The influence of religion on shaping the urban space has to be considered in at least
two ways. Firstly, we have cities being created around the places of religious worship
(Jackowski 2003, Beaujeu-Garnier, Chabot 1971). Secondly, we have places of religious
worship created within the urban space. In both cases, we are dealing with the term of
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religious space, which by analogy to S. Liszewski’s tourist space (1999) and A. Jackowski’s
pilgrimage space (2004) can be defined as subspace of geographical space, created in
relevance to its functions. It also seems that for the religious space of the city, its meaning
defined by people is no less important than its functions. This article aims to analyze the
changes of religious space in Łódź. The issue is presented in relation to the evolution of
religious structure of Łódź citizens, from the early 19th century to present times. Various
source materials have been used to create this article: census data, archive documents, interviews and questionnaires
