Parks: Rybnik

Parks in Rybnik: Kozie Góry, the hilltop Sarkander Park and a vast landscape park with a Cistercian complex. Three green places, no ticket needed.

The first two parks lie within the town, and the third covers a large stretch of the south-west of the voivodeship. All are open to the public.

Which park in Rybnik should you pick for a walk?

In the Meksyk district, off Chwałowicka Street, Kozie Góry Park counts among the biggest and oldest city parks of Rybnik. Laid out at the close of the nineteenth century, it spans nearly seven hectares of rolling ground and includes a fitness trail.

In the town centre lies St John Sarkander Park, known to locals as "Na wzgórzu" or "Na górce". It occupies the site of a former cemetery, measures 16,500 square metres and holds a fifteenth-century Academic Church.

For a longer outing there is the Cistercian Landscape Compositions of Rudy Wielkie Landscape Park, nearly four hundred and ninety-four square kilometres of ponds, woods and the Łężczok reserve, with a post-Cistercian complex in Rudy. Other green places across the region are listed under parks, and the town is covered on Rybnik.

Frequently asked questions

In which district is Kozie Góry Park?

In the Meksyk district, on Chwałowicka Street.

What is there in Sarkander Park?

A hill in the town centre with a fifteenth-century Academic Church, on the site of a former cemetery.