Churches and monasteries
late Baroque church from 1762 in Skoczów, with relics of St John Sarkander and an organ by Rieger
Churches and monasteries
former hospital chapel with a barrel vault and a polychrome about John Sarkander
Museums
writer's museum in an 18th-century townhouse, with archaeology and regional crafts
Places of remembrance
site of a synagogue of 1853, demolished in 1939, with a commemorative monument
Churches and monasteries
brick Lutheran church from 1865 on Wilamowice Hill, designed by a Viennese architect
Museums
tenement house on the Market Square with an exhibition on the life and cult of St John Sarkander
Historic sites
late Baroque town hall from 1797 with the coats of arms of the Duke of Cieszyn on the façade
Viewpoints
hill with the Sarkander chapel and a papal cross, with views of Skoczów and the Beskids
Things to do in Skoczów: the market square with its town hall, museums of St John Sarkander and Gustaw Morcinek, and Kaplicówka hill with views of the Beskids.
Skoczów is a town in Cieszyn Silesia where most places cluster around the market square. It has museums for rainy days, churches from three eras and faiths, and a hill from which you can see the town and the mountains. The thread of St John Sarkander runs through several sites.
Start with the town hall at Rynek 1, a late Baroque building from 1797 with a tower added in 1801 and coats of arms on the facade; it was rebuilt in 1934. Right beside it, in a seventeenth-century townhouse, is the John Sarkander Museum. The saint was born in this house in 1576, and the museum tells the story of his life and cult. The former look of the town is described in the article on the market square, the 1756 fire and the brick-built town.
Two museums suit wet weather. The John Sarkander Museum is run by the parish and focuses on one figure. The Gustaw Morcinek Museum at Fabryczna 5 occupies a historic eighteenth-century townhouse and is a branch of the Museum of Cieszyn Silesia; it opened on 20 December 1986. One part of the display is devoted to the writer, and the rest shows archaeology and crafts of the region.
More of them are on the page about churches and monasteries in Skoczów.
Kaplicówka rises to about 355 m above sea level in the Cieszyn Foothills. The top holds a chapel dedicated to St John Sarkander, built in 1934, and a steel papal cross. The view takes in the roofs of the town and the mountains of the Silesian Beskids. Entry is free, so it makes a good short walk for two.
The synagogue built in 1853 no longer exists: the Germans demolished it in September 1939. A monument unveiled in 1994 stands on the site. It is a place of remembrance, with no building to visit.
The market square with the town hall, one of the museums and two churches take half a day, and in the afternoon you can climb Kaplicówka.
The museum in the townhouse where he was born, the chapel on Kaplicówka, the church of Peter and Paul and the polychrome in the Holy Cross church.
Yes, two museums: John Sarkander by the market square and Gustaw Morcinek on Fabryczna Street.
The main ones are the town hall, the churches and the townhouses. More buildings are on the page of architecture in Skoczów, and the set of places for a solo walk suggests independent routes.
