Churches and monasteries
Pauline monastery with a Baroque altar, a figure of the Virgin Mary and a legend of a miraculous spring
Museums
a multimedia story of Żarki’s crafts in a renovated electric mill from the early 1930s
Historic sites
ruins of a 14th-century stone watchtower on a limestone rock, with a wall for climbers
Churches and monasteries
ruins of a Baroque limestone church on a hill with a view of the Warta valley
Historic sites
surviving synagogue from around 1870, now housing the municipal cultural centre
Churches and monasteries
a brick church from 1518-1522, rebuilt after a fire, with late Baroque altars
Churches and monasteries
a shingle-roofed hospital church from the late 17th century with three 18th-century altars
Solo in Żarki: a museum in an old mill, the monastery in Leśniów, a watchtower on a rock, a synagogue and churches - seven places for a day on your own.
Żarki lies in the Jura, and its historic sites are varied enough to fill a day alone: no rush, at your own pace. There is a museum for rainy weather, ruins with a view and places that call for silence. Ideas for one traveller from across the region sit under solo attractions in Silesia, and a full tour of the town is under what to see in Żarki.
The best choice is the Museum of Old Crafts, set in the Old Mill, once an electric mill. It opened in 2015 as a multimedia exhibition on the crafts present in the town for centuries: milling, baking, shoemaking, cooperage and wheelwrighting.
The Museum of Old Crafts combines original machines and tools with multimedia presentations and recordings. For someone visiting alone it is a good start to the day, because you can stop wherever something interests you and move on without waiting for a group.
On two hills with traces of the past: in Przewodziszowice, where the watchtower stands, and on Laskowiec hill with the ruins of a church. Both places are outdoors, so they suit a longer walk in good weather.
The Przewodziszowice watchtower is the ruin of a medieval stone defensive structure on a limestone rock, in a village long since absorbed by Żarki, on the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland. The rock has climbing routes. The ruins of St Stanislaus' Church are the remains of a Baroque church built in the later 1700s. They are on the monuments register, and the summit offers a panorama of the Jurassic uplands and the Warta valley. The reserves of this part of the Jura are described in the article Reserves of the northern Jura and surroundings.
In three churches and a synagogue. These four places speak of different eras and faiths of the town, and each calls for quiet.
The sanctuary in Leśniów, in a part of Żarki at ul. Leśniowska 99, is a Pauline monastery where worshippers honour the statue of Our Lady of Leśniów. The church of Simon and Jude Thaddeus is a brick church from 1518-1522, and the church of St Barbara is a small hospital building with a shingle roof. The synagogue from around 1870, at ul. Moniuszki 2, is now the seat of the Municipal and Communal Cultural Centre.
The Museum of Old Crafts, the sanctuary in Leśniów, the watchtower in Przewodziszowice, the ruins on Laskowiec, the synagogue and two churches in the town.
Yes, the Museum of Old Crafts in the Old Mill. The exhibition is multimedia and tells the story of the town's crafts.
It is a part of Żarki with a Pauline monastery, a church and a venerated figure of Our Lady of Leśniów. The complex is on the monuments register.
The ruins of St Stanislaus' Church stand on Laskowiec hill, and the ruins of the watchtower on a rock in Przewodziszowice.
