Solo: Pyskowice

Solo in Pyskowice: a stroll from the Classicist town hall past three churches to the railway museum and Lake Dzierżno Duże, at your own pace.

The town is small, and its main buildings stand in the centre, around the market square and Kościelna Street. Beyond it wait places that call for a separate trip: historic steam locomotives and a large reservoir. More ideas for travellers without company are in solo attractions in Silesia, and the whole offer is in things to do in Pyskowice.

How to explore the centre of Pyskowice alone?

Begin at the square, where the town hall with its museum stands, and continue to St Nicholas on Kościelna Street. Two smaller churches follow: the Evangelical one and the cemetery church. Together they give a full picture of the town, from the Middle Ages to the end of the 1800s.

The town hall at Rynek 9 was put up in 1823 in the Classicist style and is a registered monument. The Municipal Museum, which presents local and regional history, has occupied it since 2003, sharing the building with the PODcień gallery. A thorough renovation in 1913 covered the interiors and the facade, which was painted yellow.

St Nicholas is the town's oldest church. Its Gothic body owes its present look mostly to rebuilding after the fire of 1822, while the facade and fittings were completed in a Gothic Revival spirit. The Lutheran congregation uses the church of Peter and Paul, designed by Theodor Schmitz and finished in the mid-1890s. By the old cemetery rises the Gothic Revival St Stanislaus (1865-1868), on the spot of a medieval hospital chapel.

What to see in Pyskowice beyond the centre?

Beyond the monuments near the square, choose the railway museum in a former engine shed and Lake Dzierżno Duże, which lies where three administrative units meet. These places suit a longer part of the day, with less traffic than in town and room for calm viewing.

The railway open-air museum occupies the grounds of a disused engine shed by the station. An association has been gathering vehicles here since 1998, so you will see steam locomotives, diesel locomotives and carriages. Because of its collections, it also attracts technology fans.

Dzierżno Duże is an artificial lake of more than five hundred hectares, made in 1964 in former sand pits in the Kłodnica valley. The water lies beside the Gliwice Canal and touches three areas: Gliwice, Pyskowice and the Rudziniec municipality. A walk along its shore offers a break from buildings.

Frequently asked questions

What can you see in Pyskowice in one day?

The centre holds the town hall with its museum and three churches. The railway museum and the lake lie outside it, so plan that second part as a separate trip.

Which church in Pyskowice is the oldest?

St Nicholas, on Kościelna Street. What you see today is largely the effect of reconstruction after the 1822 fire.

What is inside the Pyskowice town hall?

Since 2003 it has been the seat of the Municipal Museum and the PODcień gallery. The 1823 building is Classicist and listed as a monument.

Where is Lake Dzierżno Duże?

Next to the Gliwice Canal, where Gliwice, Pyskowice and the Rudziniec municipality meet. Sand pits were flooded to form it in 1964.