Things to do in Łaziska Górne: the Energy Museum, a modernist town hall from 1927 and two churches, one neo-Gothic and one functionalist.
Łaziska Górne is a town with a strong energy theme and architecture from several decades. Four places fit into one walk, and the museum helps when the weather turns.
What to visit in Łaziska Górne on a rainy day
On a rainy day the best choice is the Energy Museum at Wyzwolenia 30, housed in the old switchgear building of the Łaziska power plant. Exhibits include a surviving part of the switchgear with a Swiss high-voltage breaker, a wartime steam turbine and a pre-war biogas engine.
Which buildings in Łaziska Górne are worth seeing?
The Town Hall at Plac Ratuszowy 1 opened in 1927, when the settlement did not yet have town rights. It is brick modernism in an L shape, with a tower where the wings meet and the main entrance inside. It is still the seat of the town authorities.
The Church of Our Lady Queen of the Holy Rosary at Kościelna 4 is neo-Gothic with neo-Romanesque elements and a tower 41 metres high. The Church of the Beheading of St John the Baptist in the Łaziska Średnie district is a functionalist brick church from 1937-1940, rebuilt after the damage of September 1939.
Frequently asked questions
Where can you shelter from rain in Łaziska Górne?
In the Energy Museum, which occupies the former switchgear building of the Łaziska power plant and tells the story of generating and transmitting electricity.
Is the town hall a historic building?
It is a modernist building from 1927 that still serves as the seat of the town authorities. It was not damaged during the war.