Churches and monasteries
a Baroque basilica with a miraculous image of Our Smiling Lady, a Calvary in the forest and an organ from 1928
Churches and monasteries
Stations of the Cross chapels from the early 20th century, each with a different decor
neo-Baroque church from 1934 with a single tower in Krzyżkowice
former mine from 1832-2012 with the Chrobry I shaft complex designed by Hans Poelzig
Things to do in Pszów: a baroque basilica with the Smiling Madonna, the Pszów Calvary, a church in Krzyżkowice and the former Anna coal mine.
Pszów lies in the Wodzisław county and has drawn pilgrims since the 18th century. Its four places tell two stories of the town: the religious one and the mining one.
Begin at the Basilica of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Bohaterów Westerplatte 2. It is a baroque church and Marian shrine with the image of Our Lady of the Smile; a new church was decided on in 1743, and work was finished around 1747.
The Pszów Calvary is a group of Way of the Cross chapels consecrated on 1 September 1929. Father Bruno Laska began the work in 1907. In the Krzyżkowice district stands the neo-baroque Church of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus from 1934, with one tower. More on pilgrimages in the article Pszów: obraz, bazylika i kalwaria z czternastoma kaplicami (in Polish).
The Anna Coal Mine operated from 1832, and mining in Pszów ended in February 2012. The “Chrobry I” shaft complex, designed by the architect Hans Poelzig, has survived.
The most important is the baroque basilica, joined by the church in Krzyżkowice and the chapels of the Pszów Calvary. More such places are gathered under churches and monasteries in Pszów.
The architect Hans Poelzig.
