„Miasto-ogród” Żarki. Historia
“Garden City” of Żarki. The history

Author(s): Dorota Malczewska-Pawelec
Subject(s): History, Local History / Microhistory, Recent History (1900 till today), 19th Century, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: garden city; Second Republic of Poland; Karol and Stefania Raczyński; Żarki; parcelling out; Polish history
Summary/Abstract: The book presents the history of founding of a summer resort, at present known as Żarki Letnisko, located in the Jura Krakowsko-Częstochowska region. The settlement is a very rare example of a successful subdivision of manorial land in the interwar Poland with a view to create a “garden city”, comparable to that of Podkowa Leśna near Warsaw. The process of developing the “garden city” of Żarki is presented against a broad backdrop of ideological, social, and economic transformations taking place in the Second Polish Republic. The book also portrays the founder of the “garden city” of Żarki – Karol Raczyński from Złoty Potok, as well as his wife Stefania and his most famous ancestors coming from aristocratic families of Krasińscy, Braniccy and Raczyńscy. Furthermore, the general concept of “garden city” is discussed, along with its evolution and reception on the Polish lands.

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