In the village Przeclaw are:
Gothic church of St. Jacob built in the early fourteenth century of stone. Inside the church altar at the beginning of XVIIwieku, Renaissance baptismal font in 1596 and the tombstones from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
The ruin of the Evangelical church built in 1769
Baroque parsonage from 1770 (now a residential house).
In the village Gościeszowice is a historic Gothic church built in the second half XIII century. Surrounded by a wall with the historic gate. For late-Gothic tower of the church was built, and the Classicist chapel burial (about 1800 years) with wmurowanymi the wall renaissance tombstones.
The church has a shoulder pulpit, altar in the form of a triptych of 1505 r, the choir from 1592
The text above is derived from the information board in front of the church.
The palace was built for the Promnitz family in 1670-1674. A Sas minister Henryk von Brühl bought Brody in 1740 and developed the town, the park and the palace (1741-1749).
The palace was set on fire in 1758 and the garden surrounding it was devastated. The whole complex became the property of the Prussian rulers. Fryderyk August von Brühl (Henryk’s son) had regained the palace and rebuilt it.
National holiday celebrated on 11 November to commemorate Poland's regaining independence in 1918, after 123 years of partitions Polish made by Russia, Prussia and Austria-Hungary.
To commemorate the independence Poles hang out flag, and cities are organized official celebration.
Here are the photos taken during the celebration of Independence Day in Żary
On the 12th of October during Artistic Exhibition Salon in Żary a vernissage of 8th Photography Campaign took place. The campaign was called “The 24th of August… in Żary” and was conducted within Ż’ART. 34 photographers have depicted the life of Żary and its habitants.
This is the autumn in Żary :)
The exposition is located in the cellar of the Lubuska Land Museum.
Except for the exhibits of replicas of medieval and modern torture tools there are also graphics of an illustrator Robert Jurga. Except for the visual effects depicting the system of executing judgements and torture methods to the visitor there are also sound effects: readings of judgements and moans of convicts.
In XVI century in Zimna Brzeźnica a defense manor was built for the family of von Haugwitz. At the end of XIX century the building burnt. In its vicinity in XIX century the family of von Heuthausen built a classicistic palace and manor. The palace was rebuilt several times.
After World War Two the palace was a part of PGR (State Agricultural Farms) – it held apartments and office areas. Ever since it was falling into ruin.
Not far from the frontier crossing point there is a Łużycki Heritage Park and an Inn.
Due to the fact that on the day of our visit the heritage park was closed we decided to visit the Inn. We were delighted by the interior of the Inn.
On the occasion of 100th anniversary of Żagań railway station a family picnic was organized. During this event an exhibition of souvenirs could be seen as well as a restored locomotive from 1918 or the staging of “the Great Escape” of war prisoners by train. An additional attraction was the possibility to look inside the locomotives: kids could feel like a train driver :)