Church of St Albert the Great in Gliwice

The Church of St Albert the Great in Gliwice is the former chapel of the Albertinum episcopal seminary, built in 1930-1931. Today it is a parish and academic church, and since 2023 a monument entered in the heritage register.

From seminary chapel to church

The foundation stone for the seminary was laid in 1930, and construction was completed at the end of 1931. Cardinal Adolf Bertram blessed the building on 2 February 1932 and gave it the name Albertinum, in memory of St Albert the Great. In 1940 the seminary was closed down and the building was requisitioned for resettlers from Bessarabia. To save the chapel, Cardinal Bertram established a curacy dedicated to St Albert there.

After the war, in 1949, the Minor Seminary was set up here, and it ceased to operate in 1963 after the authorities took over the building. The chapel then served as the church of the parish of St Michael the Archangel. Since 2017 the dedication has been to St Albert the Great.

Interior and heritage protection

The church received new polychromy in 1956, and in 1994 a new decor of the chancel designed by the sculptor Stanisław Słodowy. In the chancel there is also a mosaic by Szymon Prandzioch, blessed in 2012. In 2023 the church building was entered in the register together with the figure of the Virgin and Child above the entrance, as well as the presbytery building.

Nearby

The church stands not far from the centre, on Bolesława Krzywoustego Street. It is about 800 metres to the Piast Castle in Gliwice and roughly 700 metres to the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul.

Practical information

• Address: ul. Bolesława Krzywoustego, Gliwice, Politechnika estate.
• A working academic church; information about accessibility is given by the parish.