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City county in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
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Chorzów is an industrial city in the Silesian Voivodeship of southwest Poland, with a population of 105,628 in 2021. Many of its attractions are in the Culture Park along the boundary with Katowice.
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Kościół Marcina Lutra
The Protestant church was built from the 1890s in neo-Gothic style. The exterior is fairly plain but it's ornate within.
Small museum in city centre.
Neo-Romanesque RC church from the 1870s; its cemetery is two blocks south. Hedwig or Jadwiga of Silesia (1174 – 1243) at age 12 married Henry the future High Duke of Poland. After his death in 1238, Hedwig's relentless charity works and donations to the church led to her being canonised.
Kościół Wniebowzięcia NMP
Neogothic church built 1898–1901.
Muzeum Hutnictwa w Chorzowie
Large modern museum exhibiting the local steelmaking industry.
Lutheran church from 1844 within a cemetery. It's named for Elisabeth Ludovika (1801-73), wife of King Frederick William IV of Prussia. She was Catholic and declined to convert to Lutheranism on marrying him, saying she'd first study its merits. Seven years later she'd either done studying or deemed it politic, and converted.
Built in 1852, the oldest RC church in town, and enlarged in later years. The exterior has been scrubbed up nicely, the interior needs the same. But all of that requires money, and if the priest hikes the price of a funeral any more, even the folk lying in the cemetery behind will quit in protest.
This RC church is neo-gothic from the 1910s.
Kościół Św Wawrzyńca
This is where you want your wedding photos taken: it's a wooden church from 1599, formerly from Knurów village near Gliwice, moved to Chorzów in the 1930s.
Muzeum Górnośląski Park Etnograficzny
Large skansen or open-air museum, with old farm buildings, dwellings and so on collected from around the region. Not much visible Nov-April as buildings are shuttered up against the winter. Its centrepiece was intended to be the 16th century church of Syrynia, but somehow that landed up in Katowice, and it's too frail to move again. Guided tour is available, but the accuracy of the guide's explanation is questionable at best.
Renovated in 2022 this has screenings, a space flight simulator and a camera obscura. Headphones for English commentary available.
Śląski Ogród Zoologiczny
Large zoo within Park Śląski. Reduced price Nov-Feb when the animals shelter from the cold. "Giraffe" is the name of the tall metal sculpture by the entrance, not remotely resembling one.
Funfair, the oldest in Poland.
A large theatre.
Large stadium, rebuilt 2009-17 to have a capacity of 54,378. It formerly hosted the national soccer team; it no longer has a resident team but stages athletics events and rock concerts.
Selection of Silesian food, good price, friendly service.
Acceptable mid-price chain hotel near main highway and railway station.
Basic hotel, acceptable on the occasions they clean it.
Middling to basic hotel close to stadium. Noise through thin walls is the main gripe.
Comfy mid-price place in a villa in Batory district.
Galeria Handlowa AKS
The anchor store is Carrefour, open M-Sa 06:00-22:00.
Centrum Handlowe S1
The main store is Lidl, open M-Sa 06:00-22:00.
By train
Chorzów Miasto Station is on the line towards Bytom and Tarnowskie Góry. It's a modern building opposite the hospital and close to town centre.
By bus
Bus 48 runs every 30 min from Katowice, taking 10 min to Chorzów town centre.
By road
From Warsaw take E67 / 75 southwest past Częstochowa to Bytom, then Hwy 911 / A1 south into town.
ZTM Metropolia run almost all buses and trams across the 40-some cities of Upper Silesian Metropolis, which straddles the Czech border. They have a unified ticket system.
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