Paszkówka: Palace, Palace Park and Church Art

This can help you decide whether to focus your stay more on architecture and park design, or on church art and a route. The following features offer specific guidance.

Palace and palace park from different periods

The surviving Neo-Gothic palace in Paszkówka was built between 1865 and 1870 by Leonard and Ludwika Wężyk. The palace park dates from the second half of the 18th century and is designed in the Baroque and geometric styles. This means the park predates the palace. The two dates offer different points of reference for the history of the place: the older park design on the one hand, and the 19th-century palace construction on the other.

The palace park includes trees of monumental size, estimated to be 200 to 300 years old. These include lime trees, oaks, maples and ash trees. A hornbeam avenue has also been preserved. Together with its geometric Baroque design, the trees and avenue give the park additional, clearly distinct features. If you are interested in landscape and architectural history, you can also consider the garden and palace in terms of their different periods of origin.

Church art in Paszkówka

The interior walls and vaults of the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord are decorated with Art Nouveau polychrome paintings. They were designed by Jan Matejko and executed by his student Antoni Gramatyka. Polychromy refers to multicoloured decoration; here, it covers the walls and vaults of the church interior. This extensive decoration differs from the individual historical objects that are also part of the furnishings.

A figure of an apostle dates from the 14th century, and an image of the Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus dates from the 16th century. There are also Baroque sculptures of Saint Anne and Saint Joachim, as well as a stone baptismal font from the second half of the 17th century. The objects mentioned therefore span several centuries. For an introduction to the history of art, the church offers both the decoration of its walls and vaults and individual figures, an image of the Virgin Mary, and the baptismal font.

Cycling loop and Stations of the Cross

An approximately 7 km cycling loop starts at the “Pod Dębem” fishing pond in Paszkówka and leads to the historic wooden church in Sosnowice. The distance is approximate for planning purposes. As signage and local conditions may change, check the current directions and conditions on site before setting out.

A Stations of the Cross route leads from the church in Sosnowice to the parish church in Paszkówka. Birch crosses mark the individual stations. The route description therefore has a different focus from the cycling loop: it names churches as the starting and ending points and describes how the crosses mark the way.

Paszkówka’s Neo-Gothic brick church is also part of the proposed archival route of historic religious architecture in the municipality of Brzeźnica. This provides another cultural and historical point of reference for the church, in addition to its described interior furnishings.

When choosing a hotel, you can first consider which of these interests you would like to shape your stay: the different periods in which the palace and park originated, church art, or one of the routes described. This makes it possible to consider Paszkówka as a destination based on specific local interests.

For the broader travel overview: Bęczyn.