Lime was a holy tree in the old days. It was be lieved that it protects against lightning and evil powers. It was planted in te central place in the settlements. War deliberations, court trials,...
Until mid-19th century Cieplice had a prosperous paper machine factory founded and operated by the Füllner family. At the beginning of the 20th century its owner, Eugen Füllner, made several...
It was erected in 1714-1717 according to the design of Kasper Jentsch from Jelenia Góra. It is constructed on a polygonal plan without a separate chancel. The entry to the church is adorned...
The church was built in 1774 - 1777. It is among the most precious Lutheran buildings of the Silesian Baroque era. The interior is simple, hall-like and its beauty lies in the Rococo fittings. The...
The temple was erected as a proof of grace of the catholic Emperor of Austria for the Silesian evangelicals. Under the arrangement concluded in Altranstädt after a religious war they were granted the...
The church was erected in 1738 on the site of an earlier, Medieval church that burned down during the Thirty Years’ War. Until 1925, it was a Catholic church, afterwards it was closed and its...
Prints of expedition boots of Polish mountaineers (including Andrzej Zawada, Wanda Rutkiewicz and Piotr Pustenik) cast in bronze.
This medieval fortress 1 , perched on a rocky hillside, was for centuries the residence of the House of Schaff gotsch, the owners of a local demesne. Undefeated by enemies, it was destroyed by...
Janowice Wielkie > Miedzianka > Ciechanowice > Wieściszowice > „Kolorowe Jeziorka” > Rędziny > Janowice Wielkie Pyrite, known also as “fool’s gold,” was considered to be the...