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
Cemeteries and monuments in Knurów include the 1919 figure of St John of Nepomuk, the 2021 steel Marshal Foch and the 1923 Silesian Insurgents monument.
All three monuments stand in public space, by streets and on a roundabout, so seeing them needs no ticket. They tell three stories: religious, military and insurgent.
The Monument to John of Nepomuk takes the form of a wayside shrine with a statue, where Dworcowa meets Koziełka. Józef Baumaister carved it in grey sandstone for a commission by Franciszka Szulcowa, replacing an earlier timber structure. A little way along Dworcowa stands the Silesian Insurgents Monument, put up in 1923 in memory of Paweł Hora and Florian Henel. German forces demolished it as the Second World War began. Wider context comes from a text on monuments to the insurgents and Korfanty.
The Monument to Marshal Ferdinand Foch was unveiled in 2021 at the junction of Szpitalna and Kosmonautów streets. The figure, cast in zinc-coated steel, stands 2.5 metres high and portrays him in a uniform, holding a sabre and a marshal's baton. For other spots in town see things to do in Knurów, and for more memorials elsewhere in the region the cemeteries and monuments in Silesia list.
Along Dworcowa Street. The memorial dates from 1923 and honours two insurgents named Paweł Hora and Florian Henel.
Of zinc-coated steel. The figure is 2.5 metres high and stands on a plinth bearing the marshal's name.
