Thursday, 20 June 2019

Sośnicowice

Sośnicowice - a tiny city whose origins date back to the Middle Ages, it was founded among beautiful pine forests. There are no pine trees anymore, the town is now surrounded by arable fields, but the name was left as a reminder of those times. All the attractions that I describe in this post are in a very close neighborhood of Saint James Church.

Sośnicowice
Chapel of St. Barbara is on the square next to Saint James Church. The chapel was built in 1986 and it looked like a fragment of a drift in the mine. The walls are made in the shape of curved arches supported on a metal frame. Such frames are used in mines for the construction of drift. Inside the chapel, there are helmets and mining lamps. Above the chapel is the inscription "Szczęść Boże". Inside the chapel, in its central place is a figure of Saint. Barbara - patrons of miners. St. Barbara, wearing a white robe and a crown on her head, holds a sword in her left hand, and a goblet in her right hand.
Sośnicowice - Chapel of St. Barbara
Sośnicowice - Chapel of St. Barbara
Sośnicowice - Mining lamp
Conciliation cross is located nearby. It was probably created between the 14th and 16th centuries. According to tradition, such a cross was put by the killer at the crime scene. However, it is only a hypothesis that this medieval, stone cross is a conciliation cross, which has no basis for any evidence so far.

Sośnicowice - Conciliation cross
Sośnicowice - Conciliation cross
Sośnicowice - Conciliation cross
Saint James Church - a late-Gothic parish church from 1447, rebuilt in the Baroque style in the years 1786-1795. Next, to the church, there are crosses about various causes of the foundation. One cross is founded in honor of people, who died during both World Wars.

Sośnicowice - Saint James Church
Sośnicowice - Saint James Church
Sośnicowice - Saint James Church
Sośnicowice - Saint James Church
Sośnicowice - The cross is founded in honor of people, who died during both World Wars
Sośnicowice - The cross is founded in honor of people, who died during both World Wars
Sośnicowice - Saint James Church
Sośnicowice - Saint James Church
Monument erected to commemorate the inhabitants of Sośnicowice who died in the battles for the Polishness of Upper Silesia in 1919-1921.

Sośnicowice - Silesian Insurgents' Monument
Sośnicowice - Silesian Insurgents' Monument

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Siedliska

In the center of the village of Siedliska stands a stone chapel dedicated to Saint. John of Nepomuk. Its origins date back to 1872. The chapel was built as a votive offering from the inhabitants of Siedliska for the ending and return of people from the French-Prussian war.

Siedliska
Siedliska
Siedliska
Siedliska

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Turze

Wooden Chapel of St. John of Nepomuk right next to the entry road to the village of Turze from Ciechowice.

Turze
Turze
Turze

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Lubieszów

Lubieszów every time I ride a bike discovers new curiosities. This time I stopped at a horse village from Bierawa. There are two interesting things here. The first is a roadside cross from 1898. It is interesting that the name of the village is recorded in the form: Liebieszów.

Lubieszów
Wayside cross
Wayside cross
Wayside cross
The Heritage park "Lubieszowska Izba" is located nearby. It consists of two parts: an old barn, which, unfortunately, was closed. The second part is the common space around the building, where tools and machines were placed that formerly served our residents on the farm. They are a gift of our residents for the created heritage park.

Heritage park: Lubieszowska Izba
Heritage park: Lubieszowska Izba
Heritage park: Lubieszowska Izba
Heritage park: Lubieszowska Izba
Heritage park: Lubieszowska Izba
Heritage park: Lubieszowska Izba and an old barn
Heritage park: Lubieszowska Izba
Heritage park: Lubieszowska Izba
Heritage park: Lubieszowska Izba and an old barn
Heritage park: Lubieszowska Izba
Heritage park: Lubieszowska Izba
Heritage park: Lubieszowska Izba
Heritage park: Lubieszowska Izba
Heritage park: Lubieszowska Izba

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River Ferry in Ciechowice

Ciechowice and Grzegorzowice are separated by the Odra river and these two villages are now connected by a river ferry. This is a unique place in this area. To take advantage of the crossing first you need to check when the ferry is working - I did not succeed. Nearby there are the ruins of the Odra bridge blown up in 1945 by the German army. It is worth coming here because there are plans to rebuild the bridge and the crossing will disappear.

River Ferry in Ciechowice
River Ferry in Ciechowice
River Ferry in Ciechowice
River Ferry in Ciechowice
River Ferry in Ciechowice
The Oder
River Ferry in Ciechowice


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