Market Square in Gliwice

The Market Square (Rynek) in Gliwice lies in the centre of the city and has the shape of a square measuring about 75 by 75 metres. In its middle stands the town hall, and in the western part a fountain with Neptune.

A square from the time of the town's founding

The layout of the market square and the surrounding streets of the Old Town arose in the Middle Ages, at the time the town was chartered. From each corner of the square two streets lead off. The surrounding tenement houses mostly date from the 19th and 20th centuries and were severely damaged during the Second World War.

Rebuilding and archaeological work

After 1946 the market square was rebuilt and restored to a design by the engineer Franciszek Maurer, a graduate of Lviv Polytechnic and later a professor at the Silesian University of Technology. In 2010 the surface was replaced, and archaeological work on that occasion uncovered wells.

Monuments by the market square

Entered in the heritage register are the town hall from the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, the fountain with Neptune and the Artist's House (Dom Plastyka) at Rynek 6. The latter was built at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries on stone and brick cellars from the 15th century.

Nearby

It is very close from the Market Square to Piast Castle, and at a similar distance lie the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul and Villa Caro.

Practical information

• Location: the centre of Gliwice, in the Old Town.
• This is a city square, so a visit means a walk around the town hall and the tenement houses.
• The interiors of the tenement houses and the town hall follow their own rules, which have to be checked separately.