6 Sights in Pszczyna, Poland (with Map and Images)
Explore interesting sights in Pszczyna, Poland. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 6 sights are available in Pszczyna, Poland.
List of cities in PolandSightseeing Tours in Pszczyna1. Skansen Zagroda Wsi Pszczyńskiej
The Pszczyna Village Farm – an open-air museum in Pszczyna, grouping monuments of wooden folk architecture from the Pszczyna region. It was created in 1975 on the area of approx. 2 ha in the Railway Park. After the extension in 2013, the open-air museum gained, m.in, a replica of a water mill, a service building with a cash register and a souvenir shop and a gazebo located by the pond. The open-air museum is located in the eastern part of the historic Pszczyna Park. On nearly two hectares, several objects of wooden architecture of the Pszczyna land were collected. The oldest monument is the manor granary from Czechowice (1784). A real attraction is also an octagonal barn from Kryr, a cottage from Grzawa (1831), a forge from Goczałkowice and a water mill from Bojszów, which today houses exhibition halls.
2. Brama Wybrańców
The Chosen Gate, also known as "Warta" – was built in 1687, the oldest part of the castle complex in Pszczyna preserved to this day in an unchanged form. Located in the south-western part of the market, it was the main entrance to the castle. It was erected by the builder Consilio Milius at the request of the then owner of the castle, Balthazar Promnitz, in the place of the former fifteenth-century guardhouse with a drawbridge over the moat. It housed rooms for the castle guards. The soldiers to the guard, chosen by the Promnitzs from among the peasants of their subordinate estates, were called the "chosen ones". The "chosen ones" of Pszczyna guarded the castle until 1875.
3. Zamek w Pszczynie
Pszczyna Castle, is a classical-style palace in the city of Pszczyna in southwestern Poland. Constructed as a castle in 13th century or earlier, in a Gothic architectural style, it was rebuilt in a Renaissance style in the 17th century. During the course of the 18th and 19th centuries, the exterior of the castle was partially changed into a Baroque-Classical style. The Classicist modernization transformed the complex into what is usually described a palace.
4. Dwór Ludwikówka
Manor "Ludwikówka" – a historic building in the type of an impressive noble manor, maintained in the classicist style, at Chopina Street in Pszczyna. The former manor house of the princes of Pszczyna, now a private property. Entered into the register of monuments of the former Katowice Voivodeship under the number A/537/65 dated February 7, 1966. Thoroughly restored in 2008–2010.
5. Duchess Daisy Monument
Princess Daisy's bench was unveiled on 1 May 2009 on the market square in Pszczyna. The monument of Princess Maria Theresa Olivia Hochberg von Pless is the work of the Pszczyna sculptor Joachim Krakowczyk. It was created at one of the Pszczyna Artistic Open-Airs. The cast of the monument was made by Gliwice Technical Equipment Plant.
6. Zagroda Żubrów
Bison Show Farm in Pszczyna – bison breeding, open to visitors. It is located in Pszczyna, in the historic Pszczyna Park, in the part called "Zwierzyniec Park". It consists of two pens with a total area of approx. 10 ha with infrastructure, m.in feeders, quarantine pens and feed warehouses.
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