Parks and nature
a pump track, playgrounds and an avenue of chestnut trees in a park on a wooded spoil heap
Churches and monasteries
neo-Baroque church from 1935-1939 in Józefowiec, with a dome over the crossing of the nave and transept
Churches and monasteries
church housed in a former iron foundry, with a painting of Our Lady from Michałkowice
Industrial heritage
workers' housing estate of the Alfred mine with single-storey historicist houses and buildings of the former mine
Places with character
the former Alfred shaft with a workers' colony, entered in the heritage register in 1978
Parks and nature
tree-lined square in Wełnowiec with a monument to fallen veterans of the Silesian Uprisings
Places with character
Cemeteries and monuments
parish cemetery from 1923 with a modernist gate and a chapel in the register of monuments
Things to do in Wełnowiec-Józefowiec: a park on a former spoil heap, a forest, the Alfred colony and two churches in northern Katowice.
Wełnowiec-Józefowiec is a district of Katowice where traces of the Alfred colliery meet greenery: a park on a former heap, an urban forest and a workers' estate. It is a good place for a walk combined with a look at the buildings, and the churches and the cemetery round off the picture of the district.
It is best to begin around Korfantego Avenue and Alfred Square, where the Alfred colony, Alfred Square and the Alfred Grove stand side by side. Traces of mining blend here with a walk in the woods.
The Alfred colony is a former workers' estate of the Alfred colliery, with nineteenth-century houses, protected since 1978. Alfred Square lies on the border of Wełnowiec-Józefowiec and the Juliana Tuwima estate in Siemianowice Śląskie, next to the listed Alfred shaft complex. The Alfred Grove is an urban forest of 15.88 hectares with broadleaf trees, where birds nest; its name was confirmed by a resolution in 2011.
The best choice is Wełnowiec Park, which covers 4.18 hectares between Cisowa, Jesionowa and Owocowa streets. It was laid out on a wooded colliery heap, and after renovation it has a pump track, playgrounds and a dog run.
For a rest among trees there is also Walenty Fojkis Square, between Gnieźnieńska, Modelarska and Karłowicza streets and Korfantego Avenue. Its main feature is a monument devoted to veterans of the Silesian Uprisings, and the space is lined with trees.
The district has two quite different churches: the Neo-Baroque Church of St Joseph the Worker from 1935-1939 and a parish in a former iron foundry. The first stands at Mikusińskiego 8 and has a dome over the crossing of nave and transept.
The Church of Our Lady Help of Christians was fitted into the building of a former iron foundry from the early nineteenth century, at Korfantego Avenue 121, and rebuilt in 1930. The cemetery on Józefowska Street was founded in 1923, covers just under two hectares and is still in use. It has a modernist gate and a listed chapel, so keep quiet when you enter.
The Alfred colony, Alfred Square and the Alfred Grove, then Wełnowiec Park. If there is time left, add one of the churches.
In Wełnowiec Park, which has playgrounds, a pump track and a dog run.
On the border of Wełnowiec-Józefowiec and the Juliana Tuwima estate in Siemianowice Śląskie, at the crossing of Telewizyjna Street and Korfantego Avenue.
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