Churches and monasteries
a modernist church with an organ of 2,581 pipes and a rich programme of stained glass
church fitted out in the former workers' house of the Dubensko mine
Historic sites
a manor house from the late 18th century with a chapel in the remains of a landscape park
Churches and monasteries
a single-nave church from 1926 on a cross plan, with Carl Rabitz concrete vaults
Historic sites
Neo-Renaissance Italian villa with a square tower and a portal with Ionic pilasters
Historic sites
brick mine familoks from 1898-1916, 40 house types and lime avenues
Churches and monasteries
church of 1926 resembling a mine building, with a stained-glass window and a cross from 1858
Churches and monasteries
a Baroque church from 1800 with three bells from the 16th century and an organ from 1890
Things to do in Czerwionka-Leszczyny: a Neo-Renaissance palace, the manor in Czuchów, a mining housing estate and churches of several faiths.
The town grew from several former villages and settlements, and its historic sites reflect a mining past. Beside the palace and the manor stand brick churches linked to the colliery and a workers' housing complex on the Industrial Monuments Route. It suits lovers of architecture and quiet solo trips around the region.
Begin with the palace in Leszczyny at Księdza Pojdy 35, built in 1882-1883 for Konrad von Bartelt in the style of a Neo-Renaissance Italian villa, with a square tower and a park. Then see the manor house in Czuchów at 3 Maja 85, a Neoclassical building from the late eighteenth century, surrounded by the remains of a landscape park with a chapel.
The manor is sometimes called a castle. It was rebuilt many times, so it no longer shows the features of a single style, but its park is interesting. The palace in Leszczyny is a uniform rectangular block with a flat roof, which makes its style easy to recognise.
The workers' housing estate is a group of 84 red-brick houses on about 15 hectares, between Szkolna, Wolności, Słowackiego, Hallera, Kombatantów and Mickiewicza streets. The houses were built for the mine's employees in stages between 1898 and 1916. The estate lies on the Industrial Monuments Route of the Silesian Voivodeship and is best seen on a walk along its streets, because the houses are still lived in.
Other similar places are collected under churches and monasteries in Czerwionka-Leszczyny.
One day is enough for the palace in Leszczyny, the manor in Czuchów, the mining estate and two or three churches. The sites lie in different parts of the town, so plan your transfers.
Yes, two: the Neo-Renaissance palace in Leszczyny from 1882-1883 and the Neoclassical manor house in Czuchów, also called a castle.
Best at the Dębieńsko workers' estate, in the Sacred Heart church set up in a Dubensko mine workers' house, and in the Evangelical church on the former mine grounds. It is also worth browsing the historic sites of Czerwionka-Leszczyny.
The calendar of concerts and events is on the page of events in Czerwionka-Leszczyny. Buildings also have their own page: architecture in Czerwionka-Leszczyny.
