Kościoły i klasztory: Sosnowiec

Churches in Sosnowiec: a brick cathedral with Young Poland polychromes, the railway church, an Orthodox church and parish churches in the districts.

Sosnowiec grew together with industry and the railways, so beside Catholic churches stand an Orthodox church, a Lutheran church, a Mariavite church and a manufacturers' mausoleum. Most are brick Neo-Gothic buildings in the districts of Pogoń, Sielec, Niwka, Maczki and Zagórze.

Which churches in Sosnowiec should you see first?

Choose the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Sacred Heart church and St Joachim's Church. They give three different stories of the city in one tour.

The cathedral at ulica Kościelna 1, built in 1893-1899, is the main church of the Diocese of Sosnowiec; the interior is decorated with Young Poland polychrome work by Włodzimierz Tetmajer and Henryk Uziembło. Local people call the Neo-Gothic church of 1862 at ulica 3 Maja 20, beside the Sosnowiec Główny station, the railway church, because railway workers helped pay for it. It has a churchyard park, a grotto with a figure from Lourdes and a chapel of the Holy Sepulchre. St Joachim's in Zagórze, at ulica Popiełuszki 44, has two towers more than 70 metres tall.

Which brick churches stand in the districts of Sosnowiec?

Factory, railway and mining churches were built in the districts, and you can still see whom they served.

In Niwka, at ulica Orląt Lwowskich 67, stands St John the Baptist's Church of red brick, with a bell tower 65 metres tall. In Pogoń, at ulica Orla 21, is St Thomas the Apostle's Church of 1904-1911, designed by Józef Pomian-Pomianowski, with two openwork towers added in 2004-2007. The Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Maczki, at ulica Skwerowa 19, was built in 1892-1894, mostly with donations from railway workers.

Sielec has two churches: the brick Church of the Immaculate Conception at ulica Skautów 1, built over nearly half a century, and the Neo-Gothic St Barbara's Church of 1906-1907, whose polychromes were restored in 2009-2017. In Porąbka the Church of Our Lady of Częstochowa was converted in 1924 from a mine's pay-hall, and its interior recalls the mining past.

Where are the places of worship of other faiths in Sosnowiec?

In Sosnowiec you can see an Orthodox church, a Lutheran church, a Mariavite church and a family mausoleum.

The Orthodox Church of Saints Faith, Hope, Love and their Mother Sophia on ulica Kilińskiego, from 1889, survives as the sole remnant of three Orthodox churches that once stood in the town. In Pogoń stand the Lutheran church with a clock tower, which grew out of a chapel at Dietel's factory, and the Mariavite church of 1910. In the Lutheran cemetery at ulica Smutna 6 you will find the Dietel Family Mausoleum of 1912, built of volcanic tuff and now a cemetery chapel. The manufacturing families are the subject of the article Pałace i mauzoleum sosnowieckich przemysłowców. More places are listed under things to do in Sosnowiec, and the churches and monasteries category brings together places of worship from all over the region.

Frequently asked questions

Why is one church in Sosnowiec called the railway church?

Railway workers and townspeople helped build the Neo-Gothic church by the Sosnowiec Główny station. Hence the name.

Is there an Orthodox church in Sosnowiec?

Yes, on ulica Kilińskiego. Of three Orthodox churches that once stood in Sosnowiec, only this one remains.

Which church in Sosnowiec used to be a pay-hall?

The Porąbka church dedicated to Our Lady of Częstochowa, converted in 1924 from a building of the Kazimierz mine.

Is there a Mariavite church in Sosnowiec?

Yes, the Rosary church in Pogoń, built in 1910 and belonging to the Old Catholic Mariavite Church.