Churches and monasteries
a 1970s church built by parishioners, with a sculpture of Christ emerging from the wall
Churches and monasteries
modern parish church in Piotrowice-Ochojec, consecrated in 2004
Churches and monasteries
church in Ochojec built from 1937 to 1975, consecrated during the war
Churches and monasteries
a brick rotunda with a shingle roof in the forest between Giszowiec and Ochojec
Churches and monasteries
small brick chapel on the graves of soldiers from the Thirty Years' War
Churches in Piotrowice-Ochojec, a district of Katowice: the forest chapel of St Hubert, the Swedish Chapel and three parish churches.
The five places of worship lie in the south of Katowice, and each comes from a different time, from a chapel recalling a battle of the 17th century to a church consecrated in 2004. There are no monasteries here. It suits anyone who wants to see the district on a walk through the woods between Giszowiec and Ochojec.
There are two chapels in the district: the Chapel of St Hubert in the forest on 73 Pułku Piechoty Street and the Chapel of Our Lady at Grottgera 3.
The Chapel of St Hubert is a brick rotunda with a shingle roof, entered in the municipal register of monuments, within the nature and landscape complex called the Sources of the Kłodnica. Two versions tell how it came to be: in one it was built around 1906 for the Prince of Pszczyna, who hunted in these woods, in the other in 1936 funded by members of the Silesian Riding Club. The Swedish Chapel has about ten square metres of floor area and a gabled sheet-metal roof. The first one stood over the graves of soldiers killed in 1644 during the Thirty Years' War, and the present one was rebuilt in 1922 to mark the union of Upper Silesia with Poland. Plaques about the Silesian Uprisings hang on it.
At Marcina Radockiego 251 stands the Church of the Body and Blood of Christ, and on Fredry Street the Church of the Sacred Heart and St John Bosco.
The first was raised from the 1980s, with the decision taken in 1986 and state consent obtained in 1987. Engineers Jacek Leśko and Barbara Rowińska prepared the design, and it was consecrated in 2004. The second was built in 1974-1979 to plans by Karol Gierlotka and Franciszek Klimek, with the work done by parishioners as voluntary labour. Bishop Herbert Bednorz consecrated it in December 1979. A sculpture of Christ stands in the chancel.
St Hyacinth's Church in Ochojec was begun in 1937 and only finished in 1975. It belongs to the Katowice-Panewniki deanery.
The land was bought in 1937, and the first excavations followed soon after. The design was by Henryk Cambiok and Emmanuel Witt, and work went on until 1940. The foundation stone was blessed in May 1939, and in August that year the first service was held in the still unfinished building. A chapel of St Maximilian Kolbe adjoins the church. The district has other places, which you can find on the Piotrowice-Ochojec page, and a general overview of the region is churches and monasteries in Silesia.
There are two versions: one speaks of 1906 and the Prince of Pszczyna, the other of 1936 and the Silesian Riding Club.
The original chapel was set up over the graves of soldiers killed in the battle of 1644, during the Thirty Years' War.
The Church of the Body and Blood of Christ, consecrated in 2004.
No, the district has churches and chapels.
