Monument to Stanisław Kubista in Katowice

The monument to Blessed Stanisław Kubista stands in the square named after him in Katowice-Kostuchna, between Migdałowców and Tadeusza Boya-Żeleńskiego streets, next to the Church of the Most Holy Trinity. It was unveiled in 2000.

Who Stanisław Kubista was

Stanisław Kubista was born on 27 September 1898 in Kostuchna and died on 26 April 1940 in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. He was beatified on 13 June 1999 in Warsaw. The monument commemorates him as a blessed associated with his home district.

The monument

The author is the sculptor Mirosław Kiciński (1943-2004). It is a stone obelisk with the image of a cross. The plaque gives the dates of his life, his places of birth and death, the date of beatification and the year the monument was made.

Practical information

• Location: Blessed Stanisław Kubista Square in Kostuchna, a district of Katowice.
• The place is open to all; it is a square in public urban space.