Anna Steuer-Jurek

The article is the subject of Bicmarckhütte industrial complex (now Batory) in Chorzow-Batory in Upper Silesia. It presents both the history of the development of the system, its composition, and above all the composed green areas. Based on an analysis of change and its current status has been determined her rank, both past and contemporary, for the development of the socio-cultural landscape of this industrial area.

Issues relating to the shaping, care and protection of cemeteries are a multi-faceted issue due to the specificity of this type of space. In particular, it is a difficult subject for deserted bands located on the territory of the cultural and national borderland. The article will present two cemeteries, Jewish and Evangelical, created in the 19th century in the area of the modern boundaries of the village of Głogówek in Upper Silesia. These will be compared in order to determine their state of preservation, contemporary cultural reception, value indications and methods of protection. Selected teams, which are now closed, are characterised by a comparable period of their establishment, their location, and their similar surface area. Generally, in the case of both of the cemeteries in the region, there are no churches of denominations in question.

This article addresses issues regarding the protection of the landscape-nature complex in Lipno, which is a remnant of the former deerpark belonging to the princes of Niemodlin. Presented here are both the changes taking place in this specific garden complex, as well as the present state. Also included are the current natural and cultural dangers affecting further changes taking place in it.

This article is devoted to the topic of garden houses, characteristic of buildings in garden architecture in many epochs. In the 19th century, owing to the creator of German culture, they assumed a characteristic form, becoming part of the design trends of that time. The main considerations will include their characteristics, the importance and value in creating 19th-century cultural landscapes against the conditions connected with the gardener’s occupation.

The article covers issues relating to the19th-century buildings which accompanied the park complex, called the gardener’s house. They presented the most important contemporary trends in the formation of residential-park complexes, as well as examples of preserved objects in the former rejencja opolska. It also presents the form, present values, and opportunities for adapting them.