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The Palace Park in Świerklaniec
Świerklaniec Park is one of the pearls, which was passed to posterity by the Henckel von Donnersmarck family. The park was once a beautiful area surrounding the existing palace, called "Little Versailles" (burned in 1945). The 154-hectare park was established in the English style. One can enjoy more than century-old oaks, chestnuts, maples and yews, and numerous ponds are a haven for anglers. Art lovers can admire original sculptures by French artist, Emmanuel Fremiet.
Location
street Pałacowa 30
42-622 Świerklaniec
Commune: Świerklaniec
Tourist region: Upper Silesian Agglomeration
Location: in the country
Availability
: whole year
General Information
: water basin
Prices & amenities
: admission free
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The Bachelor's Little Palace (also known as the
Bachelor’s House) is one of the buildings,
which had been erected in Świerklaniec by the
powerful Henckel von Donnersmarck family.
Unfortunately, it was not so lucky as the main
palace, called "Little Versailles". The neoBaroque Bachelor’s House was at the
beginning of the twentieth century. On the
façade of the building there is the Latin
inscriptions, explaining the reasons for its
construction: “Memento vivere - Remember to
life!” Today, it houses a hotel and a restaurant.
For about 300 years, Świerklaniec was the seat of the Protestant line of one of the grandest families in Silesia- Counts of Henckel von Donnersmarck. In the second half of the nineteenth century, their seat became a magnificent palace called the "Little Versailles", which was destroyed after WW2. Today, in the Park of Świerklaniec, a neo-Gothic church and an adjacent ancestral mausoleum have been preserved. Count Guido Henckel von Donnersmarck, one of the last owners of the estate, was, inter alia, buried here.
Centrum Dokumentacji Deportacji Górnoślązaków do ZSRR w 1945 roku mieści się w budynku byłego dworca kolejowego w Radzionkowie.
Placówka pełni różne funkcje w obszarze edukacji, kultury, historii, a także zachowywania dziedzictwa kulturowego. Stała ekspozycja przybliża historię deportacji i uświadamia zwiedzającym, że 1945 rok – czas końca wojny i wyzwolenia, dla wielu śląskich rodzin był początkiem gehenny związanej z masową wywózką na wschód. Wielu Górnoślązaków pozostało na radzieckiej ziemi na zawsze. Wystawa w interesujący sposób łączy ślady przeszłości w postaci eksponatów z nowoczesnymi rozwiązaniami multimedialnymi.
The first palace in Nakło Śląskie not far from Tarnowskie Góry was built by Hugo von Donnersmarck of the Bytom-Siemianowice lineage of this wealthy, Catholic family in 1856. The form of the present-day neo-Gothic residence results from the renovation carried out by Lazarus IV von Donnermarck in 1890s. The palace houses the Centrum Kultury Śląskiej (Silesian Culture Center) which presents the historical exhibition. The park with surrounding outbuildings is also worth seeing.
Apart from the summer palace of the
Donnersmarcks of the Nakło and Siemianowice
line, we can find an interesting church of the
Sacred Heart of Jesus and the adjacent mausoleum
of the Donnersmarck family. They also founded
here a nursing home run by the Sisters of Mercy of
St Borromeo. The church is a unique, brick
building, built in the late nineteenth century in the
neo-Romanesque style with some Byzantine
elements.
The Bunker No. 52 of the Fortified Area of "Silesia " in
a Dobieszowiceach is a perfectly preserved part of the
Polish line of fortifications, which was built in the
interwar period along the Polish-German border in
order to protect Silesia, the most industrialized region
of Poland. The Association for Fortification
Monuments "Pro Fortalicium” renovated the bunker
and created a museum chamber, in which we can learn
about the living conditions of the soldiers, as well as
about their weapons, and many other curiosities.
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