Churches and monasteries
a wooden church from 1666 with a gatehouse bell tower, on the wooden architecture trail
Churches and monasteries
neo-Gothic parish church from 1905-1908, designed by Oskar Hoßfeld
Churches and monasteries
a masonry church from 1840-1842 built of Żyglin limestone, the dominant feature of the village
Churches and monasteries in Miasteczko Śląskie include a timber church of 1666 by the square, a neo-Gothic brick church and the church in Żyglin.
Three eras of church building meet in Miasteczko Śląskie, and architecture plays the lead. Two churches stand by the square and beside it, and the third rises over Żyglin. They are best seen alone.
Timber is the material of St George's, a church beside the market square whose construction dates to 1666; the consecration followed on 8 May 1670. A bell tower stands within its fence, and the building is a stop on the region's wooden architecture route. Until 1914 the parish seat was Żyglin, and nowadays St George's is a filial church of the Żyglin deanery.
Next to the timber church, on Dworcowa, rises the red-brick Assumption church. Oskar Hoßfeld designed this neo-Gothic parish church in the years 1905-1908, and it is on the monuments register. Upslope in Żyglin, at Śląska 40, the Nativity church of 1840-1842 dominates the village; its walls are Żyglin limestone and brick. It is the third building on that site, the first being a wooden church blessed in 1253. The rest of the town is in things to do in Miasteczko Śląskie, and sacred architecture elsewhere in the voivodeship in the category churches and monasteries in Silesia.
Work finished in 1666, and the bishop's blessing followed in May 1670. The church faces the square and is on the timber architecture route.
Local limestone from Żyglin and brick form its walls, and the building is entered in the register of monuments.
