Upper Silesian Mining History Trail

The Upper Silesian Mining History Trail (Szlak Historii Górnictwa Górnośląskiego) is a yellow marked walking trail in the Silesian Voivodeship, leading from Łubianki to Rybnik. Its attraction is the many industrial monuments in Upper Silesia connected with mining and metallurgy.

Route and author

The trail was designed by Henryk Stasiński. The route is about 100 km long and leads, among other places, through Siemonia, Rogoźnik, Bobrowniki, Brzeziny Śląskie, Siemianowice Śląskie, Katowice, Mikołów, Łaziska Górne, Orzesze, Bełk and Czerwionka-Leszczyny. The marking is a yellow stripe on a white field, and the manager is PTTK.

Industrial monuments nearby

Near Ruda Śląska the route runs close to the Guido Coal Mine (Historic Hard Coal Mine), and the Carnall Shaft also lies nearby. The detailed stretches and points along the route are described in the PTTK guidebook.

Practical information

• Start: Łubianki; end: Rybnik.
• Length: about 100 km, yellow marking.
• Check the state of the marking and access to successive stretches with PTTK.