Churches and monasteries in Radziechowy: the Gothic St Martin's church, the church in Przybędza, St Anne's chapel and the shrine on Foksowa Kępa.
Four places of prayer in a village near Żywiec, from a fourteenth-century church to a shrine from 1868. For visitors who sightsee alone and like architecture and views.
Which churches and shrines to see in Radziechowy?
The oldest is St Martin's Church on Plebańska Street: a Gothic brick church dating to around 1400, listed as a monument, with a colony of lesser horseshoe bats protected under Natura 2000 in its attic. The Church of Our Lady of Częstochowa in Przybędza, one of the village's parts, went up in the early 1980s and has had its own parish since 2013.
Below Kopa Radziechowska, on the road to Twardorzeczka, stands St Anne's Chapel from the early twentieth century, by a spring, with a view of the Żywiec Basin. On a rise by the road from Żywiec to Zwardoń you will see the shrine on Foksowa Kępa from 1868, tied to a legend of a battle between highlanders and the Swedes. The village itself has its own page, Radziechowy; sacred buildings of other places are in churches and monasteries in Silesia.
Frequently asked questions
Which church in Radziechowy has the longest history?
St Martin's, a Gothic church whose history reaches back to around 1400.
What bats live in the church in Radziechowy?
Lesser horseshoe bats, rare and protected under Natura 2000, live in the attic of St Martin's church.