PABIANICE

1. Renaissance court, commonly called the „castle”

The most valuable of the Pabianice monuments is the former defensive court of the Krakow Chapter, where the Tenuters and Pabianice starosts resided. The Pabianice Regional Museum with historical and archaeological collections has its headquarters here for years. In the back room of the castle, on the Dobrzynka river, there is currently the park Juliusz Słowacki, founded at the beginning of the 20th century. This small private town operated for a long time in the shadow of the owners’ residence. The wooden court of the chapter had to stand somewhere near today’s castle at least in the first half of the fourteenth century, when the center of the property board was established here. At the turn of the fourteenth and fifteenth century there was a house here – a residence, later called the old one. Perhaps it was here that the canons hosted King Jagiełło and then his son? This building burned down in a fire from 1532. The old house quickly ceased to be enough for canons, because in the years 1510-1513 a new, called the Great was built. Budelce and here was wood. This building also did not survive the test of time, because the ceiling of the Great Hall had to be supported with a pillar and the house, built on boggy ground, began to bend. None of these buildings have lived to have our time.

Instead, the Renaissance residence, erected from bricks in 1565-1571 by the architect Wawrzyniec Lorek. The Pabianice court is a real pearl of the Renaissance in the provincial edition. Together with neighboring buildings, he was surrounded by a defensive oak palisade with a brick tower from the river side. A clock was installed on the tower, which also showed time to the inhabitants of Pabianice. In addition, the defense of the object was strengthened by 2 towers. The manor was also surrounded by a moat filled with water from the river. A mercenary crew and cannons were maintained here to defend the building.
To date, there is nothing left of these fortifications, and the preserved manor gives the impression of a spacious urban tenement house. Within the palisade, there were also, in addition to the residence, including separate kitchen, stables for horses and carriages, brewery, so -called „beekeeping” with hives, prison and bathhouse.
In the 1820s, during the Congress Kingdom, the authorities gave the rooms in the castle free of charge to the workshop coming here to German weats.
A little later, in 1833, the court became the town hall – the seat of the city authorities. Furkot of weaving workshops in former chambers has already symbolized the beginning of a new era – the industry of industrialization.

2. Church Saint. Mateusz and Saint. Wawrzyniec

Opposite the castle stands the second oldest monument of our city: the church of Saint Matthew and Saint Wawrzyniec, who stylishly combines late Gothic and a Renaissance with a baroque interior.

The church was built of brick, on the set of the cross. It is oriented, i.e. the presbytery is located east, three -nave, basilica. In the layout and shape of the solid, it refers to the Romanesque Płock church, but the architect also used elements with Gothic provenance – Szkarp supporting the walls of the building, as well as contemporary, Renaissance, architectural detail in the form of plastered cornice surrounding the building, the peaks of transept and stone portals.

In October 1993, a vote dedicated to the Pope was laid at the main entrance. Under the sculpture-the bust reads: „To the Holy Father John Paul II, the first Pole in the Piotr capital on the 15th anniversary of the pontificate, 1978-1993”. The founder of the sculpture was Father Infułat Lucjan Jaroszka, author Krystyna Solska, and the contractor – the Center for the Polish Sculpture in Orońsko.

3. Evangelical Church of St. Peter and Saint Paul

At the intersection of Zamkowa and Kilińskiego streets there is the only active Protestant temple in our city. This is the Evangelical Church of St. Peter and Saint Paul. Currently, about 150 families from Pabianice and the Ksawerów commune belong to the parish.

In 2002, a large -scale renovation of the church was completed, sponsored, among others by the Association for the Care of the Monuments of Pabianice. Thanks to the thermorenovation of the temple, services can take place throughout the year, and not – as before – with a break from January 1 to Easter.

Due to good acoustics inside the church and historic mechanical organs, after renovation, concerts began to be organized here, which initially took place once a month, and from October this year they will be accumulated in annual festivals.

4. Pastorate

From 1902, the place of residence and office of Pabianice Protestant priest was a brick presbytery slightly east of the church. The first was built in 1828 at the Dobrzynce River, in the former Pastor Garden.

The parish house at 8 Zamkowa Street was erected by the forces and costs of the Evangelical-Augsburg Commune. It is a characteristic example of eclectic architecture with a predominance of neo -Gothic features.
Before the outbreak of the First War, the Lodz branch of the abstinent society (1913) was based in the pasto.
After the Second World War, the building was taken over by the Energy Plant.
At the beginning of 1972, the Polish Tourist and Sightseeing Society of the Pabianicki Branch of Kazimierz Staszewski. In the mid -1970s, the Office of the National Association of Tkacko -Dziawiarski Cooperatives was also organized, and in the 90s financial institutions operated there, in addition, a pastor and several tenants lived.
Currently, part of the rooms is still occupied by the presbytery of the Evangelical Parish, and on the ground floor of the building there is a pharmacy and a parish office.

5. Church Of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Rosary

In 1897, the consent of the Russian tsarist authorities to start
Construction of the temple in the New Town. Construction works began in September 1898. It was conducted by the Pabianice company „Józef Hans”. In 1903, the church was roofed and glazed with stained glass windows made by the company „R. Schlein ”from Saxony. The stained glass window was funded by the industrialist Feliks Krusche over the main altar. On December 20, 1903, a new temple was consecrated. But construction works and the decor continued. In 1904, 49.8 m high towers were erected, and two years later R. Kindler funded all oak door to the church. In 1907, the New Town parish was created.

