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The oldest church of Ustron and the most unique is st.
Anna’s in Nierodzim as the only wooden sacral site in the
city. Built in 1769 by Antony Goczalkowski’s fund. The
tower was added in 1938. Repaired many times for example
in 1948, 1957, 1966. In 1983 and 1999 the church organ
underwent renovation. In 1997-98 the elevation and
interior was repainted. In 2000 a stand-alone bell tower
with 4 bells was built. It’s a wooden building of
construction, with the presbytery facing west. Windows
shut semicircly , the roof two-fall covered with
Onion-like tower
dome. The interior deserves the most interest, most of all
the late-baroque main altar from the late 18th
century with a sculpture of God Almighty on the and on
the walls of the apse - st. Jacob and st. Joseph along
with angels. Inserted in the altar the painting of st.
Anna Samotrzec from the early 18th century,
repainted. The rococo pulpit comes from the second half of
the 18th century.
In the center of
Ustron at Ignacy Daszynski Street there is st. Clemens
congregation church built in 1787. Its made of stone and
brick without any typical style features. The presbytery
points west. It has a triple-span nave and in it, a
transept ceiling with strong . The windows are enclosed
with a segmented arch and the two-fall roof is currently
covered with copperplate. The square-based bell tower has
semicirclic windows, has a dome and clock. The interior
has been frequently restored for example at the beginning
of the 70ties of the 20th century. The
late-baroque altar from the end of the 18th
century attracts the most attention, with sculptures of
st. Peter and st. Pawel and the baroque-classicistic
pulpit from the 19th century. In 1997 a new
clock was installed in the tower, the church was also
repainted and new lights were installed. In front of the
façade there are two stone figures: one of st. Joseph with
Child, the other of st. John Nepomucen
sculped iat the
end of the 18th century by Waclaw Donay of
Skoczow. An old orphanage adjoins the churches north side
built in 1740, partially torn down in the 1930s. Built of
stone and brick in late-baroque style. The windows have
wave-like ledges. Roof covered with tiles in 1998, two
years later windows were replaced. The a ceiling survived
in the interiors now housing the presbytery.
Between old lime
and birch-trees, not far from Daszysnski Street, you can
find the biggest sacral site in Ustron – the evangelic
church of apostle Jacob the Old built in 1835. The tower
topped by a slander pyramid was built in the years
1856-57. Its clock was exchanged in 1983/84. The first
wooden church in this place was built in 1785. The present
one built of stone and brick doesn’t have any typical
style features. The presbytery is pointed east, its closed
semicirclicly, the two-fall roof is currently covered with
plate. The church has 3 naves, the main nave has a cradle
ceiling. There is also a pulpit with rococo features from
the 18th/19th century and a painting
of the Last Supper from the beginning of the 19th
century and over 200 year old goblets, solder jugs and
candlesticks. In the 1880s and 1890s many repairs have
been conducted like the renovation of the outer elevation
and roof, replacing of the main front doors. The interior
was freshly painted in 1990, according to the design of
Carl Kubal. In 2000 the church has been light. In close
proximity to the north-west of the church there is an old
presbytery from the turn of the 18th and 19th
century. Its made of stone and brick, is storied, has a
cradle ceiling, and a so called “polish rack” roof. When
it comes to the librarian archives the most important
piece is a Bible form the year 1692 published in
Norymberg. In the years 1992/93 the building underwent a
general renovation. An old evangelic school in located
next to the church courtyard. It was built in 1827, torn
down in 1870 and a new storied building which stands to
this day was constructed there. In 1902 a south-east wing
was added. Flattened cradle ceiling remained in the
hallways. The four-fall roof was covered with plate in the
1980s. The building was bought in 1980 and customized to
serve the needs of .At the end of the 90ties repairs of
the attic and hotel part of the building were undertaken.
In the center of
Ustron Lipcowa you can find a church with presbytery. The
church of The Rising of the Holy Cross was built in the
years 1808-1810. Made of stone and brick, lacks typical
style features. Its settled with the presbytery facing
south, with one nave with. The two-fall roof was covered
with copperplate and over the presbytery there is a
smaller, five-fall roof. The roof covering has been
replaced around 1980. The interior has features typical
for the late-rococo period. What draws the most attention
is the main altar with sculptures of st. Peter and st.
Pawel from the 19th century, a stone fount from
the old church, hanging chandeliers from the second half
of the 19th century, and paintings from the end
of the 19th century. In the second half of the
1990s several repairs have been made to the church the
interior and elevation were freshly painted and renovation
work was undertaken of the antique furnishings. The
ground-floor presbytery building with its cradle ceiling
was constructed in 1793. It has a felted roof. In the mid
1990s the it underwent general repairs of the interior as
well as the exchanging of windows. The created chambers
were designated for chapel men meetings.
In the city
center, by the north side of the market some wooden
buildings are located, which are the property of Bronislaw
Palarczyk since 1892, where in December of 1998 a private
ethnographical museum called “the Grey Settlement” was
opened. The facilities are reconstructions of (In situ)
The original wooden building of construction comes from
the year 1768 of which door-frames and two ceilings were
used. The building has a two-fall roof covered with steel.
There is a wooden barn to the west. Both inside and
outside there are rich ethnographical gatherings. |
