A church in Wirek built after the war, damaged by mining subsidence and rebuilt in the 1990s.
The Church of St Andrew Bobola is in Wirek, a district of Ruda Śląska, and belongs to the Kochłowice deanery of the Archdiocese of Katowice. Its post-war construction was interrupted by mining damage, and the present look of the interior echoes the Art Deco style.
The land for the church was bought on 30 September 1948. The building was made to a design by Romuald Holeczek, and the structural engineer and site manager was the engineer A. Galat of the Silesian University of Technology. The foundation stone and part of the new church, namely the chancel with the crypt and the transverse nave, were blessed on 2 October 1949. Since 1951 the chancel has contained stained-glass windows to a design by Adam Bunsch, made in the Żeleński workshop in Kraków. Three of them show the life of St Andrew Bobola, and in the side annexes there are figures of St Anne Selbdritt and St Maximilian Kolbe.
In 1956-1958 the church was seriously damaged by mining and taken out of use. From October 1959 to December 1962 services were held in the crypt. The rebuilding, to a design by a team led by Jacek Mistura, began in 1994, and the decoration echoes Art Deco. The bells and tower were blessed on 11 March 2001. The mining past of the region is shown in neighbouring Zabrze by the Guido Mine.
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