Churches and monasteries
a church from 1788 in a former Jesuit orphanage
Churches and monasteries
the oldest church in Ustroń: a wooden church from 1769 with a painting of St Anne from 1704
Churches and monasteries
Classicist Evangelical church from 1835-1838 with a parish museum
Churches and monasteries
Neoclassical church from 1810 in Lipowiec with a high altar from 1852
Churches and monasteries
forest altar of Lutherans from the time of the Counter-Reformation, by the Main Beskid Trail
Churches and monasteries
branch chapel set up in a former school from 1903, consecrated in 2010
Churches and monasteries
Evangelical church of the Polana branch, built in 1979-1983 as a chapel
Churches and monasteries in Ustroń: the wooden St Anne's, St Clement's, Lutheran churches and the forest Stone on Równica.
Seven places tell how two denominations coexisted in Ustroń in Cieszyn Silesia. Catholic churches stand beside Lutheran ones, and the old forest services below Równica are especially memorable.
The oldest church in Ustroń is the wooden St Anne's from 1769 in Nierodzim, and inside you will find a painting of St Anne with Mary and Child and a Rococo pulpit. It forms part of the regional trail of timber churches. The earliest recorded trace of a parish in town dates from 1447.
For wider context see churches and monasteries in Silesia, and for the town itself the overview of Ustroń.
St Anne's Church on Zabytkowa Street was founded by Antoni Goczałkowski, owner of Nierodzim, and stands on the site of an earlier Lutheran church.
St Clement's Church at Daszyńskiego 15 is late Baroque-Classicist, with a square tower with a clock. The building dates from 1788 and grew out of a rebuilt chapel of a one-time Jesuit orphanage; it has monument status.
The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Lipowiec, at Lipowska 135, was built in 1808-1810 as the third church in the village. Its single nave and single tower are topped off inside by a late Baroque altar of 1852.
The Church of St James the Elder at Kotschego 1 was built in 1835-1838 to a design by Florian Onderka. It has a classicist facade and a tower from 1856-1857, and next to it stand a former school, a vicarage and a Lutheran cemetery. A parish museum operates by the church.
The chapel in Dobka occupies a former school building from 1903 and is a branch of the parish. The Church of the Apostle Matthew on the Polana estate was built as a chapel in 1979-1983 on the initiative of local believers.
The Stone on Równica is a flat boulder on the western slope of the mountain that served as an altar. In 1654-1709 Lutherans from Cieszyn Silesia held secret services here after their churches were taken from them. It is not a church but a forest memorial of faith, so reaching it means going out into the terrain.
The churches lie in different parts of town: Nierodzim, Lipowiec, Dobka and Polana are separate estates. It is easiest to choose two or three points for one day. With children, see Ustroń for children, and for spare time museums in Ustroń. The spa character of the town is covered by the article on graduation towers and pump rooms in Silesia.
Three are listed: the Church of St James the Elder, the chapel in Dobka and the Church of the Apostle Matthew in Polana. The Stone on Równica sits beside them.
Yes, St Anne's in Nierodzim from 1769. It is the oldest church in town.
A flat boulder in the forest that served Lutherans as an altar during secret services in 1654-1709.
A parish museum operates by the Church of St James the Elder at Kotschego 1.
