Tourist attractions

The town is the best sally point to attractive tourist regions of the Cracow-Częstochowa Upland. Its central location to rock areas and good communication determine that. You can get to such convenient climbing areas as the “Rzędkowickie” Rocks, the “Zborów” Mountain in Podlesice and Podzamcze near Ogrodzieniec by PKS bus (Polish Motor-car Railways). Eastern part of the town is situated in central part of the Cracow-Częstochowa Jura and it is a a departure to the “Eagels’ Nest” Park, constituting a very attractive tourist area because of limestone island mountains’ landscape and karstic phenomena. Neighbouring areas of Zawiercie are characterised by unique topographic profile, picturesque and extraordinary morphological forms of the Cracow-Czestochowa Upland. Nowhere in Poland we find communities of plants extremely differed in respect of floristics and ecology. Pine and leafy forests, where beech is predominant, dominate here alternately. Protected species of game, wild fowls, reptile and amphibia can be met in forests. Existing water reservoirs complete beauty of areas surrounding Zawiercie. In Zawiercie neighbourhood, on the “Eagels’ Nest” Route you can find a number of castles’ ruins such as: Morsko, Mirów, Bobolice and this route’s pearl the Ogrodzieniec castle in Podzamcze.
Tourist attractions of the town and its neighbourhoodZawiercie - Centre
- Neo-Gothic Collegiate Church dedicated to St Peter and Paul, 1900
- Municipal Library at Szymańskiego Street
- Railway station-Polish State Railways- from 1912
- Complex of villas at 3-go Maja Street
- Urban arrangement of the TAZ workmen’s dwellings - building started in1880
- Glass-works at 18 Towarowa StreetZawiercie - Bzów
- Manor-house from the first part of the 19th century
- The “Czarna Przemsza” river-headsZawiercie - Kromołów
- Church dedicated to St Nicholas mentioned in 1221 with Neo-Renaissance high altar and baroque stony baptismal font
- Cemetery of Jewish faith from the 18th century, having many tombstones with relief-plays from the 18th and 19th century
- The Warta river-heads under St John Nepomucen ChapelZawiercie - Skarżyce
- Baroque Church dedicated to St Florian and Holy Trinity from 1610
- The “Okiennik Wielki” RockZawiercie - Marciszów
- Bricked wayside shrine from the first part of the 19th centuryZawiercie - Morsko – ruins of the “Bąkowiec” castle
- On rock-top, next to the rest centre slightly distant from the village rise ruins of the “Bąkowiec” castle. Near the village the “Okiennik Mały” Rock rises, called also sea one with a window difficult to access. Name of this rock derives from it. Bobolice – ruins of the castle
- Ruins of the king’s castle in Bobolice built by Casimir the Great. The castle was ruined during Polish-Swedish wars in the 18th century. According to country tradition this castle was said to have been connected through underground corridor with the Mirów castle and the “Ogorzelnik” one, being 2 km away from it.Mirów – ruins of the castle
- Ruins of Gothic castle having two planes, which belonged to knights from Koziegłów- “Lio”armorial bearings and since 1489 to the Myszkowskichs’ family, overlook the village. Two-kilometre high rock dike, built of peak and rock ridges ended in ruins of the Bobolice castle, rises behind the castle. Completely wooded “Mirowska” Mountain (the “Bukowa” Mountain”, 422 m above sea level.), situated south of the rock ridge, is seen in distance of 1,5 km. The “Szczelina Piętrowa” cave was found there in 1967 and it is one of the longest, deepest and the most difficult underground complexes to be surmounted on Jura.
Ruins of the “Ogrodzieniec” castle in Podzamcze
Monumental ruins of one of the biggest and the most beautiful castles in Poland overlook the highest castle hill on the Cracow-Częstochowa Upland. The castle is surrounded by picturesque limestone rocks and island mountains. Far-reaching view over neighbourhood area spreads from the tower.
Podlesice
Many rocks are centred around Podlesice. Those are: the “Rzędkowickie” Rocks, the “Kroczyckie” Rocks including the “Zborów” Mountain, which together with neighbouring “Kołoczyk” Range constitute inanimate nature reservation as well as the “Podlesickie” Rocks. The “Podlesickie” Rocks are situated south of the”Kroczyckie” Rocks and east of the”Rzędkowickie” Rocks.
The “Rzędkowickie” Rocks
Rock range called the “Rzędkowickie” Rocks together with the “Rzędkowicki Okiennik”, having the longest rock window situated near the top and branched to ramification, runs east of the village. The “Rzędkowickie” Rocks have got uncommon shape of rock dike, one of the biggest and the most beautiful one on the Cracow Upland. It is one of many places on Jura perfect for practicing rock climbing. “Okiennik Wielki” (Big one)