Kostel svaté Barbory (St. Barbara?s Church)

Site Mikuszowice

History It was built in 1690 by Piotr Piotrowski. The tower was annexed in 1851 by Walentyn Fiak, and raised in 1870. The Church is of log type, with skeleton tower, the presbytery is pentahedral, enclosed; the aisle is quadrilateral; the inside is covered with flat ceilings; polychromy is from the Baroque period, made in 1725 by J. Mentil of Bielsko (according to the inscription on the wall: ?Johann Mentil Bl?). In the main altar: Picture of St. Barbara, baroque; late renaissance parts (17^th century) also with pictures of St. Barbara and St. Catherine, St. Vojtěcha and Bishop St. Stanislaw. Statuette of the Mother of God (around 1420 ? 1430). Rococo tabernacle from the Church of Wilkowice. The church is encircled from the south, east and north by chapels, originally opened since 1885 closed with wooden lining.

Masses- Sunday ? 7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30, 18:00
- Sunday holy mass on

Saturday ? 18:00
- In the weekdays ? 7:00, 18:00

Contact 43-310 Bielsko-Biała, ul. Cyprysowa 25
tel. +48 33 81-90-150, fax +48 33 81-90-155
chruszcz@bielsko.opoka.org.pl

Access It is possible to reach the church following the yellow tourist mark ?Of the Swedish Invasion? (beginning on the Bielsko-Biała Mikuszowice railway station), which proceeds across Wilkowice and Łodygowice to Żywiec. The sanctuary is located near popular paths in the Gipsy Wood, Kielske plains of Błonie and slopes of Kozí hora (Stefanka). The other side of the valley is verged by red path, and red tourist mark, that copies the peaks of Malé Beskydy: Magurka and Rogacz.

It is possible to reach the place from the centre of Bielsko-Biała by bus, line 10, 12, B (from Bystrzańska street), no. 2 (from Żywiecka street) or 21 (loop in the Ks. Jana Kusia street).