Mysłakowice

Mysłakowice – a large communal village (ok. 5 thousand. residents) on the Łomnica River, between the Łomnickie Hills in the Jelenia Góra Valley and the Karpnickie Hills in the Rudawy Janowickie. The most valuable monument is the palace from the 18th century., which belonged to the Prussian king Frederick William III Hohenzollern and his son Frederick William IV. The latter commissioned the reconstruction of the palace in the neo-Gothic style (it has remained so until today). The palace and the surrounding park create a beautiful complex of historic landscapes. Other sights include the Tyrolean houses in the Tyrolean Colony (Zillerthal) – ok. 50 Tyrolean families settled in Mysłakowice in 1838 r., Evangelical church with 1840 r. with Pompeian columns, monuments: Johanna Fleidla – Protestant leaders in Austrian Tirol in the 30. XIX w., Teodora Donata – co-founder of the Karkonosze Mountain Society (RGV) and Mieczysław Orłowicz (one of three on the Main Sudetes Trail).

Numerous agritourism farms, several hotels and guesthouses.

In Mysłakowice, immigrants from the Tyrolean Ziller Valley rose above 50 houses, the so-called. Streckof – many of them have survived to this day. One- or the two-story house on a rectangular plan consisted of a residential section, stables and barns; the whole thing was covered with a ridge roof. In some buildings, a brick driveway led to the upper floor of the barn. The residential part, made of wooden logs, framed the porch. Wooden balconies are a characteristic feature of Tyrolean houses, supported on richly decorated supports. The balustrades of the balconies are decorated: Carved floral or geometric motifs dominated. The bottom of the railing was finished with a crest cut in the shape of a dovetail.

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