Churches and monasteries
reinforced concrete church from the 1980s with a foundation stone blessed by John Paul II
Churches and monasteries
Neo-Gothic brick church from 1887 with a 43-metre tower in Szopienice
Churches and monasteries
a Neo-Gothic Protestant church of clinker brick from 1901, with an altar donated by the Empress
Churches in Szopienice-Burowiec, Katowice: three places of worship, from Neo-Gothic brick of the 19th century to a reinforced concrete church of the 1980s.
This is a short route for anyone who wants to walk the district by its churches: two Roman Catholic and one Evangelical. There is no monastery among them, and each building comes from a different era.
Begin at the Church of St Hedwig of Silesia at Plac Powstańców Śląskich 3. The brick Neo-Gothic building from 1884-1887 is 43 metres tall, and the Gethsemane chapel from 1903 stands beside it. It is the oldest of the three.
In the same district you will find the Church of the Saviour, a Protestant parish church faced in clinker brick and raised between 1899 and 1901. Its listing as a monument dates from 2002, and Katowice has just one other church of this denomination.
The reinforced concrete Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help on Siewna Street has a single nave and one tower. It was built in 1981-1983 and consecrated in 1987, while its foundation stone was blessed by Pope John Paul II in 1979, on his first visit to his homeland.
To compare more addresses, see the category churches and monasteries, and explore the area through the monuments and industrial sites of the district.
The Church of the Saviour. It was built in the Neo-Gothic style in 1899-1901 for Protestants who arrived in the district as mining and metalworking industry grew.
It was blessed on 11 October 1887 and solemnly consecrated in 1902. The earlier sandstone church had become too small for the parish.
