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Monuments


Monuments

The house of Gerhart and Carl Hauptman constituting part of the Karkonoskie Museum.  23 11th Listopada str
It was constructed at the end of XIX century and having undergone the adaptation it has become the Museum of the Hauptman Brothers since 1994.

Permanent exhibitions:
Gerhart Hauptman (1862 – 1946) – German writer and playwright, the winner of    Nobel Prize.
Carl Hauptman (1858 – 1921) – German writer and playwright who translated the novel “Chłopi” (“Peasants”) by W. Reymont into German.

Vlastimil Hofman (1881 – 1970) – painter and the disciple of Jacek Malczewski and Jan Stanisławski, stylistics of the Młoda Polska period paintings.


The house of Wlastimil Hofman  museum at the moment. 14 Matejki str.
W. Hofman (1881 – 1970) – painter of Czech origin, the disciple of J. Malczewski, painted in this house in the years 1947 – 1970
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The house of Jan Sztaudynger. 55 1st Maja str.
J.I. Sztaudynger (1904 – 1970) – satirist, poet, lived and created in this house in the years 1946 – 1950.


The church under the invocation of Boże Ciało (The Body of Christ) 2nd Wyszyńskiego str
Constructed in the years 1884 – 1886, representing the neo-romantic style, inside one can admire paintings by W. Hofman.



The church under the invocation of Niepokalane Serce NMP (Virgin Heart) Piastowska str.  
Constructed in the years 1855 – 1887, the interior of the church is decorated with a baroque pulpit, historic chandeliers and paintings by W. Hofman
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The graveyard church,  Pistowska str.
A neo-gothic chapel constructed in 1650 and reconstructed in 1819 including the late renaissance altar


“The Lucas’s Mill”, 16 1st Maja str.
An old water mill at Kamieńczyk, made of stone and wood, of segmented and several storeys high construction, decorated by figural sculpture, reconstructed about 1870 and turned into an inn, called today “Złota Jama” (“The Golden Cave”).


Old Sudety Huts (sheds) – wooden and stone-wooden constructions originating in the XIX century. They can be seen in the suburbs of Szklarska Poręba called Biała Dolina, Marysin and Szklarka. The oldest one called Szamanówka is situated at No 24 11th Listopada street and dates back to 1740.

 
 

 

 

   
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