Cemetery

Old protestant graveyard in Borsigwerk (Bozywerek).

 

 

Sunset in Biskupice

Biskupice is a district of Zabrze, industrial town neighbouring to Gliwice. Photos below were taken on our way back from Bozywerek.

 

"Jadwiga" Cokery

Heritage of August Borsig is alive not only at workers estate. "Jadwiga" Cokery, founded by A. Borsig as last of his great investmets in Zabrze is still producing coke. More history here (in english and in polish), our photos below.

Forms of life

Bozywerek is a living place. Nowadays it's rather cheap district - more than a hundred years ago "familoki" - the workers houses had quite a high standard, but very little changed from these times. I decided to add some info in english (see below the photos).











Settlement Borsig (Germany: Siedlung Borsigwerk, Silesian: Bozywerek) - workers' housing estate for employees of mining-metallurgical works, belonging to the German manufacturer, August Borsig was built in the years 1863 - 1871 to the south of the nearby coal mine "Hedwigswünsch" ( "Hedwig Wish"), "Ludwigsglück" ("Luck of Louis") and launched in 1863 years steelworks. It is currently a part of today's district of Zabrze - Biskupice.

At the same time as houses similar to each other and farm buildings, also a school, houses for teachers, park, gym as well as evangelical chapel and cemetery were built. In later years there have been built two kindergartens.

At those times standard of flats was very high. They numbered an average of 55 square meters, have kitchen facilities and even up to 3 chambers, outside the apartment - on the stairwell were WC and access to running water. The buildings of the estate consisted of over 50 two-storey houses, traditionally made from red bricks "familoki". The shape of the estate appointed by the geometric arrangement of buildings and streets designed to be symmetrical and balanced.

The northern part of the estate, of a better standard and a different form, was intended for senior staff.

Currently, Borsigwerk is one of the most unique of the patronage settlements (build by plant or mine owner for its workers) on Upper Silesia, however less known than Nikiszowiec and Giszowiec settlements in Katowice.

Source: Wikipedia (in Polish). Sorry for awkward translation

Familok - by offspring

Ola as usually made single photo. Quite good for 3.5yo, isn't it? (Ok, she also wanted to shoot ladybird with mummy's help, but after that she made the flowers completely unaided and instantly run away)

Bozywerek revisited

Another visit and B&W look at Borsig settlement (some more info in Polish)

Old cemetery:

Inside the "familok" (red brick house for worker's families):

Doors:

Cemetery again:

Bozywerek and its inhabitants

We met very kind family during shooting at Bozywerek, living in a hause adopted from old kindergarten. They invited us into their backyard.
Kindergarten was one of facilities made for workers families.

Thank you Dawid and Bogunia for invitation. We will be happy to visit your neighbourhood again.






And this is Dawid, his wife Bogunia, and 1,5yo Paulinka

Bozywerek

Bozywerek is a name of workers estate in Zabrze-Biskupice. It was built for coal miners and steelworkers in 1863 - 1871. The name comes from german factory owner, August Borsig, it's original german name was Borsigwerk, which was adopted into Polish as Bozywerek.

Ogród botaniczny w obiektywie Oli

Botanical Garden in eyes of our daughter Ola (3 yo). After playing, chasing, looking at flowers and ducks she decided to take some photos.

Latorośl zajmowała się bieganiem, kaczkami, placem zabaw i tym wszystkim, czym dziecko lat trzy w takim miejscu zwykle się zajmuje. Na koniec popołudnia zdecydowała się jednak pstryknąć kilka zdjęć...

Oto widoczek nastrojowy...

Kwiatki ogrodowe...

Łapanie ostatnich promieni słońca...

Ogród botaniczny w Zabrzu - cz. III

Botanical Garden in Zabrze - part III

Ostatnia seryjka - parkowy nastrój, kaczki i pozująca do zdjęcia uśmiechnięta żaba:

Ogród botaniczny w Zabrzu - cz. II

Botanical Garden in Zabrze - part II

Tym razem rzeczywiście troszkę botaniki:

Ogród botaniczny w Zabrzu - cz. I

Botanical Garden in Zabrze - part I

W ogrodzie botanicznym można spotkać różne okazy. Jest flora, jest fauna, są odwiedzający, bywa też orkiestra....

Górnicza Orkiestra Dęta Makoszowy - sympatyczna i nieźle grająca:
Jednym coś wpada w oko, innym w trąbkę:

No i fajrant: