Wilchwy was once an independent village, and now it is an eastern district of Wodzisław Śląski. In Wilchwy there are monumental buildings of the Dr. Alojzy Pawelec Voivodeship Pulmonary Hospital. The brick buildings were erected at the turn of the century for the Volks - Heilstätte Lungenkranke für Schlesien zu Loslau ober Schlesien. The complex consists of the main pavilion, an administrative and economic building, a boiler-house, a residential house, and a villa.