Slide1 : Sonya Jarboe, Monika Gawlicka
Lipiec 2003
County Sułkowice : County Sułkowice The county of Sułkowice lays within the geography: Pogórze Wielickie and Beskid Średni. This decides the variety sculpture of the land and a large part of it are forests. Part of the county will be protected by landscape parks.
The environment and good communication are the advantages of the county that attracts tourists to visit. Tourists tend to visit on holidays to rest and relax away from their homes.
County Sułkowice : County Sułkowice In the former province of Krakow (there were 38 self-governments), Sułkowice was ranked as one of the top 5 most popular tourists attractions. The most attractive is Harbutowice which is popular because of the mountain landscape. On the entire country scale the attraction are Cisy Raciborskiego (yews) which are about 1200-2000 years old. These are the oldest yews throughout Poland. The environmental attraction in the county are also two historical trees: Oak Tree(Jan) and Plane Tree. The Devil's Stone (Diabelski Kamień), which lays in Paśmie Barnasiówka in the area of Rudnik village, is another popular tourist attraction..
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1.Krzywaczka
2.Biertowice
3.Rudnik
4.Sułkowice
5.Harbutowice
Krzywaczka : Krzywaczka Krzywaczka is a village in the north western slope of Pasmo Bukowca and is located in the valley of the stream which flows from Lisiea Mountain to the valley of the river Harbutówka.
It is located at a height of 240m to 320m above sea level.
It is bordered by villages: Głogoczów, Bęczarka, Rudnik, Biertowice, Wola Radziszowska, Radziszów.
The Historical Draft : Krzywaczka The Historical Draft It was founded at the beginning of the XIV century by the Benedictines from Tyniec. At that time the village was called Krzywa Dabrowa but now the name is Krzywaczka.
During the years the village was owned by various people: Hungarian Wesselny, Teresa Kamocka, Kryspin Zieliński, Henryk and Wincenty Schmidtowie.
Monuments : Krzywaczka Monuments Historical Court
In the area of the huge landscape park in the northern part of the village there is classical court of the XIX century.
Today there is an elementary school there. Near by there is a court garner from the XIX cnetury.
The small palace is surrounded by the landscape park where there used to be an island with a pond surrounding it. On the way to Wadowice there is an old court tavern from 1817.
Monuments : Krzywaczka Monuments The Church dedicated to Holy Trinity
There is a stone church from 1911.
Part of baroque things were taken from a former wooden church from 1785.
In the church there is the statue of the Holy Mother with her Child from the XV century.
Biertowice : Biertowice The village is located near the river Skawinka, close to the foot of the Bukowiec Mountain.
It was founded by Żegota from the family Biertółowicze in 1334 until 1772. It was under the king's ownership.
From the sounding fields you can see beautiful scences on the Lanckorońska Mountain and the church in Lanckorona from 1366 and on the Żar Mountain. On the slope of the Żar Mountain, you can see the Bernardyński Monestary from 1600-1620.
The Church in Biertowice : The Church in Biertowice
Biertowice
The School Director: Ewa Koźlak : Biertowice The School Director: Ewa Koźlak Teachers:
-Koźlak Ewa
/Mathematics/
-Gorączko Janusz
/technology, computer science, nature, art/
-Moskała Bogusława
/history, Polish/
-Stopa Teresa
/Mathematics, Integrative Teaching/ -Kuchnia Jan
/German/
-Skrzeczek Renata
/Integrative Teaching/
-Burda Anna
/Integrative Teaching/
-Góralczyk Beata
/Religion/
-Urbańczyk Sławomir
/Gym/
The School The Patron : Biertowice The School The Patron "The lives of great men are like legends - difficult but beautiful "
Janusz Korczak once wrote, and it was true. Yet most Americans have never heard of Korczak, a Polish-Jewish children´s writer and educator who is as well known in Europe as Anne Frank.
Like her, he died in the Holocaust and left behind a diary; unlike her, he had a chance to escape that fate-a chance he chose not to take.
His legend began on August 6, 1942, during the early stages of the Nazi liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto-though his dedication to destitute children.
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When the Germans ordered his famous orphanage evacuated, Korczak was forced to gather together the two hundred children in his care. He led them with quiet dignity on that final march through the ghetto streets to the train that would take them to "resettlement in the East" -the Nazi euphemism for the death camp Treblinka.
He was to die as Henryk Goldszmit, the name he was born with, but it was by his pseudonym that he would be remembered.
