Churches and monasteries
Gothic church from 1470 with a cycle of 27 medieval Passion polychromes
Churches and monasteries
wooden Mariavite church from 1917 with a sheet-metal turret
Historic sites
ruins of a castle from the late 14th century, where Władysław Jagiełło stayed
Churches and monasteries
a Baroque church founded by the Kawiecki family in the 17th century, a former almshouse church
Parks and nature
natural stand of yew in a damp forest on the upper Warta, a reserve from 1957
Things to do in Koziegłowy: a Gothic church with medieval wall paintings, a wooden Mariavite church, a castle ruin and a yew reserve.
It is a place for visitors who enjoy historic buildings on a small scale and like to walk from one site to the next. The five places on the list split into churches, a castle ruin and a nature reserve, so they fit easily into one afternoon.
Start with the Church of St Mary Magdalene and Corpus Christi, a Gothic building from 1470. It is the oldest church in the village, and a very different one stands right beside it.
In 1972 the church revealed 27 medieval Passion wall paintings, and they are what sets the interior apart. The original church had a presbytery about twelve metres long; a wooden nave was added in 1595 and replaced by a brick one in 1679. Next to the nave stands an eighteenth-century burial chapel of the Kawiecki family.
Close by is the wooden Mariavite Church of St Paschal, finished in 1917. It is a small single-nave building with a porch and a sheet-metal turret, and it belongs to the Old Catholic Mariavite Church in Poland. It is easy to tell apart from the Roman Catholic churches around it, so it is worth pairing the two in a single walk.
The third site is the Baroque Church of St Barbara from 1670. Stanisław Kawiecki and Barbara of the Przerębski family founded it together with an almshouse for the poor, and today it serves as a branch church of the parish of St Mary Magdalene. All three churches are collected on the page for churches and monasteries in Koziegłowy.
Yes. The castle in Koziegłowy survives as a ruin: you can make out the remains of the foundations and the outline of the moats by the Sarni Stok stream. It was built at the end of the fourteenth century and served as the centre of the estates of the Kraków bishops in the Duchy of Siewierz, on the border between Silesia and Lesser Poland.
For nature lovers there is the Cisy Nature Reserve in Huta Stara, a small reserve on the upper Warta in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland. It protects a natural stand of common yew, heavily branched and green all year round. Entry is free.
The two churches, St Mary Magdalene and the Mariavite one, stand right next to each other and can be seen in one go. The castle ruin and the reserve each need a separate walk, and the reserve lies outside the centre, near the village of Mysłów. Most sites suit quiet solo sightseeing, which the page on what to do alone in Koziegłowy gathers. A full overview of the town is in the list of attractions in Koziegłowy.
The Gothic Church of St Mary Magdalene with its wall paintings, the wooden Mariavite church, the Baroque Church of St Barbara, the castle ruin and the Cisy reserve in Huta Stara.
There is a castle ruin from the fourteenth century. Only foundations and the outline of the moats remain, so it is a place to look at from outside rather than to explore inside.
Yes. This is a wooden building from 1917 belonging to the Old Catholic Mariavite Church in Poland, not to the Roman Catholic Church.
In the Cisy reserve in Huta Stara on the upper Warta. It protects common yew, and entry is free.
