Grobla
A small village in the Nysa Mała Valley in the southeastern part of the Kaczawskie Foothills has valuable historical objects and an interesting environment. Its history dates back to at least the 14th century, although literature also mentions unconfirmed information about a pagan cult centre and a “sacred grove.”
The 15th-century church of St. Anne, located in the centre of the village, is one of the few religious buildings in the region that has preserved its Gothic structure. The interior is accessed through an impressive pointed sandstone portal with three pinnacles. Several partially damaged tombstones of the von Zedlitz family, previously placed in a no longer existing burial chapel, are located by the wall surrounding the church. A damaged stone cross made of local conglomerate, with an engraved image of a knife (sword), interpreted as a reconciliation cross (formerly such crosses were referred to as penitential crosses), is incorporated into the outer part of the wall surrounding the church. It is believed to have been donated by the perpetrator of a crime in the place of the incident.
Near the church stands a palace, created through multiple renovations of the former manor from the 16th century, in its current form since the early 20th century. Behind the palace, there is a naturalistic park covering an area of 1.5 hectares, established in the early 20th century, with a pond. A monumental pedunculate oak grows near the pond. To the west of the village, on the left slope of the Nysa Mała valley, there is the nature reserve “Nad Groblą”. It protects a large concentration of wild service tree (Sorbus torminalis) and also exposures of greenstone rocks with pillow lava structures.
Description: Piotr Migoń
