Museums
the writer's home with mementos, manuscripts and paintings in an 18th-century manor complex
Churches and monasteries
15th-century Gothic church above the Brennica, with a bat colony in a Natura 2000 area
Churches and monasteries
Franciscan monastery of 1990-1998 on the former Kossak estate
Churches and monasteries
Evangelical church from 1984 built around a cemetery belfry from 1908
Museums
ruins of the Kossak family's Baroque manor from 1734 and a cultural centre in a park with an avenue of limes and oaks
Things to do in Górki Wielkie: the Zofia Kossak-Szatkowska museum, the ruins of the Kossak manor, a Gothic church with bats and a monastery.
Górki Wielkie lies in Cieszyn Silesia, and its character is shaped by the Kossak family and the writer Zofia Kossak, who lived here in the manor complex. Add three places of worship of different denominations, and the route links literature with the history of religion.
Three places: the writer's museum, the ruins of the Kossak manor and the church beside which her grave lies. The museum and the manor ruins neighbour each other in the same complex.
The museum occupies the gardener's cottage in the 18th-century manor complex, at Stary Dwór 2. The writer lived in it in 1957-1968, and the museum was founded in 1970, when her husband, Major Zygmunt Szatkowski, began opening the house to visitors. Today it is a branch of the Museum of Cieszyn Silesia and a good rainy-day choice. Of the Baroque manor of 1734, built on the initiative of Hieronim Marklowski, only ruins remain; in 1922 the estate was bought by Tadeusz Kossak. The grounds now serve culture: painting workshops, theatre performances and concerts take place here. Many similar places are gathered under architecture in Górki Wielkie.
Three: the Gothic Church of All Saints, the Franciscan monastery and the Protestant Church of the Apostle John. Each represents a different era and tradition, so together they show how layered the history of this area is.
The Church of All Saints at Pod Zebrzydkę 4 dates from the 15th century and stands on the right bank of the Brennica. It is on the monument register and is additionally protected by a Natura 2000 area, because bats live in the attic. Beside the church is a cemetery with the grave of Zofia Kossak. The Franciscan monastery is a young complex from 1990-1998, built next to the manor where the writer lived; the parish of St John Sarkander operates by it. The Protestant Church of the Apostle John from 1984 stands in a cemetery established in 1858 and grew out of a chapel that was once a bell tower from 1908. Other such places are described under churches and monasteries in Górki Wielkie.
In the gardener's cottage of the manor complex, which now houses the museum. She lived there in 1957-1968.
The ruins of a Baroque manor from 1734. The grounds now host cultural events.
Because bats live in its attic. The church is also a Gothic monument from the 15th century.
Yes, the Church of the Apostle John from 1984, in the Protestant cemetery, belonging to the parish in Brenna-Górki.
