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The Wooden Church of All Saints in 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.
Location
street Kościelna 14
44-160 Bojszów
Commune: Rudziniec
Tourist region: Upper Silesian Agglomeration
Location: in the country
Contact data
: ws_bojszow@kuria.gliwice.pl
: www.bojszow.pl/index.php/kocio-pw-w
General Information
: churches, wooden architecture, architectural monuments, sacred monuments, history sources
Prices & amenities
: admission free
Availability
: whole year
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For decades, bells, which toll in the shrines all
over the world, have been cast in Tarciszów
near Gliwice. The Felczyńkis, a well-known
Polish family of bell-founders, manufacture
bells here. The tradition of the bell foundry
dates back to 1808 and is associated with
Kalush, a town in Eastern Galicia, and in
Tarciszów to the time after World War II. One
of the bells recently cast here is "The Heart
of Łódź", which first sounded over Łódź in
June 2012.
The palace and park in Pławniowice, in the district of Gliwice, in the commune of Rudziniec, now serve as part of the Centre for Education and Formation of Gliwice
Diocese. It is easy to get there, because the center lies at the intersection of the A4 motorway and the national road No 40, between Gliwice and Strzelce Opolskie. The main part of the complex is a palace of the Ballestrem family, which was built in the years 1882-1885. It is surrounded by a small, historic park. In this park there are many interesting and exotic species of trees.
Next to the palace of the Ballestrems in Pławniowice
there is a slightly smaller building erected at the same
time. It features Eclectic architecture with strong neoGothic elements. This is called “Kavalier Haus”, which
means “Bachelor's House”. It built was by Franz
Ballestrem for his son, Leon. This building, which served
as his temporary lodgings, later became a luxurious
residence, designed for guests coming to Pławniowice.
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 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.
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Accommodation
Hotel Laguna is a very intimate hotel situated in the forest complex on Lake Pławniowicki Little Lagoon, 19 km from the center of Gliwice.
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