Churches and monasteries
a 17th-century wooden church moved from Jedłownik, the oldest church in the town
Churches and monasteries
a church from 1825 with a painting of the Eye of Providence from 1773, a sanctuary since 2012
Churches and monasteries
Baroque-Classicist church from 1796-1801 surrounded by a wall with the Stations of the Cross
Historic sites
19th-century spa with the Spa House, villas, children's sanatoria and a bandstand
Historic sites
Neoclassical Schlutterbach palace of the 18th century, today a hotel in a park
Historic sites
a Late Renaissance fortified manor house in a park with a centuries-old oak, today with a nursery school
Architecture in Jastrzębie-Zdrój covers a relocated wooden church, houses of a former spa town and a manor and palace set in parks of Bzie and Borynia.
The city is better known for its coal mines, yet it kept buildings from the time when it was several separate villages and a small spa. Its monuments are scattered across districts, so treat each as a separate stop. Begin with the attractions of Jastrzębie-Zdrój and compare notes in architecture across Silesia.
Three churches differ completely in character: a wooden one from the 1600s, a brick one from around 1800 and a Baroque-Classicist one finished before the middle of the 19th century. Together they show how building materials and styles changed in the old parishes here.
The oldest in town is St Barbara and St Joseph. It originally stood in Jedłownik, now in Wodzisław Śląski, and reached the Przyjaźń estate only in 1974. This timber building is part of a regional trail devoted to wooden architecture.
In Szeroka, on Sławika Street, rises the brick Church of All Saints, begun in 1796. It replaced a timber predecessor. Jastrzębie Górne has the Sanctuary of Divine Providence, blessed in 1825; its chancel keeps a canvas from 1773 that was carried out of the blaze that consumed an earlier church.
Traces of the spa are gathered in the Zdrój district, while rural owners' residences stand in Bzie and Borynia. Today each of these buildings serves a new purpose, so most is seen from outside and in the surrounding parks.
On 1 Maja Street stands the spa complex: its oldest houses went up in the 1860s, and treatments ended in 1994. Anyone curious about brine may continue with the story of the spa and the strike agreements and with the guide to graduation towers and pump rooms.
The late Renaissance manor in Bzie on Klubowa Street dates from about 1605 and is now used by a nursery school and a health centre. The Classicist palace in Borynia became a hotel with a restaurant; in its grounds grows an oak over three centuries old.
Choose from three churches of different periods, the former spa complex, the manor in Bzie and the palace in Borynia. The oldest are the wooden church of the 1600s and the manor from the start of that century.
No, they lie in different districts: Szeroka, Jastrzębie Górne, Zdrój, Bzie and Borynia. Each one needs to be treated as a separate stop.
Its rooms are used by a nursery school and a health centre, so the monument is mostly viewed from the park. The same applies to the palace in Borynia, where guests use the hotel and restaurant.
It was built in Jedłownik, then taken down in the later 20th century and raised again in Jastrzębie-Zdrój. Today it is the oldest church in the city.
