Viewpoints
a metal tower with three platforms on a hill 291 m above sea level, with views of the Beskids and the Jeseníky
Churches and monasteries
a church from 1852 rebuilt in 1954-1960, next to the former Salesian seminary
Historic sites
Neo-Renaissance palace in the style of an Italian villa, former residence of the Larisch and Baildon families
Solo in Pogrzebień: a viewing tower overlooking the Beskids and Sudetes, a Neo-Renaissance palace and St Bartholomew's church. A calm walk on your own.
Pogrzebień lies in the Racibórz district, in the Kornowac municipality. The three stops are easy to combine into one short outing.
The finest view is from the viewing tower, which stands on a hill at the southern end of the village, 291 metres above sea level, and opened in 2019. Its steel pyramid is close to twenty metres tall and has three platforms; from the top you can spot neighbouring villages and, far off, the Beskids, the Sudetes and the Jeseníky.
At 9 Brzezka Street the palace in Pogrzebień is a Neo-Renaissance residence modelled on an Italian villa and remodelled in 1885-1886. Salesian Sisters have lived there since 1946, so you can admire it only from outside. The Salesians also look after St Bartholomew’s Church, put up in 1851-1852 and extensively renovated after 1954. For more solo outings, browse solo; Pogrzebień itself is covered under Pogrzebień.
The neighbouring villages, among them Tworków and Bieńkowice, and in the distance the Beskids with Szyndzielnia and Równica, plus the Sudetes and the Jeseníky.
The palace has been a convent of Salesian Sisters since 1946, so it is best admired from outside.
