Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kudowa-Zdrój

The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kudowa-Zdrój stands in the Słone district and serves as a filial church of the parish of St Bartholomew.

A baroque structure with a semicircular chancel

This is a single-nave baroque church with a distinctive, semicircularly closed chancel. The church owes its present shape to a rebuilding in 1908, carried out to a design by the architect Joseph Elsner. It was consecrated on 9 September 1909.

A cemetery from before two wars

A cemetery with Czech and German gravestones dating from before the Second World War has survived beside the church. It is a trace of the multicultural history of Słone and the Kudowa borderland.

Practical information

• Address: ul. Słone 74, Kudowa-Zdrój, Słone district.
• Getting there: by car or on foot from the centre of Kudowa-Zdrój, the church stands within the former village of Słone.
• What to expect: the church and the adjoining gravestones are best viewed from the outside; Mass times and the possibility of entering the interior are worth checking with the parish of St Bartholomew before visiting. Nearby it is worth seeing the Skull Chapel in Czermna and the Museum of Minerals in Kudowa-Zdrój.