Great hills - Górki Wielkie

The coat of arms of the village

Great hills - a village in the village of Cieszyn Silesia, located in Poland, in Silesian Voivodeship, in Cieszyn poviat, in Brenna commune, at the mouth of the Brennica river valley.

The parish church ofAll the saints
Evangelical Church
Evangelical Church - tablet
Kossak Manor
Kossak Manor
Figurine of Mary
Monument to ZKS in the park at the manor house
Plaque on the building next to the church
ZHP watchtower - Górki Wielkie
Commemorative plaque of the Stanica ZHP Górki Wielkie
Nature and educational path Mount Bucze
Brennica
Zebrzydka from Spacerowa
The park of chapels at the church of Jan Sarkander

Information

Co-ordinatesgeographical: 49 ° 46′44 ″ N, 18 ° 49′52 ″ E

In the years 1975–1998, the town was located in the then provinceBielsko.

3554 inhabitants live here and the area of ​​the village council is 1467 ha, so the population density is 258.5 people / km².

History

Górki Wielkie is one of the oldest noble villages in Cieszyn Silesia, which dates back to the 14th century.first mentioned in a Latin document Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis (half. Book of salaries of the Wrocław bishopric) written during the times of bishop Henry of Wierzbno in the years 1295–1305 as Gorki (i) villa vlodariIt was an atypical record, which allows us to believe that this villageshe was much older. Entering it into the said document was probably related to the separation from its territory, which had previously been owneda princely village, a new village given to a knight. The part of the village remaining in the hands of the princes was named Górki Małeand the knight's part Górki Wielkie. So the princely "Górki Małe" and the knightly ones Great hills. they probably functioned already in the Cieszyn castellany, and from 1290 in the new Cieszyn Duchy. From 1417, Górki Wielkie was ruled by a noble familyFive years. In 1447, Andrzej Pięćlat of Ogrodzona sold Wielkie and Małe Górki to Piotr Ramsza. Then there were other owners, even in the 19th century.The Habsburg dukes of Cieszyn, according to the Austrian census of 1900, in 124 buildings in Górki Wielkie, 957 people lived in the area of ​​1469 ha,ie the population density was 65.1 people / km². Of these, 838 (87.6%) inhabitants were Catholic, 114 (11.9%) Protestants (Lutherans) and 5(0.5%) followers of Judaism; 951 (99.4%) were Polish, 5 were German and 1 were Czech.

Worth seeing

According to National Heritage Institute, there are the following historic buildings in the village:

