Wirek (German: Antonienhütte) is a district in the centre of Ruda Śląska, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland.

[1] On January 12, 2006 a part of it was split off to form a new district, Czarny Las.

Wirek would later be developed around Antonienhütte ironworks, opened in 1805, and became a separate municipality in 1828.

In the second half of the nineteenth century, the settlement grew owing to industrial development.

A school was opened in 1856; a Roman Catholic church in 1874; and a year later, a rail connection with Chebzie was constructed.