Places with character
a brewery in the former castle of the Dukes of Racibórz, with a brewing tradition reaching back to the 16th century
Industrial heritage
water tower of 1933-36, 37 m high, today part of a confectionery plant
Industrial heritage
brick water tower from 1874, 25 m high, with a 500 m³ tank
Places with character
bridge over the Odra beside Racibórz Castle, on a crossing known since 1299
Industrial heritage in Racibórz means two water towers, a castle brewery at work since the sixteenth century and an Oder bridge on a crossing known since 1299.
The four sites show how the town on the Oder was supplied with water and crossed the river, and the brewery adds a thread of craft.
The Water Tower on 1 Maja Street of 1874 is brick-built, 25 m tall, with a tank for 500 m³ of Oder water. The Water Tower on Starowiejska Street of 1933-1936, 37 m tall with a clinker-brick facade, is used today by a confectionery producer for production and offices, no longer by the waterworks.
Racibórz Brewery occupies the grounds of the former Racibórz dukes' castle at Zamkowa 2; beer has been brewed here since the early sixteenth century, and the site is open to visitors. The Castle Bridge on provincial road 935 stands on a crossing known since 1299; the present bridge was rebuilt after 1945.
The one on 1 Maja Street, put into service on 23 September 1874.
Yes, the brewery on the grounds of the former castle is open to visitors. More such places are collected under Industrial heritage, and the town is described on the page for Racibórz.
