One of the oldest parts of the Town. Nowadays the place is found south of Bytom train station. The first fortified
settlement is traceable to as early as the 11
th century. Around the
middle of the 12th century a
stone church was
built here, funded by Jaksa the Gryphite. The establishment is pictured on the so-called Jaksa's foundation tympanum currently to be seen at Wroclaw's Olbin. At the close of the 12th century the period of prosperity ended and the settlement fell to ruin. In the 16th the derelict stone church was replaced with a wooden one, and in the middle of 17th century the
parish was appended to that of Holy Virgin Mary -- the church became of secondary importance and performed the function of a cemetery chapel. The existing Neo-Gothic church was built in 1881. The design was prepared by K.Kowolik, and the construction was suggested by Rev. Norbert Bonczyk. In 1934 a verbist monastery was established, but in 1940 the parish restored its autonomy.
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