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Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Wrocław, castles and churches of peace.

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📷 Cieslak Jürgen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Lower Silesia is the south-west: Wrocław on the Oder, castles in the Sudeten hills and two great wooden churches.

Museums in Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Look inside, then pay your admission straight to the museum.

Places in Lower Silesian Voivodeship

★ Has its own city story

The story of Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Wrocław is a city of islands and bridges with a huge painted panorama of a battle and hundreds of little bronze dwarfs. Książ Castle is one of the largest in Poland, with tunnels dug in the war beneath it. The Churches of Peace in Jawor and Świdnica, built of wood, clay and straw, are on the UNESCO list.

  • 2001the Churches of Peace on the UNESCO list
  • 2016Wrocław is a European Capital of Culture

Lower Silesian Voivodeship through time

The big moments, and where to see them today.

  1. 1945Breslau becomes Polish Wrocław; its people are exchanged.See it: Museum of Wrocław

What to do in Lower Silesian Voivodeship

  1. 01

    Panorama of the Battle of Racławice

    A 114-metre round painting.

    Wrocław1 hour
  2. 02

    National Museum in Wrocław

    Silesian art and Polish painting.

    Wrocław2 hours
  3. 03

    Książ Castle

    A castle and its wartime tunnels.

    Wałbrzych2 to 3 hours
Getting there

Getting to Lower Silesian Voivodeship

From the airport to the city centre by public transport, then the trains and local lines to the museums.

Arriving by plane

WAW
Warsaw ChopinWarsaw · Warszawa
KRK
Kraków John Paul IIKraków · Krakow · Wieliczka · Oświęcim

Getting around Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Lines and timetables change. Check the operator’s website before you travel.

On the map

Hidden story

Churches without nails

Two huge churches were built without stone or bricks.

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After the Thirty Years' War, Protestants in Catholic Silesia were allowed to build only three churches, outside town walls, in one year, and only from wood, clay and straw. They built two of the largest timber churches in Europe, at Jawor and Świdnica, which hold thousands of people and still stand today.