Dom wypoczynkowy księży polskich „Maksymówka” w okresie Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej
Polish Priests Holiday House “Maksymówka” during the Second Polish Republic

Summary/Abstract: When Poland regained its independence in 1918, there was a need to launch a fight for the health of polish citizens, mainly the elimination of omnipresent tuberculosis. The state was not able to afford the intensive creation of preventive health care system by building medical infrastructure. In such circumstances, many holiday houses, health houses, and even sanatoriums were built and maintained under voluntary taxation of citizens.Polish priests also participated in this nationwide process by organizing the so-called “Księżówki”, holiday houses, where they could rest and improve their health condition. One of these centers was established in 1927 in the village of Maksymówka, in the Eastern Borderlands of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, within the Stanisławów deanery of the Lviv Archdiocese.

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