Church of the Holy Trinity in Wieszowa

The Church of the Holy Trinity is a brick parish church in Wieszowa, a village in the Zbrosławice municipality, belonging to the Pyskowice deanery of the Gliwice diocese. The present building replaced a small Baroque church.

Construction and post-war reconstruction

The church was built from 1896 under the parish priest Adalbert Widera, and two thirds of the cost was covered by a count of the Henckel von Donnersmarck family. It was consecrated on 18 May 1904 by Henryk Marx, auxiliary bishop of Wrocław.

During the Second World War the building was considerably damaged. It was restored only in 1957.

Organ and bells

The organ stands in the gallery above the main entrance. Its Neo-Romanesque brown case has five pipe fields, with three towers separated by smaller fields.

The present bells are the fourth set in the history of the church. From the set of 1925 the bell of St Charles Borromeo remained, and three steel bells from the end of 1944 were hung in the tower in 1945 or 1946. Since 2002 there has also been a carillon, which strikes the quarter hours and plays melodies at various times of day.

The spring of St John Sarkander

According to the parish, on the western edge of the village there is a spring which, as the legend says, gushed forth when St John Sarkander rested there on his way to Jasna Góra.

Nearby

Closest, a few kilometres from Wieszowa, is the Church of St Hedwig in Ziemięcice.

Further on, in Tarnowskie Góry, you can see the Black Trout Adit.

Practical information

• Parish address: ul. Bytomska 169, 42-672 Wieszowa.
• The church is in use as a parish church; it is worth arranging visits outside services with the parish.