Zawiercie

Zawiercie is a town in Zawiercie County within Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland, with several districts around a central train station. The built landscape connects red brick residential houses with industrial sites and smaller parks along the streets.

The settlement gained town rights in the nineteenth century after the arrival of the railway line. Steelworks attracted workers and transformed the village into a center of heavy industry.

The old town preserves wooden houses from the nineteenth century that document life in this railway town. Nearby stand stone chapels and wayside crosses along paths through the hills.

Visitors reach the municipality by train or through regional roads from Katowice and Kraków. Good footwear suits walks to nearby rock formations and viewpoints in the hills.

In spring and autumn the streets around the market square fill with vendors selling local goods. The limestone cliffs surrounding the town reach heights of over thirty meters (one hundred feet) in some places and draw climbers from across the country.

Location: Zawiercie County

Shares border with: Myszków, Poręba, Gmina Ogrodzieniec, Gmina Kroczyce, Gmina Włodowice, Gmina Łazy

Website: https://zawiercie.pl

GPS coordinates: 50.48766,19.41679

Latest update: December 13, 2025 18:17