Historic sites
palace with a park and a pond, former seat of the Counts Larisch and Thun-Hohenstein, today with a vineyard
Churches and monasteries
wooden church from the 1770s on the Wooden Architecture Trail
Places of remembrance
an obelisk marking the resting place of about 130 victims of the Zebrzydowice labour camp
Churches and monasteries
Baroque chapel from 1776 next to the palace, founded by the Harasowski family
Cemeteries and monuments
a bench with a bronze figure of the "Good Lady of Kończyce", by Karol Badyna
Things to do in Kończyce Wielkie: a Baroque palace with a park, the wooden Church of St Michael, a palace chapel and a countess's bench.
Kończyce Wielkie lies in the Hażlach commune, in Cieszyn Silesia. The palace with its park makes the strongest impression, but the village also has one of the biggest wooden churches in the region and a memorial to the victims of a labour camp.
The palace, the chapel and the countess's bench. The palace and chapel are neighbours on Zamkowa Street, and the bench stands by the path towards the palace, so one walk covers everything.
The palace at Zamkowa 20 is Baroque according to the monument register, and historical accounts mention rebuildings in the spirit of French Baroque with Classical elements. A landscape park with an artificial pond surrounds it. The first noble seat was built in the early 15th century by the Kornic family, then the village belonged to the Mniszech, Karwiński and Bludowski families, and in the early 17th century passed to the Wilczek family. Beside it stands the Chapel of Divine Providence of 1776, Baroque and built of brick, funded by the Harasowski family. In 1893, on the occasion of the wedding of Gabriela, née Larisch von Mönnich, to Count Felix von Thun und Hohenstein, it was modernised and given a Classical interior.
The last owner of the palace is remembered by the monument to Gabriela Thun Hohenstein, a bronze bench unveiled on 27 October 2019. Karol Badyna made the sculpture, and a health trail leading towards the palace was laid out around it. Locally the countess was called the Good Lady of Kończyce. More places are collected under architecture in Kończyce Wielkie.
The Church of St Michael the Archangel at Kościelna 16 is one of the largest wooden churches in Cieszyn Silesia. It was entered on the monument register in the 1950s and lies on the Pszczyna loop of the Wooden Architecture Trail.
The parish is mentioned in the Peter's Pence register of 1335. The present church dates from the late 18th century, and inside stands a Rococo font from 1737. More such places appear in solo places in Kończyce Wielkie.
On Kościelna Street stands an obelisk commemorating prisoners murdered in the labour camp in Zebrzydowice. It is the resting place of about one hundred and thirty victims of German crimes from 1939-1945.
Those who died in the camp were mostly Jews from Western Europe, among them prisoners from the Netherlands. Detailed numbers and names are lacking, so the data are worth comparing with studies by museums and the Institute of National Remembrance. The obelisk was put up by Antoni Opioł, a former prisoner of Dachau, Gusen and Mauthausen, together with the head of the local school. The place calls for silence and respect.
In the Hażlach commune in Cieszyn Silesia. The main monument is the palace on Zamkowa Street.
The last owner of the palace and estate in Kończyce Wielkie, called the Good Lady of Kończyce in the area. Her bronze bench was unveiled in 2019.
Yes, the Church of St Michael the Archangel from the late 18th century, one of the largest wooden churches in Cieszyn Silesia.
About one hundred and thirty prisoners murdered in the labour camp in Zebrzydowice during the Second World War.
