Historic sites
eclectic villa of an industrialist from 1859, today the seat of the Siemianowice Centre of Culture
Historic sites
Baroque and Neoclassical palace of the Donnersmarck family on Chopina Street
Historic sites
eclectic town hall from 1904 with a corner clock tower and stained glass in the council chamber
Industrial heritage
steel winding tower from 1897 with a spire bearing a miners' emblem, known as the Richter shaft
Historic sites
single-storey brick palace in Michałkowice with an orangery and a ballroom, now a cultural centre
Historic sites
a Neo-Gothic house in the form of a small castle with a round tower, designed by Louis Dame in 1906
Churches and monasteries
red-brick Neo-Gothic Lutheran church from 1895 with stained glass and an organ
Historic sites
historic steelworkers' bathhouse from 1908, still operating as a municipal swimming pool
Historic sites
former supervisors' housing and management building of the Laura mine, now residential
Historic sites
a brick workers' colony from around 1908, known as Bergmonka, one of the last company housing estates in the town
Cemeteries and monuments
a cemetery from 1886 with the Fitzner crucifix and the graves of mine directors
Architecture in Siemianowice Śląskie means the Donnersmarck and Rheinbaben palaces, brick workers' colonies, a town hall and a steel winding tower.
Industry built the town, and its architecture tells of two worlds: the residences of owners and the estates of ironworks and mine employees. The whole region is covered under architecture in Silesia, and the local set is on the Siemianowice Śląskie page.
Four residences of industrialists and aristocrats survive, from a baroque palace in the centre to a neo-Gothic building in Górnik Park.
The palace on Chopin Street, linked with the Donnersmarck family, combines a baroque part with a neoclassical one and is on the heritage register. Fitzner Villa of 1859 is an eclectic industrialist's residence, now a cultural centre. In Michałkowice, in Górnik Park, stand side by side the Rheinbaben Palace, called the Little Castle, with an orangery and a mirror hall, and the neo-Gothic forester's and gardener's house with a round tower, designed in 1906.
Traces of the work of ironworks and mines are as striking as the residences. It is worth seeing them in one walk across several addresses.
The steel Siemianowice III winding tower on Olimpijska Street is over thirty metres tall and marks the former Laura mine. On Składowa Street stand three historic buildings of a former mining works, now residential. The brick houses of the colony on Górnicza Street, called Bergmonka, were built around 1908 for mine employees. The former municipal baths of 1907-1908 now work as a swimming pool known as Badyhala.
Two brick buildings dating from 1895 to 1904 stand in the centre and show civic taste of that era.
The town hall of 1904, designed by Johannes Seiffert, has a clock tower on the corner and stained-glass windows in the council chamber. The Martin Luther Church is a neo-Gothic red-brick building from 1895, still used by the Evangelical parish.
The Evangelical cemetery in the town dates back to 1886. It is an active burial ground with a five-metre crucifix and graves of local industrialists, so quiet and respect are expected. On other places of remembrance in the region, see the article on war cemeteries and mass graves.
In the centre: the palace, town hall and Martin Luther Church. Then go to Michałkowice, where the Rheinbaben Palace and the forester's house sit next to one another.
No. Villas and palaces serve cultural functions, while workers' houses and the buildings on Składowa Street are residential, so you see them from the street.
Yes, the former municipal baths of 1907-1908 are on the heritage register and still work as a swimming pool.
On Górnicza Street, at numbers 6 to 9, stand four brick multi-family houses called Bergmonka.
