- Szlak Zabytków Techniki

Kuzyni Emil i Georg Zillmannowie to architekci niemieccy, którzy większość swoich projektów zrealizowali na Górnym Śląsku. Proponowana trasa wycieczki, licząca 68 km, ukazuje aż siedem z nich. Jednym z pierwszych projektów był Powiatowy Dom Inwalidów w Rokitnicy, mieszczący się obecnie przy ulicy Jordana. Budynek ten, wraz z kilkoma innymi, od 1948 roku jest częścią Śląskiej Akademii Medycznej.
Kolejne projekty to zabudowy dwóch kopalń, w tym m.in. kopalni „Sośnica” oraz KWK „Gliwice”, na terenie której ma swoje miejsce Oddział Odlewnictwa Artystycznego Muzeum w Gliwicach. Nie da się ukryć, iż zwieńczenie działalności architektów czyli dwa osiedla Giszowiec oraz Nikiszowiec, należące do Szlaku Zabytków Techniki, są perełkami ich pracy. Wszystkie projekty kuzynów miały swój początek w Charlottenburgu.

Date added: 24.10.2013

Objects on the trail

The Old District Centre for Disabled People in Zabrze Rokitnica

Zabrze

The buildings of the Centre for Disabled People in Zabrze Rokitnica were built in the years 1902-1904. They were designed by brothers Emil and Georg Zillmann, Berlin architects. The brothers became known in Upper Silesia for several projects, including Giszowiec, a workers' housing estate. Today, the buildings are owned by the Medical University of Silesia. The Faculty of Medicine with the Department of Dentistry are housed here.

Artistic Casting Department

Gliwice

"The Artistic Casting Department of the Gliwice Museum one of the most modern museums in Poland. It is housed in the former engine room of the Coal Mine ""Gliwice"". Visitors can learn about the history of the Royal Iron Foundry, as well as about a rich collection of art castings. Mirosław Nizio, a designer of the Warsaw Uprising Museum, has designed and arranged a multimedia exhibition entitled ""Rightly famous is Gliwice, today”."

Giszowiec Settlement

Katowice

The housing estate of Giszowiec in Katowice is workers’ colony, which is unique in Europe. It was built in the years 1906-1910 for the workers of the industrial plants – mostly of the mine "Giesche" (later "Wieczorek") owned by the Georg von Giesche's Erben company. The colony was designed by Emil and Georg Zillmann, who implemented the idea of a city-garden. The blocks of apartments and public buildings have been preserved to this day.

Nikiszowiec Settlement

Katowice

The housing estate of Nikiszowiec together with nearby Giszowiec in Katowice is one of the most interesting examples of the workers’ colonies in Europe from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The both settlements designed at the request of the Georg von Giesche’s Erben Company by eminent architects from Berlin - Emil and Georg Zillmann. The construction of Nikiszowiec began in 1908 and ended in 1919. Nine brick blocks public buildings and even a church were built.

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Katowice