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Histori Narrow-Gauge Railway Station
Rudy
The Rudy train station is located in the middle of the old narrow-gauge railway line between Gliwice and Racibórz. There is an open air railway museum, with a mile-long stretch of track (along which tourist trains run). It is an attraction on the Industrial Monuments Route. The narrow-gauge railway appeared in Rudy at the end of the nineteenth century. It was in March 1899 that “Kramer and Partners” opened a 23-kilometer railway line from Gliwice through Nieborowice to Rudy and Racibórz Płonia, and three months later, it started carrying passengers.
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the Training Adit in Wodzisław Śląski
Wodzisław Śląski
For years, the Training Adit in Wodzisław Śląski has served as a place for apprenticeship of miners, but at the same time, it is also an unusual regional chamber, reminiscent of Wodzisław Silesian mining traditions. The Training Adit was put to use in 1984. Drifts are located a few meters underground and walls are equipped with original mining machinery, including a mechanical coal miner, a conveyor and a train.
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The Mill in Tworków
Tworków
Tworków is a large village near Racibórz. It prides itself on many interesting, high-class monuments. All visitors will be impressed with the local Baroque church with an unusually rich interior decoration, as well as with the ruins of an immense palace. Even a less imposing building, a hundred-year-old mill overlooking the picturesque pond is worth visiting. From ten generations on, it has belonged to the Pawlik family. Inside, there are old machines and equipment.
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The Filters and Water Towers in Racibórz
Racibórz
Racibórz is one of the oldest cities in Upper Silesia. It can also boast probably the earliest water supply network in the region, which was created in the Middle Ages. However, the modern water supply system was built only in the nineteenth century. Attractive water distribution facilities have survived to this day, including water towers and unique filters that are interesting examples of both architectural and technological solutions.
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The Coal Mine "Marcel" in Radlin
Radlin
Radlin is an industrial town in the district of Wodzisław. The coal mine "Marcel" operates here. It has retained an industrial complex of buildings from the early 20th century. Their structures as well as facades, roofs, carpentry and interior design elements are of great historic value. The hoist frame of the shaft “Wiktor” from 1913, with an electrical hoist machine in the head merits special attention.
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The Buildings of the Coal Mine "Rydułtowy"
Rydułtowy
Rydułtowy is relatively small town situated in the vicinity of Rybnik and Wodzisłąw Śląski. For over 200 years it has been one of the main centres of coal mining in Upper Silesia. a the beginning of the twenty first century the local mine  ʺRydułtowy-Anna” is still operating and soon coal will be mined here from one of the deepest shafts in Europe reaching  over 1200 metres in depth. Undoubtedly, every tourist will be interested in visiting the memorial chamber housed in a historic  building of the general cargo scale. In Rydułtowy and its vicinity there are also preserved buildings of older shafts.
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The Spoil Tip "Charlotte"
Rydułtowy
Rydułtowy is a town and a commune in the district of Wodzisław. The town has a long history. It was mentioned as early as the thirteenth century. Nowadays, it is now a well known center of coal mining. As a result of years of mining, there is a huge spoil tip of accumulated overburden. It is one of the largest of its type in Europe, and today, it is affectionately called "Charlotte", the landmark of the city.
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The Mieszko Confectionary Plant in Racibórz
Racibórz
The Mieszko Confectionary Plant in Racibórz is known in Poland as a developing manufacturer of confectionary. Mieszko Confectionary Plant also acquired a Lithuanian company, having a total of five plants. One of the buildings used by the company is a post-German tower from the 30s of the twentieth century. Initially, it was a water tower, and later, due to technical defects, it was converted into an observation tower.
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The Castle Brewery in Racibórz
Racibórz
Nowadays, beer is produced mainly by large companies, which affects its quality. Therefore, more and more discerning beer drinkers are turning to the products of smaller breweries. Racibórz Castle Brewery prides itself on the oldest tradition of beer brewing in the region. According to written sources, it is known that in this area, beer brewing dates back to at least as early as the thirteenth century. The first mention of the ducal brewery comes from the sixteenth century.
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The Tower of the "Waleska" Steel Plant in Pałowice
Palowice
A few miles north of the center of Żory we can encounter a brick tower of the steel plant “Waleska”. It is located within the protected area of the Landscape Park of the Cistercian Landscape Compositions of Rudy Wielkie. This brick tower was once used to pull manually a significant amount of raw materials up to a considerable height in order to charge the adjacent blast furnace with them. The plant operated here in the first half of the nineteenth century, and its name derives from the daughter of the owner - Franz Winckler.
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The Buildings of the Mine "Debieńsko"
Czerwionka-Leszczyny
The tradition of coal mining in the Czerwionka-Leszczyny goes back 200 years ago from now. As early as in the nineteenth century, there were a few small operating mines here. At the end of that century, most of them merged into a big mine - "Dębieńsko". It mined coal by 2000. What has remained of the mine is characteristic brick buildings, a winding tower, a large mine waste dump, and a workers’ colony. It is worth seeing the House of Tradition of the "Dębieńsko" Coal Mine, which houses many exhibits and memorabilia.
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The Old Forge in Bieńkowice
Bieńkowice
The village of Bieńkowice lies at the mouth of the Psina River into the Oder within the commune of Krzyżanowice on the road from Racibórz to Chałupki. The settlement was for the first time mentioned in 1283, but it may have existed a hundred years earlier. There are a few monuments, among them a private museum which is particularly worth visiting. It reminds of the local blacksmith traditions associated with the forge operating more than three hundred years ago. It was established by the Socha family in the second half of the seventeenth century
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