Historic sites
the ruins of a 14th-century castle on the Tygrys rock, one of the Eagles' Nests above Zawiercie
Churches and monasteries
Neo-Gothic church with two towers, a minor basilica since 2009
a town graduation tower by the sports and recreation centre in the town centre
Churches and monasteries
an octagonal brick chapel from 1803 over the source of the river Warta
Churches and monasteries
modern church from 1974-1980, stained glass by Wincenty Kućma and a 51.5 m bell tower
Historic sites
house of prayer from 1880, rebuilt after the war, today in the hands of the scouts
Churches and monasteries
church with three round chapels and the shrine of Our Lady of Skarżyce
Historic sites
an Art Nouveau villa with a garden, a terrace with a stone balustrade and a double-flight staircase
Historic sites
the villa of the director of the Zawiercie Joint-Stock Company from 1897, today with a library and a park
Churches and monasteries
a neo-Gothic Evangelical church that was converted into a Crafts House after the war
Churches and monasteries
parish church from 1988-1992 with a bronze monument of St Brother Albert in front of the entrance
Churches and monasteries
the oldest Catholic church in Zawiercie, in the Kromołów district, associated with the Cromoli family
Solo in Zawiercie means the ruins of Bąkowiec castle, brick churches, Art Nouveau villas and a brine graduation tower. A good mix for a calm day on your own.
Zawiercie has a dozen or so places best seen alone and unhurried: churches, villas of manufacturers and managers, and ruins on a rock. Wider context comes from things to do alone in Silesia and things to do in Zawiercie.
First of all the ruins of Bąkowiec castle in Skarżyce, a district of Zawiercie, in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland. It is one of the Eagles' Nests and a stop on the trail of that name.
Bąkowiec castle, also called Morsko castle, stands on a rock named Tygrys. In the same district is the Church of the Holy Trinity and St Florian, a stone building from the late 16th century whose rare layout of three round chapels alludes to the Trinity. It also houses a Marian shrine.
There are seven churches, from different periods: brick neo-Gothic to modern forms of the 1970s.
The most imposing is the neo-Gothic collegiate basilica of red brick, built in 1896-1903. In Kromołów stands St Nicholas's Church, the town's oldest Catholic church, and by the source of the Warta river the octagonal chapel of St John of Nepomuk of 1803. Modern building is represented by the Church of Our Lady, Queen of Poland, with stained glass by Wincenty Kućma, and St Brother Albert's from 1988-1992. The former neo-Gothic Evangelical church has been the House of Crafts after its postwar reconstruction, so you see it mostly from outside.
Two villas built around the turn of the 20th century show how factory owners and managers lived.
The Art Nouveau Holenderski Villa on 3 Maja Street stands deep in its garden. The brick Director's Villa of 1897 houses a library and a memorial room today. For the story of a town shaped by railways and factories, read the Zawiercie article.
The brine graduation tower in a sports and leisure complex on Sienkiewicza Street is a place for quiet rest in the open air. Similar sites are described in the text on graduation towers and pump rooms in Silesia.
The synagogue of 1880 on Marszałkowska Street is closed today, heavily altered and awaiting renovation. You do not go inside; the building is seen from outside as a reminder of the Jewish congregation that once met there. The fate of Zawiercie's Jews is described in the article on the ghettos in Będzin, Sosnowiec and Zawiercie.
In the centre with the basilica and villas, then Skarżyce and Bąkowiec castle. Kromołów is a separate district, so plan your transport.
It is a ruined medieval castle on a rock, seen as a stop on the Eagles' Nests Trail.
The Director's Villa houses a library and a memorial room. The Holenderski Villa stands in a garden away from the street.
Yes, for instance the brine graduation tower by the Sports and Recreation Centre.
