Haczów - Haczów

Haczów
Wooden church in Haczów. On the UNESCO list
Information
Country	Poland
Region	Podkarpackie voivodeship
Height	284 m above sea level
Population	3304
Area code	( 48) 13
Postal Code	36-213
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Haczów - village in Poland, located in Podkarpackie Province, in in the district of Brzozów, in Haczów commune, the seat of the commune, stretches along Wisłokleft tributary San.

Characteristic

Geographical location: 49 ° 40′09 ″ N 21 ° 53′28 ″ E

The village lies to the east of Loom and west of Brzozowa Street, it stretches for 7 km along the Wisłok River and covers an area of ​​approx. 25 km².

In the years 1975-1998, the city administratively belonged to the then Krosno Province.

Haczów is off the beaten track, but it has something to be proud of.

The beginnings of the village date back to 1352, and the location privilege was confirmed on February 7, 1388 by Władysław Jagiełło.

At the end of the 14th century, the church of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - a wooden gothic church with a carcass construction. It is the largest wooden Gothic church in Poland and Europe and at the same time the oldest wooden church in Poland. The interior of the church is decorated with a figural polychrome from 1494, which was discovered in 1956 during restoration works. There are gothic sculptures here, all from the 15th century. In the 17th century, a baroque tower was added to the Gothic church, and there were wooden Saturdays around the church.

In 1948, services were moved to the new church, built just before World War II.

In 2003, this church, along with the church in Blizne and other historic wooden churches of Małopolska, was placed on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List.

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Getting there is easy. Although Haczów is "at the end of the world", we can find it without any problem. From the nearest large town that is Rzeszow (57 km away) we will take the international road E371 towards the border with Slovakia. We leave it in Jabłonica Polska. The signpost points to Haczów. We have to get to the roundabout in the center of the village and take the first street on the right or earlier, just after the bridge over the Wisłok River, next to the shop. From the second road we will see the church straight ahead (approx. 250 m from the turn).

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Worth seeing

The church in Haczów was on the very prestigious UNESCO list in good company, along with the historic wooden churches of Małopolska. The choice is not accidental, because he "holds" several records himself ...

Established in the 14th century, the temple is probably the oldest wooden log church in Poland and the largest wooden Gothic church in the world. At first glance, it is difficult to see, because the tower towering above it and the Saturdays surrounding it (low arcades on poles, with a hipped roof) are much younger, they come from the 17th century and represent the Baroque style. The rest of the building, however, is as it was almost 600 years ago.

The church blends beautifully into the unique landscape of this area, but the interior is the most delightful. The main altar, the most impressive part of its furnishings, comes from the time of the church's reconstruction, that is, from the 17th century. However, the original equipment has also been preserved. The oldest and most valuable monuments are the magnificent fifteenth-century (from the beginning of the century) pieta, painted crosses from the same period and the stone baptismal font, which is 100 years younger.

It is imperative to look at the door. Metal gothic fittings are an example of high-class craftsmanship. The stunning polychrome comes from the end of the 15th century. There is no such thing in Europe. The one from Haczów is the oldest and, it seems, the most beautiful. It was discovered during restoration works quite recently, in the mid-1950s.

The heel is worth special attention. The statue of Our Lady of Sorrows is famous for its miracles. The locals have been praying to her for centuries and say that "she came with water" during the flood of the Wisłok River. She stopped at the foot of the old church. They say that she chose them to look after the Haczów. Therefore, they placed her in the new temple, from where she watches over the Haczów inhabitants. Since 2003, thanks to UNESCO, the whole world knows about it.

The church is the most valuable monument in the village, probably the only one worth seeing. It is true that there is also a chapel from 1820, a courtyard park and classicist tombstones of Chamberlain Adam Rosnowski and his wife, but these are for people who are particularly interested.

The impressive Ostaszewski Palace from the first half of the Nineteenth century, rebuilt almost 100 years later by the inventor and erudite - Adam Ostoja-Ostaszewski. The building is surrounded by an 18-hectare park with a historic tree stand. The manor complex consists of a brick manor house, probably erected in the first half of the 19th century, once owned by the Truskolas and Dzieduszycki families. To the north of the manor there is a wooden granary from the first half of the 19th century.

Nearest neighborhood

• Jasionów Manor complex: a brick manor, probably erected in the first half of the 19th century, once the property of the Truskolas and Dzieduszycki families. To the north of the manor there is a wooden granary from the first half of the 19th century.
• Trześniów. The brick church of St. Stanisław Biskupa from the 19th century, according to the design of Jan Sas-Zubrzycki. The most valuable art monument in the church is the painting with the Sorrowful Christ from the end of the 15th century. In the manor park, surrounded by old trees, there is also a brick outbuilding from the second half of the 19th century. Nineteenth century, wooden granary, brick steward, brick sheepfold and overgrown ponds.

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See also

http://www.podkarpackie.travel.pl - routes, accommodation, agritourism