Cemeteries and monuments
a granite monument to the astronomer by Jerzy Bandura from 1964
Cemeteries and monuments
reinforced concrete giraffe on three legs from 1959, a symbol of the Silesian Park
Cemeteries and monuments
bench with the figures of Karlik and Karolinka and a pigeon, unveiled in 2005
Cemeteries and monuments
bronze reconstruction of the monument to the Prussian creator of Upper Silesian industry in Hutników Square
Cemeteries and monuments
Cemeteries and monuments
bronze monument to a Ruch Chorzów footballer on Wolności Street
Cemeteries and monuments
bronze monument of a footballer in the kit from the 1957 match against the USSR
Cemeteries and monuments
bronze figure of an athlete on the podium with her Sydney medal
Monuments in Chorzów: the Giraffe and Miners in the Silesian Park, Copernicus, Cieślik's bench, Karolinka and Karlik, and the Reden monument.
Eight outdoor sculptures form a story of a town of miners, steelworkers and footballers. Most stand in the Silesian Park or right beside the Silesian Stadium, so they combine easily into one walk.
The park's trademark is the Giraffe Sculpture, an abstract structure over sixteen metres tall, cast in 1959. It stands at the zoo entrance next to a stop, and the avenue leading to the zoo is named after it.
Not far from the planetarium you will find the Monument to Nicolaus Copernicus: a granite statue by Jerzy Bandura from 1964, holding a globe. In the same area stand the Miners by Marian Wnuk, two three-metre figures with lamps, unveiled in 1965. Both works are classed as Socialist Realism. In the Rosarium, sit on the bench of Karolinka and Karlik from 2005. The article from the decision to the park tells more about the park.
Gerard Cieślik, the Ruch Chorzów footballer, has two monuments in the town. The bench on Wolności Street, in front of the main post office, shows him just before a shot and recalls the match with the USSR in 1957. The monument at the Silesian Stadium is a bronze figure in a national team kit, unveiled in 2022.
Beside the stadium also stands the Monument to Kamila Skolimowska, the athlete, shown on the podium with her Sydney medal. It was unveiled in February 2024. You can read about the Chorzów club in the article on Ruch and the Great Hajduks.
On Plac Hutników stands the Monument to Friedrich Wilhelm von Reden, a 2002 reconstruction of a bronze sculpture from the mid-nineteenth century. It commemorates a Prussian official who influenced the growth of mining and metallurgy in Upper Silesia, including the Royal Ironworks.
After the sculptures, step into the parks and nature of Chorzów or choose things for children in Chorzów. Things to do in Chorzów shows the rest of the town, and similar monuments are listed in cemeteries and monuments in Silesia.
Two: the bench on Wolności Street and the monument at the Silesian Stadium.
Over sixteen metres. It stands at the zoo entrance.
In the Silesian Park, right next to the Silesian Planetarium.
No. Most stand in the Silesian Park and by the stadium, while the Reden monument and Cieślik's bench are in the town centre.
