Churches and monasteries
a church designed by Adam Lisik, from 1981-1986, with a crypt and bells with names of their own
Churches and monasteries
a church from 1937-1947 with interior decoration designed by a sculptor from Zakopane
Churches and monasteries
neo-Gothic chapel from 1897, the oldest sacred building in Knurów
Churches and monasteries
former gunpowder works chapel from 1908, the church of an independent parish since 1981
Churches and monasteries in Knurów: four sanctuaries, from the neo-Gothic St Barbara's chapel to the Church of Our Lady of Częstochowa from the 1980s.
Two of them stand in Krywałd, a district of Knurów. Four buildings from different eras for readers interested in sacred architecture who sightsee alone.
The oldest sacred building in town is St Barbara's Chapel in Krywałd, neo-Gothic, made of clinker brick and raised in 1897 with funds from Paulina Güttler. In the same district stands St Anthony of Padua's Church from 1908, which began as the chapel of a factory powder works.
St Cyril and Methodius Church was built between 1937 and 1947, and its interior decoration dates from 1960-1968. The newest is the Church of Our Lady of Częstochowa on Kapelanów Wojskowych Street, designed by Adam Lisik and built in 1981-1986. Further places in town are gathered under Knurów and cemeteries and monuments in Knurów, while sacred buildings across the region are shown under churches and monasteries in Silesia.
St Barbara's Chapel in Krywałd from 1897, regarded as the oldest sacred building in town.
It was built in 1908 as the chapel of a factory powder works, and in time became a parish church.