  • The parish church of All the saints (Pod Zebrzydkę Street6) (reg.no .: (R / 431/54) 146/60 of 02.27.1960 and A-313/78 of 1978). This is one of the oldest churches in the Cieszyn region, built in Góreckiceh of inhabitants in the 15th century. The chancel dates from the 15th century, and the tower and the broader part of the main name - from 1662. It is worth paying attention to the family's coat of armsGórecki on the door of the sacristy, as well as on the baptismal font from the 16th century, today used as a stoup at the entrance, and on the historic pulpit from the 18th century.Rebuilt in 1662 and renovated several times, it lost most of its Gothic features. A brick, single-nave building with a strongly elongated, semicircular shapeclosed presbytery, has baroque-classicist decor and equipment.
In the brick gate of the fence, the tombstone of Henryk Górecki of the Kornicz coat of arms,who died in 1682. Next to the church, there is a cemetery where, among others, graves Zofia Kossak and her husband Zygmunt Szatkowski (died 1976), and also Valentine Krząszcz.
  • The greatest tourist attraction of Górki is a noble manor complex from the 18th century (registration number: 972/68 from 30/12/1968 and A-369/78 from 17/10/1978). The manor house, built in 1734 at the request of Helena Marklowska and Hieronim Marklowski, was leased and then purchased in 1922 by Tadeusz Kossak from a famous family of painters, the father of a famous writer Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, the second vote of Szatkowska. Tadeusz Kossak lived there with his family,His daughter, a writer, lived and worked here. The so-called gardener's cottage (now Museum of Zofia Kossak-Szatkowska),a few farm buildings (today very damaged) and an alley of 200-year-old limes and oaks leading to them. The writer's last apartment in the gardener's cottage (from 1957r.) was turned into a biographical museum devoted to her, (Museum of Zofia Kossak-Szatkowska, Stary Dwór 2, tel. 33 8539515, http://www.muzeumkossak.pl).The writer spent the last years of her life in the gardener's house after returning from emigration (1957-1968). Home decor, furniture and appliances were kept in these places,in which they stood during Zofia Kossak's lifetime, so that visitors would have the impression that the Szatkowski family left only for a moment and will be back soon.
The museum is a branch Museum of Cieszyn Silesia in Cieszyn.
The restored building houses the Center of Culture and Art "DwórKossaków "(ul. Stary Dwór 4, tel. 33 8510351, http://www.dworkossakow.pl) where you can view a multimedia photo slideshow or listen to itthe writer's statements, as well as wall murals and exhibits, referring to the life of Zofia Kossak and her family.
Since 2008, cycles have been organized in the manor housecultural events under the name "Artistic Summer at Kossaków", and in addition, literary, journalism, art and theater workshops are conducted.
The writer's grave is located in the local cemetery, and commemorative plaques have been placed on the church and the catechetical house.
  • Not far from the Kossak Center are locatedbuildings intended for modernization of the former Stanica Harcerska, which before World War II housed the buildings founded by Aleksander Kamiński Scout Instructor School.
  • In 1931, on the Bucze Hill, the watchtower of the Polish Scouting Association was established, and then the Central School of Instructors of the Polish Scouting Association.In the village itself, less than 2 km away (Górki Sojka), there was the ZHP School of Social Work. Until 1939, it was headed by the founder of the Polish craze movement,later soldier of the Home Army and teacher, Aleksander Kamiński (commemorative plaque on the building). At the same time, he was organizing his youth hereFolk Universities Józef Kret. In 1937, also in Bucz, the second School of Rural Housewives in the Cieszyn poviat started its activity.
After World War II, both scouting facilities were taken for medical purposes. Children's sanatoriums treating lung diseases and tuberculosis were placed thereLater, they became part of the Beskidzki Treatment and Rehabilitation Complex with its seat in Jaworze. The sanatorium in Sojka was closed in 1999, while Bucze was closed in 2000.functions as an independent Children's Treatment and Rehabilitation Center.

Nature

  • A path will provide you with beautiful nature and outdoor activitieseducational trail leading to the Bucze mountain (length 4 km, travel time 1 hour 45 minutes).
It's best to go hiking in the spring,when plants bloom. The beginning of the path is in front of the bridge over the Brennica at ul. Bielska in the center of Górki Wielkie.
  • You can also choosetake a walk in the manor park (1.5 ha), dating from the 19th century and included in the register of monuments.

Tourism

The following bicycle routes pass through the town:

  • The Greenways International Cycle Route Krakow – Moravia – Vienna
  • Blue bicycle route no.12 - Jaworze - Górki Wielkie - Ustron (22 km)

Other attractions

  • There is a center "Pod Brandysem" in the villagewith a playground, a beach ball pitch, a climbing wall and a stage for outdoor events.

Accommodation

  • "Koss" Shelter, Górki Wielkie, ul. Stary Dwór 14, tel. 33 8587199, www.koss-schronisko.pl
  • Agritourism "Gazdówka", Górki Wielkie, ul.Bielska 14, tel. 33 8539342, www.agroturystykamatula.pl
  • Hotel "Kotarz" ***, Brenna, ul. Wyzwolenia 40, phone no. 33 8556996, http://www.kotarz.com
  • "Hawana" Guest House **, Brenna, ul. Jatny 34, phone: 33 8536279, http://www.hawana.pl
  • "Skalny Dworek", Brenna, ul. Wyzwolenia 45, tel.33 8 536 116, http://www.skalny-dworek.pl

Boarding

Where next

  • Less than 2 km south of the village Little hills. Bigan attraction is the "Chlebowa Chata" run by the Dudys family - a place where you can try to thresh grain with a flail,grind the grain on the querns, bake flatbread - then eat it and wash it down with grain coffee with milk, which can be a great attraction.And if we have an additional 3 hours, we can even try to separate the cream from the milk and churn the butter, and then taste these delicacies,also buttermilk. For townspeople who are unfamiliar with life and work in the former village, but especially for children for whom all food comes from the store,It will surely be an unforgettable experience.
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