Place in Opole Voivodeship, Poland
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Prudnik is a town in Opole Voivodeship, in south west Poland.
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Wieża Woka
Castle tower. A stone castle tower on the circle plan with walls several metres thick, called Wok Tower is the oldest monument in Prudnik. Rise of the tower dates back to the end of the 1350s. The monument is a remnant of the medieval castle built in Prudnik land by the Czech knight Wok of Rosenberg. At the foot of the castle hill the town of Prudnik was founded.
Willa Rodziny Fränkel, Dom Włókniarza
One of the most precious villas in Poland built by a Jewish industrialist Hermann Fränkel.
Muzeum Ziemi Prudnickiej
A museum of the history of Prudnik.
Historical town hall built in the Classical architectural style, completed in 1782.
A sanctuary built in 1866 and a replica of the Grotto of Lourdes in the forest. Archbishop Stefan Wyszyński was prisoned here from 1954 to 1955 by the communists.
A Baroque church built in 1612.
A monastery next to Wok's Tower with a small church built in 1787.
A historic town park founded in 1880. You can find a decorated arbour from 1887 and a replica of the Diana of Versailles statue there.
An obervasion tower at Klasztorne Wzgórze (also called Kozia Góra) next to the Saint Joseph sanctuary.
Tower built in 1481 in the Gothic style.
A memorial of Stanisław Szozda, Polish elite cyclist who used to live in Prudnik.
Kino Diana
A cinema next to the Town Park.
A small shopping centre.
By train
You can get to Prudnik by the 137 Katowice-Legnica railway line. Trains from Kędzierzyn-Koźle cover the distance to Prudnik in 1 hour. Tickets cost approximately 15 zł.
By car
You can easily get there by car from Opole, Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Głuchołazy and Nysa.
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