the present building is 200 years old. The machines use an electric engine.

The Wooden Church of St Giles in Zrębice

Zrębice

The church in Zrębice is one of the most picturesque, wooden monuments of the Polish Jura, located on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province. The Zrębice parish has long a tradition. It was mentioned in lists of Peter’s pence as Sdrzambicze (the place, where the forest and shrubs were felled) as early as 1334. It is believed that the village was founded together with the fortified settlement of Olsztyn during the reign of Casmir the Great, in the first half of the fourteenth century. Jan Długosz described the Zrębice parish in the fifteenth century.

The Wooden Church of Our Lady of Częstochowa in Żabnica

Żabnica

Żabnica is a picturesque village, famous for its folklore and popular with holidaymakers. It is located in a beautiful valley sandwiched between the mountains of the Beskids. There are several pedestrian and bike trails running through the village, which lead to the corners of the Beskid ranges of Lipowska and Romanka. The church of Our Lady of Częstochowa in Żabnica is located in the central part of the village, on the main road. This is one of the monuments of the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesia province, which belongs to the Beskid loop.

The Wooden Church of St Archangel Michael in Żernica

Żernica

The church of Saint Archangel Michael in Żernica the best preserved wooden churches in Upper Silesia. According to recent studies, it was built in 1661, and the tower probably already in 1518. The recently uncovered Baroque wall paintings, created shortly after the construction of the church, are of great value. They were completed in the first half of the eighteenth century. The building is a log cabin construction. The columnar tower was covered with a pyramidal dome.

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