Wooden church of 1493, moved from Zębowice to Gliwice in 1925 and moved again in 1997-2000 to the Old Koźle Cemetery.
The wooden church at Kozielska 29 has been moved twice. Built in 1493 in Zębowice near Olesno, it came to Gliwice in 1925, and in 1997-2000 it was moved once more, to the grounds of the former Old Koźle Cemetery.
The oldest surviving description of the church dates from 1679. In 1777 a new tower was added to the nave, built by the carpenter Wojciech Kokot. In 1911 a new brick church was built in Zębowice, so the old one was bought by the Gliwice town authorities and in 1925 moved to the Central Cemetery. The reconstruction was led by Robert Josefek under the supervision of the town architect Karl Schabik, and the blessing took place on 12 September 1925.
The church served as an auxiliary funeral chapel, but at the end of the 1970s it was closed to services because it was falling into ruin. After 1989 the town decided to save it: in 1992 it was dismantled, the elements were conserved, and in 1998-2000 it was rebuilt on its present site. The consecration took place on 15 August 2000, and since 2004 it has been a parish church.
The church was built of oak and pine; the nave and chancel are of log construction, and the tower of post construction. The roofs are covered with shingles. Originally Gothic, it was rebuilt in the Baroque spirit in the 17th and 18th centuries. The high altar is Baroque, from the 18th century, with a painting of Our Lady of the Scapular. The ceiling over the nave is decorated with a polychrome with the Eye of Providence, and over the chancel with a scene of the Coronation of the Virgin Mary. The church lies on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Silesian Voivodeship.
The church stands in the Old Koźle Park, and near the town centre are the Piast Castle and the Cathedral of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul.
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