Kobyłka: Baroque Church and Historic Memorial Sites

Kobyłka combines Baroque church architecture with the town’s history and a designated cycling route. This gives you several focuses for planning your trip: the Church of the Holy Trinity, the history of the market square and cemetery, or VeloMazovia section I.

Baroque Parish Church of the Holy Trinity

The Church of the Holy Trinity in Kobyłka is a Baroque parish church and is considered the town’s finest historic monument. Construction began in 1740, following a late Baroque design by the Italian architect Guido Antonio Longhi. The Warsaw architect Jakub Fontana continued the work and completed the church in its original form in 1763. There were 23 years between the start and completion of construction.

The brick building is a three-aisled basilica with a rectangular ground plan and two towers on the north façade. “Three-aisled” describes the layout of the church interior; the rectangular ground plan describes the shape of the building. The interior is decorated with figurative polychrome paintings and decorative drawings. If you would like to see these features for yourself, check in advance whether access is possible.

In 2011, the church was elevated to the status of a minor basilica by decree of the Holy See.

The Market Square and Tomb Chapels

Kobyłka’s market square, near the church, was once the centre of settlement life and has a rare triangular shape. A brick chapel stands in the square, built in memory of the 1920 war.

Two notable family tomb chapels stand in the cemetery in Kobyłka. The brick chapel of the Matuszewski and Pieniążek families, built in 1837, bears the Topór and Odrowąż coats of arms on its gable. The second chapel, belonging to the Orszagh family, dates from 1927 and is built of granite blocks in a Pseudo-Romanesque style. The brickwork and heraldic decoration of one, and the granite and Pseudo-Romanesque form of the other, give the two tomb chapels distinct architectural features.

Memorial Sites of Local History

In 1794, the penultimate battle of the uprising took place in Kobyłka. After a fierce five-hour engagement, local residents buried more than 400 insurgents in a mass grave and raised a burial mound at a site known as Kąpiel.

Park and Cycling Route

Podworski Park was created towards the end of the 19th century on the site of an earlier park established by the Jesuits in connection with the church. Valuable trees remain, including an avenue of hornbeams and lindens, as well as a pond. The park is privately owned; check whether access is possible before planning a visit.

VeloMazovia, section I, is a designated cycling route 205 km long, beginning at the point named Kobyłka Ossów PKP. The length and starting point answer different planning questions. Check current route conditions before setting out.

Discover more destinations: Zawady, Nowe Załubice, Wołomin, Cegielnia, Radzymin, Marki, Tłuszcz, Słupno.

Go to the overview of the wider area: Wołomin.