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Look like nothing's going to change
Everything still remains the same
I can't do what ten people tell me to do
So I guess I'll remain the same
Sitting here resting my bones
And this loneliness won't leave me alone
It's two thousand miles I roamed
Just to make this dock my home .
Otis Redding.
The neo-Gothic bell tower (1889) belonging to the Holy Trinity Parish in Nowy Korczyn, Poland.
Nowy Korczyn is a village located in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, 70 km north-east of Kraków - where the Nida and Vistula Rivers meet.
Established in 1258 by Duke of Cracow Boleslaus the Chaste (Bolesław Wstydliwy), it was once an important trade and political centre of the medieval Poland.
In the latter half of the 14th century, during the reign of Casimir the Great (Kazimierz Wielki), a stone castle was erected in Korczyn, surrounded by a moat.
In the early 15th century the castle was developed by King Ladislaus Jogaila (Władysław Jagiełło), and it became one of the Royal residences. It was here where in 1409 the envoys of the Teutonic Order declared war against the Kingdom of Poland, which resulted in the largest medieval battle in history fought in 1410 on the fields of Grunwald.
During the Jagiellonian Dynasty period, from the 15th century onwards Nowy Korczyn became an important political centre of the Polish Kingdom, with the General Assembly of Lesser Poland being held there. The city was prospering thanks to its numerous breweries, and corn trade.
Its decline started in the 17th century. In 1606 Nowy Korczyn was robbed during the Zebrzydowski’s Rebellion. A considerable part of the town was destroyed by a fire in 1607. During the Swedish Deluge it was plundered by Swedes, Cossacks and Transylvanian troops. During the Northern War in 1702, Nowy Korczyn was pillaged again and burnt down by the Swedes, and has never revived to this day. The medieval castle was pulled down in 1776, as well as the city walls.
The Partitions of Poland at the end of the 18th century, apart from all their other disastrous consequences, additionaly cut off Korczyn from trade routes because of the new state borders emerged, which led to the final downfall of the town. Being devastated by the great fires in 1855 and 1857, Nowy Korczyn eventually lost its city status in 1869.
In the 20th century, during the Great War, Nowy Korczyn reappeared on the pages of history as the Polish Legions under Józef Piłsudski fought here the Russian offensive in 1914. Piłsudski's headquarters were located in Nowy Korczyn.
In 1938 a new bridge was built on the Vistula River near Korczyn, with the aim to cause an economic development of the region by connecting it to the Tarnów area. However, just one year later in 1939 the bridge was blown up by the retreating units of Army Kraków, and has never been rebuilt.
In 1942, the Jewish population of Nowy Korczyn (ca. 3000, which was 70% of the total community) persihed in Holocaust. After losing 3/4 of its pre-war population, for some years it became almost a ghost town.
Today, Nowy Korczyn is a small, forgotten and a little neglected village, with the two old churches and ruins of a synagogue, being the only witnesses of its former glory.
The Holy Trinity Church (Kościół Świętej Trójcy) in Nowy Korczyn, a village in southern Poland, was built between the years 1610 and 1634 in place of the former 15th century church of St. Elisabeth and St. Lawrence, which had gone up in flames in 1608.
The new church built in a mixed Gothic-Renaissance style was consecrated in 1659 by the Bishop of Cracow Andrzej Trzebnicki.
The church is remarkable for its western front with the main portal (1632) in the Mannerist style, Baroque high altar from 1692, vault decorated with stucco ornaments, and a fragment of late-Gothic triptych representing the Mourning of Christ.
A detached neo-Gothic bell tower was added in 1889.
More about Nowy Korczyn.
Teatr Nowy, pl. Teatralny, Zabrze, 22 kwietnia 2013 r.
W powstałym w 1900 r. budynku mieściło się pierwotnie kasyno Donnersmarcków. Po II wojnie światowej był on siedzibą Domu Kultury Huty Zabrze, a od 1959 r. znajduje się tutaj Teatr Nowy.
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Nowy Theatre, Teatralny sq., Zabrze, April 22, 2013
In the building dating from 1900 originally there was the Donnersmarck casino. After the World War II it was the seat of the House of Culture of the Zabrze Steel Mill and since 1959 it has been housing the Nowy Theatre.