Historic sites
manor house from 1748 with the coats of arms of the Durant de Sénégas family over the gate and on the coach house
Historic sites
the oldest surviving synagogue in Upper Silesia, today converted into a grain store
Churches and monasteries
a three-nave church from the 15th century, rebuilt in 1935, with an organ of fourteen stops
What to do alone in Wielowieś? Walk past the historic manor house, the synagogue and the parish church in one calm stroll through the village centre.
For a solo traveller, Wielowieś is a village in Gliwice County with a short route of monuments. You see all three from outside, in any order and without booking.
Begin on Główna street at the manor house in Wielowieś, dated 1748, which keeps coats of arms over its gate and a coach house. Gminna street leads to the synagogue of 1763-1771. Today it is a grain store, so the interior is not the reason to come; the building itself is described as the oldest surviving Jewish prayer house in Upper Silesia.
The third stop, on Kościelna street, is the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the parish church of the Toszek deanery in the Gliwice diocese. Construction started in the 15th century, Protestants held it between 1575 and 1629, and a rebuilding followed in 1934-1935.
Yes, if you like short routes among village monuments. Everything fits into one walk around the centre.
The building is now a grain store. More places for a solo visit are in the category solo in Silesia.
