Wojcieszyn, located in the northern part of the Kaczawskie Foothills, like its neighboring villages along the Skora River (Zagrodno, Uniejowice, Pielgrzymka), has an ancient lineage dating back to the late Middle Ages and likely originating in the 13th century. The local church of St. Stephen dates back in its current shape to the 2nd half of the 17th century and was built for the Evangelicals. Inside, there are two levels of galleries with biblical-themed paintings on the railings. In the vestibule, a stone Romanesque portal from the time of the first church has been preserved, and there are also stone epitaphs from the late 17th/early 18th century.
There was a nearby manor from the 18th century. Only the ruins of its lower floor has survived to this day. Some residential and farm buildings, constructed in a mixed masonry-timber frame structure, serve as excellent examples of traditional rural architecture in this part of the Sudetes. In the village, attention is drawn to miniature windmills, which are part of the local tourist trail ‘Don Quixote’s Fights and Adventures’. The Skora River flows through the village in a picturesque, tree-lined channel, and in the riverbank cuttings, paleozoic shales with inserts of liddites – dark siliceous rocks, are occasionally exposed. The more pronounced elevations to the east and west of the village (Mnisza Górka, Pustak) are small outcrops of Cenozoic basalts – remnants of former volcanoes or volcanic dykes.
Description: Piotr Migoń
