Showing posts with label Church. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Church. Show all posts

Sunday, 30 June 2019

Sławików

The bike led me this time in the village of Sławików located in the Silesian Voivodship. The village is beautifully situated, and by taking road 421 you can admire the terraces of fields descending down to the Odra river.

One of the main attractions are the ruins of the neoclassical palace from 1865. There was a battle between the Germans and the Red Army in the town, during which the palace was partially destroyed in 1945. After 1945, the equipment of the palace was stolen. The palace was neglected and devastated in communist times and turned into a ruin.

Sławików
Sławików - The ruins of the palace
Sławików - The ruins of the palace
Sławików - The ruins of the palace
Sławików - The ruins of the palace
Sławików - The ruins of the palace
Sławików - The ruins of the palace
Sławików - The ruins of the palace
Sławików - The ruins of the palace
Sławików - The ruins of the palace
Sławików - The ruins of the palace
Sławików - The ruins of the palace
Sławików - The ruins of the palace
Sławików - The ruins of the palace
Sławików - The ruins of the palace

There is a parish church dedicated to Saint George (Kościół Rzymskokatolicki pw. św. Jerzego) near the ruins. The church was erected in the years 1842-1846, in the neo-Gothic style.

Sławików - Roman Catholic Church St. George
Sławików - Roman Catholic Church St. George
Sławików - Roman Catholic Church St. George
Sławików - Roman Catholic Church St. George
Sławików - Roman Catholic Church St. George, Cross
Sławików - Roman Catholic Church St. George, Cross
Sławików - A monument commemorating the tragedy on the Odra river in 1890
Sławików - The cross is founded in honor of people, who died during the Second World War
Sławików - Roman Catholic Church St. George, Cross

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Sunday, 23 June 2019

Stanowice

Stanowice is a village near Rybnik, which attracts the eye with a beautiful chapel of St. John of Nepomuk (Kapliczka św. Jana Nepomucena) and an attractive Roman Catholic Church of St. Jack (Kościół Rzymskokatolicki p.w. św. Jacka).

Stanowice - Roman Catholic Church of St. Jack

Brick Chapel of St. John of Nepomuk was founded in the nineteenth century. Right next to it grows the old lime tree, which trunk knits together with the chapel. The tree was granted the status of a natural monument.

Stanowice - Chapel of St. John of Nepomuk
Stanowice - Chapel of St. John of Nepomuk
Stanowice - Chapel of St. John of Nepomuk

Residents of Stanowice in the first years after the Second World War decided to build a church because until now the only place for gathering at joint services was the chapel of St. John of Nepomuk. The construction of the church began on 18 May 1947 and on 17 July 1949, the dedication of the finished church took place.

Stanowice - Roman Catholic Church of St. Jack
Stanowice - Roman Catholic Church of St. Jack
Stanowice - Roman Catholic Church of St. Jack
Stanowice - Roman Catholic Church of St. Jack
Stanowice - Roman Catholic Church of St. Jack
Stanowice - Roman Catholic Church of St. Jack
Stanowice - Roman Catholic Church of St. Jack
Stanowice - Roman Catholic Church of St. Jack
Stanowice - Roman Catholic Church of St. Jack

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