Dziergowice

Dziergowice is a village in the Opolskie Voivodeship, which has much to offer. In previous posts, I mentioned only some of the interesting places. This time I went here by bicycle. You can go here from Gliwice, Kędzierzyn-Koźle or Rybnik. Roads lead among the surrounding fields and forests - there are not many cars on the road.

From the side of the village of Lubieszów, there is a chapel in a beautiful neighborhood of farmlands and forests. The chapel is renovated and painted in blue. The next stop was Stanica Dziergowice where there is a crossing to the Odra river until today - there is also a place for rest and relaxation in the beautiful natural setting. It is also worth taking a short stroll around the volunteer fire brigade building. The building is right next to a well-groomed pond. Going in the direction of Solarnia is beautiful Silesian Insurgents' Monument - commemorating three Silesian Uprisings.

Dziergowice

Chapel

Stanica Dziergowice

Odra River

Fire Station and a pond

Silesian Insurgents' Monument

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Lubieszów

The wooden chapel of St. John of Nepomuk in Lubieszów was built in the second half of the 18th century. From the front, it is open with a rectangular cutout and openwork ornaments. The roof is covered with shingles, with a tower with a bell. Inside the chapel stands a baroque sculpture of St. John of Nepomuk made of sandstone.

Legend has it that after the great flood that hit Lubieszów, the sculpture of St. John of Nepomuk was found. According to this legend, a chapel was built in the place of finding.

Lubieszów

The wooden chapel of St. John of Nepomuk

The wooden chapel of St. John of Nepomuk

St. John of Nepomuk

 A tower with a bell

Lubieszów

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Bierawa

Bierawa is a small town in the south-eastern part of the Opolskie Voivodeship.

The main attraction is the parish church. St. Trinity. It was built in the style of the late Renaissance in 1562. Around 1614, enlarged by a tower covered with sgraffito decoration. Initially, it was a Protestant church, and from the seventeenth century, it is a Catholic church. From 1915 it is a parish church.

On the intersection of the Mickiewicza street and route 408 there is a small roadside chapel.

Bierawa

The parish church. St. Trinity

A sgraffito decoration

A chapel

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Kotlarnia

Kotlarnia is a small village in the Opolskie Voivodeship. There is a Catholic church (a former Evangelical church), dating from 1815 - built on the site of the previous wooden church from 1775.

Two people are associated with the village. Ernest Frederick Zwirner (born on February 28, 1802, in Kotlarnia). Son of a steelmaker who in 1833-1861 worked as an architect in the construction of a cathedral in Cologne. On the church, there is a plaque commemorating this personage. The second person is Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who visited Kotlarnia and described this Silesian village in his travel stories.

Kotlarnia

Kotlarnia - Catholic Church

A park at the church

A stone plaque commemorating Ernest Frederick Zwirner

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Elevador de Santa Justa

The Santa Justa Lift (Portuguese: Elevador de Santa Justa) is an elevator in the historical city of Lisbon, Portugal. Situated at the end of Rua de Santa Justa, it connects the lower streets of the Baixa with the higher Largo do Carmo (Carmo Square).

Elevador de Santa Justa

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