By Air

Airports nearest to Chrzanow are sorted by the distance to the airport from the city centre.

Krakow Balice Airport (distanced approximately 28 km)
Katowice Muchowiec Airport (distanced approximately 29 km)
Zar Airport (distanced approximately 43 km)
Katowice Pyrzowice Airport (distanced approximately 44 km)
Gliwice Airport (distanced approximately 54 km)

By Train

Rail connection links Chrzanow to Krakow (to the east), Oswiecim and Czechowice-Dziedzice (south-west).There are two rail stops in the town.

By Road

There are also two voivodeship roads starting from Chrzanow: road number 933 (going south-west) to Oswiecim, Pszczyna and Jastrzebie-Zdroj and road number 781 (going south-east) to Andrychow.

By Bus

Ponadlokalny road transport for the residents and the surrounding area provide Chrzanow ZKKM Chrzanow (line "K" in the direction of Cracow), RMC Jaworzno (lines in the direction of Katowice) Krakow bus station, minibuses and private carriers such as POL-BUS-BUS status, Jawor Trans, DANEXpress.Functioning for many years the company ceased operations Chrzanow coach of the year 2006.

Church of St Nicholas, Loewenfeld Mausoleum, Castle granary, Church of St John, Church of St John, Market Square, Victory and Liberty Monument

Church of St Nicholas

most probably constructed at the turn of the 13th/14th century Its final architectural shape - as it then seemed, as it survived only until 1912 - had been created in the 15th century and shortly afterwards by adding annexes.A detached belfry was erected next to the church most probably around the same time.The present church was created by extensive reconstruction in 1912-1914.The interior decoration consist of several interesting altars with old paintings, arrestingly beautiful stained glass windows from 1914, grand chandelier from the 1930s and many other interesting historic objects.

Loewenfeld Mausoleum

The Loewenfeld Mausoleum, built in 1898-1900 in Neo-Classical style on the Greek cross plan, according to a design of Teodor Talowski from Krakow.The chapel was raised as the mausoleum of the last owners of Chrzanow, the Loewenfelds.

Castle granary

The castle granary from the 16th century, now the seat of the Chrzanow Museum.The building was originally a part of the manor assembly (called the Castle), which in turn was the residence of the owners of Chrzanow.Since 1960 the building has housed collections of the Chrzanow Museum, including mementos of the last owners, the Loewenfelds.The Museum has an interesting collections on local history divided into several sections.

Church of St John

The Church of St John the Baptist in Koscielec had been built probably in the 14th c.in Gothic style and it was preserved as such until 1843/45 when a decision was made for a general reconstruction of the church due to its rather poor shape.Among other interesting furnishings of the church is the 19th century high altar and black Debniki marble epitaphs of the former owners of Koscielec, which until the recent renovation used to be on the walls of the presbytery.The church has a richly adorned bell of 1484.

Market Square

Market Square with residences from the late 18th and 19th centuries.Probably the most interesting of those is a 1905-1907 two-storey, Art-Nouveau house at nr 13 (previously nr 22).It has a facade of glazed bricks opulently decorated with miscellaneous ornaments (mostly chestnut foliage).

Victory and Liberty Monument

The Victory and Liberty Monument at the Tysiąclecia Sq.(locally known as "The Eagle") by the Chrzanovian sculptor Marian Konarski.It was raised in 1971 in memory of the residents of Chrzanow who fell during World War II.

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