A brick church from 1929-1930, designed by Johann Affa of Racibórz, with stained glass from 1977.
St Anne's Church in Świerklany was built in 1929-1930 on the site of a wooden church that burnt down in 1928. It was consecrated on 1 August 1930, and entered in the heritage register in 2005 together with its immediate surroundings.
The first mentions of a wooden branch church of St Anne come from 17th-century visitations. A new wooden church was built in 1723 and was destroyed by fire on 23 November 1928. Construction of the brick church began in April 1929 to a design by Johann (Jan) Affa of Racibórz. At first it was a branch of the parish in Połomia, and it received the status of a parish church in 1957.
The building combines Modernism with Neo-Baroque elements. It has a Latin cross plan with a short three-aisled nave, a wide transept and a straight-ended chancel. A tall tower with an onion dome rises at the west end, and above the crossing stands a turret for the sanctus bell with a similar finial. The nave is covered with sail vaults, and the crossing with a dome with a lantern. The church is about 40 m long and 26 m wide.
The interior paintings were made in 1947-1948, and the furnishings were redesigned in the 1970s. The stained glass was designed by Wiktor Ostrzołek in 1977 and made by the Kraków Stained Glass Workshop. The organ was built in 1933 by the firm Klimosz-Dyrszlag of Rybnik, and the altars from 1971 replaced an earlier high altar from 1931.
From Świerklany it is close to the Church of Corpus Christi in Jankowice, and when exploring the area you can also look in at the palace in Boryń.
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