Route of Technical Monuments in the Silesian Voivodeship
The Road to Technical Cultural Monuments in the Silesian Voivodeship (Polish: Szlak Zabytków Techniki Województwa Śląskiego) is a route for tourists, marked by waymarks and road signs, which leads past 31 selected sights of the Silesian Voivodeship in southwestern Poland . These are exclusively institutions that have witnessed the significant industrial development of this area over the past centuries. The route is part of the European Route of Industrial Culture (ERIH).
The route begins in the city of Czestochowa (Czestochowa) , leads through the Dombrowaer brazier and the Upper Silesian industrial area and ends in the town of Zywiec .
Attractions
- Matchmaking Museum in Częstochowa (Czestochowa)
- Museum of Railway History in Częstochowa
- Historic silver mine in Tarnowskie Góry (Tarnowitz) (UNESCO World Heritage)
- Black trout tunnel in Tarnowskie Góry
- Historic water station Zawada in Karchowice
- Breads, school museum in Radzionków (Radzionków)
- Upper Silesian narrow-gauge railway in Bytom ( Bytom )
- Railway station building in Sosnowiec
- Central Fire Brigade Museum in Mysłowice (Myslowitz)
- Szyb Wilson Art Gallery in Katowice
- Nikiszowiec workers' settlement ( Nikischschacht ) in Katowice
- Giszowiec ( Gieschewald ) workers' settlement in Katowice
- Porcelain factory Porcelana Śląska formerly Giesche in Katowice
- Railway station building in Ruda Śląska -Chebzie (Morgenroth)
- Ficinus workers' housing colony in Ruda Śląska-Wirek (Antonienhütte)
- Coal mining museum in Zabrze (Hindenburg)
- Guido Mining Museum in Zabrze
- Open- air mining museum Królowa Luiza ( Queen Luise ) in Zabrze
- Maciej shaft in Zabrze
- Gleiwitz transmitter in Gliwice (Gleiwitz)
- Sanitary Engineering Museum in Gliwice
- Art foundry Gliwice
- Historic narrow-gauge station in Rudy (Groß Rauden)
- Historic Ignacy coal mine , formerly Hoym in Rybnik - Niewiadom
- Energy Technology Museum in Łaziska Górne (Upper Lazisk)
- Museum for the art of beer brewing in Tychy (Tichau)
- Silesian Press Museum in Pszczyna (Pless)
- Museum of Technology and Textile Industry in Bielsko-Biała (Bielitz-Biala)
- Historic station building in Bielsko-Biała
- Jan Jarocki Museum of the City of Ustroń (Ustron)
- Żywiec Brewery in Żywiec (Saybusch)
Web links
- Website Szlak Zabytków Techniki (Polish)
- To the route of technical monuments of the Silesian Voivodeship. In: www.erih.net, accessed on May 28, 2014.