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Głogówek
Głogówek Castle (say "gwo-GOO-vek") is the former seat of the Oppersdorff counts in a small town in Poland's Opole Province, and the place where Ludwig van Beethoven stayed in 1806. He dedicated his Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60 t…
Old towns & squares
Głogówek
From the tower of this town hall a watchman once announced the hours and important news with a trumpet, and in 1625 soldiers passing through the town shot the ball on its tip through in three places. The Renaissance town hall in Głogówek,…
Museums
Głogówek
At the very bottom of the tower was an unlit dungeon with a chain fixed to the wall – and that is where the Prison Tower in Głogówek got its name. This square brick tower next to the Castle Gate is one of the few surviving parts of the tow…
Churches & monasteries
Głogówek
The Loreto House in Głogówek is a copy of the Holy House (Santa Casa) of Loreto, completed in 1630 at the expense of Count Georg III von Oppersdorff and enclosed within the Franciscan church at 3 Klasztorna Street. It is a "church within a…
Churches & monasteries
Głogówek
In 1934 the painter Hans Breinlinger spent 30 days covering the walls of this church with four paintings, and the people of Głogówek paid him 3,000 marks in cash plus free lodging and board. The Holy Cross Church is a half-timbered buildin…
Churches & monasteries
Głogówek
In 1633, during an epidemic, the authorities and townspeople of nearby Prudnik vowed that they and their descendants would forever make pilgrimages to the Loreto House in Głogówek. This faithful copy of the "Holy House" of Loreto in Italy…
Churches & monasteries
Głogówek
St. Bartholomew's Church in Głogówek (say "gwo-GOO-vek"), a former collegiate church, is often called the "Pearl of the Opole Region". Behind its Gothic brick walls and twin towers lies one of the most spectacular Baroque and Rococo interi…