Pilchowice is a village located in the Gliwice county, with the population of nearly 12 thousand inhabitants and the area of 67 square kilometres. Originally Pilchowice was a vast knightly village, then a market town, and today it is the seat of the commune authorities. The village is adjacent to such cities as Gliwice, Knurów and Rybnik.
A resident of the Wilcza village, Dorota Kuc, marked her presence in the history of Pilchowice. During World War II she rescued Jews and was awarded the title of “Righteous Among the Nations” in 1992 and the Commander’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta in 2018. Szczepan Twardoch, well-known in the entire Silesian Province, was born in Żernica village. In 2017, he was nominated for the Gdynia Literary Prize in the category prose for his novel “Król” (The King).
One of the most famous locations in Pilchowice is the St. Joseph’s Hospital for Lung Diseases. The facility is embellished with numerous neo-Gothic elements. Previously, there was a Bonifrat hospital here, which was built on a horseshoe plan. The St. Joseph’s Hospital for Lung Diseases is over 200 years old and it admits almost 2 thousand patients every year. It provides treatment mainly for patients suffering from tuberculosis, cancer and chronic respiratory failure.
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