Cemeteries and monuments
monument from 1923 honouring two insurgents, demolished in 1939 and restored in 1995
Cemeteries and monuments
a sandstone shrine from 1919 with a saint holding a finger to his lips
Cemeteries and monuments
a steel sculpture of the marshal in uniform, 2.5 m high, on a roundabout in the centre of Knurów
Free things in Knurów: three monuments, the 1919 Nepomuk shrine, the 2021 Foch statue and the 1923 insurgents' memorial.
Knurów has few historic sites, but three monuments stand in public space and can be seen without a ticket. Two of them lie a short walk apart along Dworcowa Street.
The Monument to John of Nepomuk is a sandstone statue shrine where Dworcowa Street meets Koziełka Street. It went up in 1919 in place of an older wooden structure, funded by Franciszka Szulcowa. Its sculptor was Józef Baumaister from Wrocław.
The Silesian Insurgents Monument stands on the same Dworcowa Street. It was erected in 1923 to commemorate two participants of the uprisings, Paweł Hora and Florian Henel. Father Jan Chrząszcz blessed the monument in June 1923.
The Monument to Marshal Ferdinand Foch is a much newer statue from 2021, set on a roundabout where Szpitalna and Kosmonautów streets cross. The marshal holds a sabre at his left side and a baton in his right hand. The figure is galvanised steel and stands 2.5 metres tall.
On insurgent monuments across the region read Monuments to the insurgents and Korfanty. Other places without a ticket are listed under free attractions in Silesia, and the town has its page: things to do in Knurów.
Two: the Nepomuk shrine beside Koziełka Street and the Silesian Insurgents Monument of 1923.
On the roundabout where Szpitalna and Kosmonautów streets cross.
