St. Joseph's Church, Lodz

St. Joseph's Church (Kościół Św. Józefa)

Saint Joseph is one of the oldest churches of the city, but it was not constructed at the present site. It was first erected around the year 1370, where presently is Lutomierska and Zachiodnia streets. The original name was church of Our Lady of Assumption.

The original church past through many disasters, including fire until it was rebuilt in brick in 1765/8. In 1880 it was about to be demolished, when it came the idea to move it to the new place. It stands in a former abandomed cemetery, close to the big factory from Izrael Poznanski, where today stands the Manufaktura complex. Poznanski although jew himself, donated money for the five althars inside the church.

The entrance is through a small alley, and the place is silent and peaceful. It has the basic structure of the traditional wooden churches from Poland, includind the tower apart from the main body. The church was closed for renovation in 2011.