Historic sites
Neoclassical manor house from the early 19th century with two turrets, in a surviving park
Churches and monasteries
wooden church of 1594-1606, moved in 1981 from Leszczyny to the Wooden Architecture Trail
Industrial heritage
15-metre Classicist tower in a forest, the only trace of the Waleska ironworks
What to see in Palowice? A classicist manor house, a wooden church from the late 16th century and a brick blast-furnace tower in the forest.
In the village of Palowice the historic sites lie apart: two stand among the houses, the third deep in the woods. Each comes from a different era, so together they show how the area has changed.
The Manor House in Palowice at Wiejska 57 dates from the early 19th century. The classicist house has a mansard roof, two octagonal turrets, an outbuilding and a chapel of St John of Nepomuk. It is on the register of monuments.
The Church of the Holy Trinity in Palowice on Woszczycka Street was built in Leszczyny: work began in 1594 and the tower was added in 1606. In 1981 the wooden church was moved to Palowice, where it is one of the sites on the Wooden Architecture Trail in the Rybnik loop.
The Blast-Furnace Charging Tower of the Waleska Ironworks is a classicist brick tower, 15 metres high with four storeys, and the only thing left of the ironworks. Accounts differ on the date of construction: 1830, 1835 or the second half of the 19th century.
The church was built in Leszczyny at the turn of the 17th century and re-erected in Palowice in 1981. Today it stands on the Wooden Architecture Trail.
The ironworks was named after the daughter of its owner, Franz von Winckler: Waleska von Tiele-Winckler.
