In 1880 in Ruda Śląska the historic working class housing estate Kaufhaus was founded. Its main purpose was to ensure a place to live for workers of the “Pokój” steel mill built in 1840.

 

Characteristic red brick buildings, situated on the curve of the Niedurny street were built in two ways:

– with a staircase entrance, on each floor there were 6 apartments, sanitary facility and supply base located in the backyard,

– with two staircases, on each floor there were two apartments with a kitchen.

On the premises of the housing estate there are:

– department store– the most precious relic in the place,

– playground.

 

The housing estate is surrounded by a greenbelt from all sides.

The tenement houses of Kaufhaus were used in the film ‘The Beads of One Rosary’.