Historic sites
Baroque and Neoclassical palace of the Donnersmarck family on Chopina Street
Historic sites
eclectic villa of an industrialist from 1859, today the seat of the Siemianowice Centre of Culture
Historic sites
a Neo-Gothic house in the form of a small castle with a round tower, designed by Louis Dame in 1906
Historic sites
historic steelworkers' bathhouse from 1908, still operating as a municipal swimming pool
Historic sites
single-storey brick palace in Michałkowice with an orangery and a ballroom, now a cultural centre
Historic sites
eclectic town hall from 1904 with a corner clock tower and stained glass in the council chamber
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
Historic sites in Siemianowice Śląskie: palaces in the centre and Michałkowice, Fitzner Villa, a brick town hall and workers' estates of the former Laura mine.
Eight buildings tell of a town of magnates and steelworkers, from the residences of powerful families to the colonies where miners lived. Some stand in the centre, others in Michałkowice, by Górnik Park.
In the centre, at Chopina 15, stands the palace known as the Donnersmarck or Mieroszewski palace. The complex has a Baroque and a classicist part, is listed as a monument, and changed owners and functions over the centuries. The Mieroszewski family began building it in the seventeenth century.
At Fitznerów 3 stands Fitzner Villa of 1859, the residence of the industrialist Wilhelm Fitzner, with an orangery and reception rooms added in 1883. It houses the Siemianowice Cultural Centre.
On Oświęcimska Street, within the municipal Górnik Park, stand two buildings. The Rheinbaben Palace, called the Little Castle, has an orangery and a mirror hall, and since 2016 it has been a branch of the Siemianowice Cultural Centre. At number 7 you will see the forester's and gardener's house: a brick neo-Gothic building with a round tower that resembles a small castle. Louis Dame designed it in 1906 for the Hohenlohe works.
The former Laura mine is recalled by three buildings at Składowa 1, 2 and 3, which housed the supervisors and the management; today they are residential. On Górnicza Street stands a brick workers' estate known as Bergmonka, from around 1908: four multi-family houses at numbers 6 to 9, one of the few surviving company estates in the town.
The municipal bathhouse of 1907-1908, built for the Laura steelworkers, belongs to this story too. Known as Badyhala, it works as a swimming pool and entered the register of monuments as one of the oldest working indoor pools in Poland.
Yes, the town hall on Jana Pawła II Street, a four-storey brick building of 1904. The municipal builder Johannes Seiffert designed it, and a clock tower rises on the corner. The council chamber has stained glass, and the building still serves the town authorities.
After the monuments, visit the parks and nature of Siemianowice or look into the churches and monasteries of the town. Everything about the place is on the page of things to do in Siemianowice Śląskie, and counterparts in other towns appear under historic sites in Silesia.
At Chopina 15, in the town centre.
The popular name of the former municipal bathhouse of 1907-1908, which now works as a swimming pool.
A brick workers' estate on Górnicza Street, built around 1908 for miners.
At Oświęcimska 1, in Górnik Park. It is the Rheinbaben Palace.
