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
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
Solo in Skoczów: the Market Square and town hall, two museums, three churches and Kaplicówka Hill with Beskid views - seven places for one person.
Skoczów sits in Cieszyn Silesia, and most of its sights cluster around the Market Square, which makes it a fine town for a slow solo walk. It has museums, churches from different eras and a viewpoint on a hill. More options for one person appear under solo attractions in Silesia, and every sight in the town is listed under things to do in Skoczów.
Start from the Market Square, where the town hall and the museum dedicated to St John Sarkander stand. The Morcinek museum and the churches lie a short walk further on. Leave Kaplicówka Hill for last: it looks over the town toward the Silesian Beskids.
The town hall in Skoczów has a late Baroque body raised in 1797, and its tower followed four years later. It closes off the western row of the Market Square, and the facade shows the arms of Skoczów and of Duke Albert Casimir of Cieszyn. The fires after which the town was rebuilt in stone are the subject of the article Skoczów: Jonah on the market, the 1756 fire and the masonry town.
Skoczów has two small museums and both suit a rainy afternoon. One tells the story of the writer Gustaw Morcinek and the region, the other of St John Sarkander, who was born in a townhouse on the Market Square in 1576.
The Gustaw Morcinek Museum occupies an 18th-century townhouse at ul. Fabryczna 5 and belongs to the Museum of Cieszyn Silesia. Alongside the biographical part about the writer you will see archaeological collections and regional crafts. The John Sarkander Museum is a parish museum on the Market Square, next to the town hall, opened in 1994. A solo visitor can calmly see both in a single morning.
Three of them differ in age and denomination, so together they show the town from several sides. The Church of Saints Peter and Paul at ul. Wałowa 12 is late Baroque, from 1762, and is the fifth church on the site, since the earlier ones burned down.
The Church of the Holy Trinity was built of brick in 1863-1865 for the town's Lutherans on Wilamowice Hill, to a design by the Viennese architect Horky. Smallest of all is the Church of the Finding of the Holy Cross, known as the "little hospital", which developed from a hospital chapel dating to the 14th century. It is about 18 metres long and has a polychrome linked to St John Sarkander.
From Kaplicówka Hill, which reaches about 355 m above sea level. The view takes in the rooftops of the town and the ridges of the Silesian Beskids. A steel papal cross and a chapel honouring St John Sarkander, built in 1934, stand on the hill. No ticket is needed, which suits a spontaneous visit.
The Market Square with the town hall, two museums, three churches near the centre and Kaplicówka Hill. All of it can be covered on foot at your own pace.
In the Gustaw Morcinek Museum on ul. Fabryczna or in the John Sarkander Museum on the Market Square. Both are housed in historic townhouses.
He was born here in 1576. His memory is kept by the museum on the Market Square, the polychrome in the church called the little hospital and the chapel on Kaplicówka Hill.
Yes. It is a rise in the Cieszyn Foothills with a view over the town and the mountains.
