kluczbork (kreuzburg), upper silesia, PL

at our way home from the polish baltic sea, we've visited the city kluczbork ~ kreuzburg (also creutzburg, creuzburg) in upper silesia (schlesien, slask), poland, PL

 

we've had lunch in the town hall's building in a historic style restaurant and then enjoyed shopping and sightseeing out there ... why town hall? i love the town halls' cellar restaurants and we've been in many different already. this time it was not in the city hall's cellar but 'just' at the ground floor, but at least it was the town hall's restaurant, wouldnt you say? ... why shopping this time? well, my wife coerced me to buy 2 jackets + 4 shirts as she thinks my clothes at home are already kaput. as we have joint accounts, it is rather a question of conviction than question of money, you see? at least we've got a nice tie for free from the pretty shop assistant 👩

what abt some history? well, there were the celts, vandals, slavic folks (esp. polish), germans, ... in 1252 bought the bohemian & austrian knights of the cross with the red star (crusaders of the red star) some lands in wrocLOVE (wroclaw, breslau) and silesia, thus is 1253 (or in some sources 1252) the year of kluczborks birth. this military order was the worldwide only male order founded by a woman, the bohemian princess holy agnes of bohemia (agnes von prag). a princess with a quite interesting CV, which tells so much abt the european medieval king families.

enjoy few pictures:

a nice church in the very city center

town hall + market square in kluczbork (kreuzburg)

on the road to kluczbork

kluczbork castle

town hall + market square in kluczbork (kreuzburg)

city's guardian?

two of us?

castle + red-brick houses

knights of the cross with the red star

few moe pictures here.