Biertowice The School The Patron
Slide14 : It was Janusz Korczak who introduced progressive orphanages designed as communities into Poland. He founded the first national children´s newspaper, trained teachers in what we now call moral education, and worked in juvenile courts defending children's rights.
His books “How to Love a Child” and “The Child´s Right to Respect” gave parents and teachers new insights into child psychology.
Generations of young people had grown up on his books, especially the classic King Matt the First, which tells of the adventures and tribulations of a boy king who aspires to bring reforms to bias subjects. Biertowice The School The Patron
Slide15 : It was as beloved in Poland as Peter Pan and Alicein Wonderland were in the English-speaking world.
During the mid- 1930s, he had his own radio program, in which, as the "Old Doctor," hedispensed homey wisdom and dry humor. Somehow, listening to his deceptively simple words made his listeners feel like better people.
At the end, Korczak, who had directed a Catholic as well as a Jewish orphanage before the war, had refused all offers of help for his own safety from his Gentile colleagues and friends. "You do not leave a sick child in the night, and you do not leave children at a time like this," he said. Biertowice The School The Patron
Rudnik : Rudnik
The Historical Draft : The Historical Draft Rudnik is a quite large village between the range of hills, Pasmem Bukowca on Pogórze Wielickie and Pasmem Barnasiówki, under the stream.
Rudnik was based on the Magdeburskie Law in 1300. 1443 was the first time the someone documented information about Rudnik. Rudnik
The Historical Draft : The Historical Draft Rudnik has mining and smith's traditions. The name of the village is probably taken from ore of iron. The production of this ore occured during the XV and XVIth century. Żelazna Górka (Iron Hill) is the hill in which they were getting ore of iron from the Earth.
In 1992, it was the 50th year celebration of the music group, Elegia, from Rudnik. They were awarded many times for performing productions about traditional Polish customs. Rudnik
Monuments : Monuments Rudnik The Devil Stone
Only when the weather is good tourists go here to have a walk, enjoy a camp fire, and to breath fresh air.
The name Devil Stone was given to the large stone as a rememberance of this legend.
A log time ago, as the legend states, through the small village called Rudnik the devil was carrying stone. Only when the hen squeaks the devil will drop the stone and run away. This stone lays in this place until this day. It is surrounded by beautiful forests.
The Legend : The Legend This legend originated from an old man which first told the legend to his grandchild.
A long time ago in the surroundings of the Kalwaryjska Mountatin there was peace and agreement among the neighbors. All of the people were helping each other and very considerate of one another. They were acting from example of the monks who lived in the Kalwaryjski Monastery. Once a devil wanted to destroy this peaceful atmosphere, so he decided to destroy the Monastery. He used a stone as a weapon taken from the far away land. When Saint Peter, who was defending the Holy Mountain, received this information he decided to make a deal with the devil: Rudnik
The Legend : The Legend The devil was obligated to carry the stone within three days but when the hen squeaked he would be forced to leave the stone in his current location. So he started his journey but the stone was so heavy that he had to often take breaks along the way. When the third day arrived, he tried to be faster but he was not strong enough and therefore dropped the stone on the hill called Rudnik. At the same time the hen squeaked, and he had to leave the stone in this place on the hill.
So the legend about the Devil's Stone tells about fighting good against evil, where the good wins. Thanks to that the source of all friendship among people the Kalwaryjski Monastery is still standing. Rudnik
The School Director:Władysława Latoń : The School Director:Władysława Latoń The school in Rudnik was founded in 1885. It was located in the building of today's kindergarten classroom.
During the first World War, the teaching was not interrupted. During that time, the teachers and students helped the Polish army.
From 1916-1950 the director of the school was Mr. Tadeusz Szybowski. The time between the World Wars, there were about 250-300 students.
Rudnik
The School Director:Władysława Latoń :
Rudnik During the World War II, the building of the school was occupied by the German army which destroyed a lot of equipment in the school.
Despite short breaks in teaching, students continued study the same as before the war. From 1950-1972, the director of the school was Mr. Jan Kochan. In October 1966, the school was located in a new building.
