Piwnica Gorywodów, Gothic cellars in Bytom, Poland

Piwnica Gorywodów is a Gothic house with medieval cellars beneath Bytom's central area. The underground rooms feature pointed arches and vaulted ceilings built from local stone with typical Gothic details.

The cellars date from the 14th century and were built mainly of local dolomite. In the 18th century wine merchants lived in the baroque house above and used the cellars to store wine. The house was demolished in 1955 despite the Ministry of Culture and Art recommending its preservation, and a pavilion was built over the cellars.

The name comes from the Gorziwoda brothers, Reinhold and Wilhelm, who ran a coffee-roasting firm in the house above from 1924 to 1934. In the 18th century wine merchants lived in the Baroque townhouse and used the cellars to store wine. Since 1972 the vaulted rooms have housed the restaurant "Piwnice Gorywodów".

The cellars sit in Bytom's centre near the market square, beneath a pavilion erected after the 1955 demolition of the baroque house. They were adapted as a restaurant in 1972 and later closed; access is not open on a casual walk-in basis, so check locally before planning a visit.

The cellars were found in 1953 by PTTK guide Henryk Gerliński, not during restoration work. Their name comes from the last residents of the baroque house above, who lived there from 1924 to 1934; the Gorziwoda brothers ran a coffee roastery in the building between the wars.