Brick wayside chapel on Grottgera Street, known as the Swedish Chapel, rebuilt in 1922 on the site of a 17th-century one, with plaques about the Silesian Uprisings.
The Chapel of Our Lady, known as the Swedish Chapel (Kapliczka Szwedzka), is a small brick building at Grottgera 3 in Katowice's Piotrowice. It has a built-up area of only about 10 square metres, a gabled roof covered with sheet metal and shows no distinct stylistic features.
The first chapel was built in the 17th century on the graves of soldiers killed in a battle in 1644, during the Thirty Years' War. The name “Swedish Chapel” refers to those events. In 1922 the chapel was rebuilt to celebrate the union of Upper Silesia with Poland, and in 2000 it was renovated.
On the altar stands a figure of Our Lady of the Rosary, and in a niche a figure of Jesus Christ. The interior is decorated with a cross and religious paintings, including Our Lady of Częstochowa and Merciful Jesus. There are also commemorative plaques dedicated to the Silesian Uprisings.
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