The School Director:Władysława Latoń
Sułkowice : Sułkowice It is believed in the area of Sułkowice people lived in prehistorical times. They built their settlement on the banks of the streams Harbutówka and Gościbia. The first mention of Sułkowice is dated in 1325. Because there was a parish from 1326 the people believe that settlement existed years prior. There is no information about the location of the village. The first information about the settlers of Sułkowice dates from 1340 and at that time there were 150 settlers
In the beginning people of Sułkowice were mainly were farming and doing agriculture. The beginnings of smithmanship are connected with building Kalwaria in 1588-1632 by Mikołaj Zebrzydowski. Many craftmens migrated from various nationalities. After building Kalwaria, they settled also in Sułkowice At the end of the eighteenth century in Sułkowice there were approximately 60 smithmens
The Historical Draft : The Historical Draft The Society Of Smithmens was initiated by parson, Antoni Opidowicz and by foreman of Myślenice J. Beneschk and founded in 1887.
In 1908 instead of the Society Of Smithmens a The Smithmen's Company was initiated mainly by the prior director of the vocational school inż. Franciszek Smereczyński. There was agreement between the vocational school and the Sułkowice
The Historical Draft : The Historical Draft
The Smithmen's Company in which enabled the employees to use the school's modern machine park. The Middle War crisis also affected Sułkowice. Many smithmens lost their jobs. The Smithmen's Company limited its activities and in 1934 the company shutdown. Sułkowice
The Historical Draft : The Historical Draft After recognizing the area, during the evening of July 22-23, 2-3 thousand German troops surrounded Sułkowice.
The Monument of Victims of Appeasement and the collective grave in Sułkowice's cemetery was a remembrance of this appeasement.
The monument remains in the place where the vicarage barn existed and it was unveiled in May 7, 1975. Hitler's army was forced to leave Sułkowice in January 1945.
Sułkowice started a new life after the end of the war. Sułkowice
The Historical Draft : The Historical Draft In February 1945, the cooperative society “Spólnota” started its production and the society employed overall about 200 smithmens.
The cooperative society was spreading their area of production, and in 1953 the society started to become independent and changed their name to Metalowa Spółdzielnia Pracy “KUŹNIA”. For a long time this society was the primary source of income for most families in Sułkowice. In the 70s it employed 1200 people.
In 1969, Sułkowice was given their city rights. Sułkowice
Monuments : Monuments The monument is a sketch outline of the groundwork of the seventeenth century parish in Sułkowice which is surrounded by historical wall with an entrance.
Seventeenth century church św. Zofii in which wooden doors exist from the seventeenth century. On these doors there is a footprint of the Mother of God.. Sułkowice
Schools Education in Sułkowice : Schools Education in Sułkowice 5 big elementary schools and 7 kindergarten schools
Educates over 1000 pupils in 7 different types of schools
12 professions
Basic Vocational Schhol (locksmith, car mechanic, blacksmith, carpenter, shop- assistant)
Vocational Comprehenseive School(agricultural engineering, administrative and office worker, a shop-assistant) Sułkowice
Schools Education in Sułkowice : Schools Education in Sułkowice 5 big elementary schools and 7 kindergarten schools
Educates over 1000 pupils in 7 different types of schools
12 professions
Basic Vocational Schhol (locksmith, car mechanic, blacksmith, carpenter, shop- assistant)
Vocational Comprehenseive School(agricultural engineering, administrative and office worker, a shop-assistant) Sułkowice
Middle School in Sułkowice Overview and Equipment : Middle School in Sułkowice Overview and Equipment The school first began September 1, 1999.
In the academic year 2002/2003, there were 680 students in 30 different classes. At this time there is 58 teachers, 46 of them are full time and 12 are part time.
The school has good equippment:
classrooms have good video equipment
two computer rooms with Internet (with cable connection)
sports gym -2 playing fields
weight training room -common room with cafeteria Sułkowice
Middle School of Sułkowice : Middle School of Sułkowice The school provides:
learning foreign languages in small groups
various ways of teaching lessons (for example: in the music studio, in the city library, excursions on foot or on bus, and trips skiing or swimming)
there are many various things in which students can do after their lessons (for example: interest clubs, extra lesson help, boy scout troop, possibility to learn a second language, and sports activities)
medical care
safe transportation to and from school
Harbutowice : Harbutowice Harbutowice is the mountain village in the county of Sułkowice. The village is located in a very beautiful and scenic area called Beskid Średni, among hills called Chełm /603 m above sea level and Pasmo Babicy /727 m above sea level, at the level of 340-450 m. There is a gorgeous view of fields among the wooded forests. To the south of the village is Las Gościbia and located on the north side of the village there is a slopping hill called Babica. In the valleys exists two streams: Harbutówka and Gościbia
Monuments : Monuments Groby
The area is located to the south of Lanckorona. The name of the village is connected with history, which took place on June 22, 1771.
1200 confederates under leadership of Stanisław Miączyński were fighting in this village. It was a very gruesome battle against the army of General Aleksander Suworow, which had 5500 solders. The confederates suffered a painful loss and 300 lost their lives during the battle. Groby is marked by a concrete cross founded by community of Lanckorona. Harbutowice
The Legend : The Legend In Groby there was a church that was dedicated to Holy Mother of God and Saint Michael. After the battle, because of the large destruction of the village the inhabitants moved to the stream of Harbutówka. Now in place of the church there exists a lime-tree, which is the highest tree in the forest. As legend explains, a few years ago during a large storm all of the trees where damaged and only the lime-tree was unharmed. It is said that in this village God wanted to save the tree as a memory of the holy church.
Today Groby is one of the main attractions of Harbutowice and the place is often visited with tourists who want to understand the history of the village Harbutowice
Yew Trees of Raciborski : Yew Trees of Raciborski In Beskid Makowski in Harbutowice on the northwest slop of Babica and there are Yew Trees which are one of the oldest trees in Poland. Today the forests are not the same as they once were. Harbutowice
Yew Trees of Raciborski : Yew Trees of Raciborski The old forest are covered with pine, spruce, and larch trees. In the past, yew trees also existed in the forest but now they can only be seen as individual trees called Batorówka, Kozakówka, and Szcerbakówka.
The most valuable species of yew trees are a couple which are near the black track that goes from Harbutowice Ruskówki through Podlesie to the Bieńkowska Mountain. Yew trees grow in the yard of Mr. and Mrs. Golonko and are called Yew Trees of Raciborski. Harbutowice
The classical church is dedicated to Saint Mary and Michael Archanioł : The classical church is dedicated to Saint Mary and Michael Archanioł The church was built in a late classical syle. The church was built in 1828, but the first church at this place was built before 1325.
In the parish in Harbutowice there is the sculpture of Saint Mother with her Child from the fourteenth century. Before the sculpture was located at the main alter and afterwards it was carried into the procession. Priests from Harbutowice didn't agree with leaving this sculpture in Krakow's museum. Harbutowice
Legend : Legend The church was supposed to be built on the hill Górki. As legend tells, people started to collect the building materials but they began to fall down. People believed that this was an act of God, so they built the church at the bottom of the hill.
The other version of the legend tells that the Holy Mother appeared in this location and to remember this occurrence the church was built in this place. Harbutowice
The Monument of Prince Sanguszko : The Monument of Prince Sanguszko
This is the monument is a remembrance of the time when Prince Eustachy Sanguszko was going through the area of Harbutowice.
In 1895 from the inital idea of Prince Eustachy Sanguszko, the part of the road from Sułkowice to Zembrzyce was built. The road was named after the last name of the Prince and it was commemorated with a stone monument. This monument also is a remembrance of the battle of the confederates in 1771. Harbutowice
The Gościbia Monument : The Gościbia Monument
This monument was built as a memory of national heroes. It was founded in 1983 by the community of Sułkowice in honor of patriots that were fighting with the Nazis. They were hiding in forests. They were betrayed and they died for their country. Harbutowice
The School Director: Zofia Frosztega : The School Director: Zofia Frosztega
The elementary school in Harbutowice was founded in 1900. The first teacher in the school was Mr. Franciszek Kuś.
From 1927/28 the elementary school lasts for 7 years. The director of the school was Mr. Mieczysław Grzybowski.
During the second World War, learning in the school was not regular because they used the school as a storage of harvest and the German troops or an organization called Todł used the school as an office. Harbutowice
Slide44 : In years 1947/48 the vocational school for pupils who finished elementary school was founded.
In 1967, for the first time the elementary school started to last eight years. At the same time, they started to build a new school which was finished by September 3, 1968. The director of the school at the time was Mr. Antoni Grabowski.
From 1997 the school was called John Paul II. From 1999, the elementary school started to last 6 years. Harbutowice The School Director: Zofia Frosztega
Slide45 : At the present time there are 160 pupils in the eight classes at the school.
The faculty has 15 teachers.
The school has two buildings. A new one that has 7 classrooms and an old one with two classrooms, as well as a kindergarten, kitchen, and cafeteria.
In the year 200 they were celebrating the 100th anniversary of the education in Harbutowice. Harbutowice The School Director: Zofia Frosztega