The church was completely finished only in 1928.
A neo -Gothic style building was created, on a cross plan, from the presbytery directed to the north. The length of the nave is equal to the height of the towers, and the width of the object is 28.4 m. The basilic interior is maintained in the neo -Gothic style. The main altar, dedicated to the Mother of the Rosary, depicting the secrets of the Holy Rosary, was made by his own drawing by the Bogaczyk from Warsaw.

6. Zamkowa 4 Street – Factory with a clock

The high, three -storey brick building with a clock in the center of Pabianice, on the main street of the city, is the so -called „Central weaving room” or „high”. The building of the former weaving and spinning mill erected in 1891. According to the design of Ignacy Markiewicz, it presents a large architectural value, constituting an interesting example of an industrial building from the late nineteenth century. His architecture is harsh, almost monumental, referring to individual details (such as blanking) Middle Ages. Extreme and middle projections are decorated with characteristic turrets. Modern for those times is the solution to the interior design based on six rows of cast iron poles. Until the end of the Second World War, the building was located in the „Krusche and Ender” factory.

During the occupation, the factory worked because its owners signed „Volkslist” (the so -called German national list). After the Second World War, Krusche and Endera factories were nationalized and transformed (after joining about 40 smaller Cotton Industry factories, including the former Kindler factory) in Pabianice, Cotton Industry Plant. In 1955, on the 50th anniversary of the revolutionary struggle and the universal strike, a new name was given – PZPB Fighters of the 1905 Revolution in memory of these events on both sides of the large, typical for industrial buildings from the late 19th century. Factory gate, two plaques were placed: on the left side of 1955 with the newly given name of the plants, and on the right – from 1962 – from 1962 – commemorating workers’ fight for existence and equality in 1905.
Currently, some rooms have been rented for business activities, and most of them are shops.

7. Kindler factory at Zamkowa Street and at Traugutta Street

Zamkowa

In 1859, Rudolf Kindler began independent production. In 1861, R. Kindler began mechanizing the production process. Until the end of the 1870s, most of the area between Dobrzynka and the church was built. There were two single -story residential houses, a mechanical weaving room consisting of a two -story and one -story facility, then finishing units and accompanying facilities – boiler rooms, exchange office, warehouses, etc.
In 1999, a building from the beginning of the 19th century was demolished at Stary Rynek 22.
This object belonging to the first buildings of the Kindlers factory complex was a valuable example of classical architecture. A shop was opened in the remaining post -Fabric Building, currently there is a furniture showroom.

Traugutta

In the second half of the 1970s, R. Kindler began to buy more real estate. His attention was drawn to the district of New Town – „Ogrody”, located west from Ogrodowa Street (today Traugutta). In 1888, a factory company was transformed into a joint -stock company; The Society of Pliedly Products of R. Kindler was established. The founders of the joint -stock company were Rudolf and his sons: Juliusz, Ludwik and Oskar.
From the end of the 1990s to the first years of the 20th century, the company purchased further properties to enlarge the factory areas. Kindlers’ estate stretched to the road leading to Karniszewice, later Side Street (today’s Żeromskiego) and further to Lutomierska Street. Until the outbreak of World War I, 59 factory and residential buildings were established here. Changes were also made in the property over Dobrzynka. In 1907, a modern, two -story assembly of reinforced concrete ceilings was put into use.

In the second half of the 1970s, R. Kindler began to buy more real estate. His attention was drawn to the district of New Town – „Ogrody”, located west from Ogrodowa Street (today Traugutta). In 1888, a factory company was transformed into a joint -stock company; The Society of Pliedly Products of R. Kindler was established. The founders of the joint -stock company were Rudolf and his sons: Juliusz, Ludwik and Oskar.
From the end of the 1990s to the first years of the 20th century, the company purchased further properties to enlarge the factory areas. Kindlers’ estate stretched to the road leading to Karniszewice, later Side Street (today’s Żeromskiego) and further to Lutomierska Street. Until the outbreak of World War I, 59 factory and residential buildings were established here. Changes were also made in the property over Dobrzynka. In 1907, a modern, two -story assembly of reinforced concrete ceilings was put into use.
After the war, the complex of the factory buildings of the former Kindler company was nationalized. The buildings became part of the Pamotex cotton industry as a branch No. 1 of these plants. In the 1960s, the factory was renovated and thus deprived of the characteristic appearance of the nineteenth-century industrial building.
In 2001, investors from Kielce (the company „Echo Investment”) began the construction of a shopping center, which found a Hypernova supermarket with food and industrial products and a shopping mall (with an area of ​​11,000 m2) and a NOMI DIY store (area 3.5 thousand m2) together with the garden and composition of building materials (on a partially covered area of ​​1.7 thousand m2). In the vicinity of stores, a parking lot for 700 cars was organized. The stores were opened the following year.

8. Weaver house

At Św. Jana 20 Street, there is a wooden building popularly called the „weaver house”.
It is multi -story, with a wooden padding structure, having arcaded recesses around the walls, and windows in them. Congress is a gable, pedigree roof. The house was established in the 1920s and 1830s, but the current state is a total reconstruction made in 1974 after a fire fire.

9. Park of Juliusz Słowacki

On the banks of Dobrzynka, in the vicinity of the Pabianice castle there is a city park – an old walking garden in 1901 with over a century of history. Named after Juliusz Słowacki in 1918, in its original version he occupied the area at the left bank of the river and referred to the English gardens. Extended by the right -bank part in 1931 arranged in the years 1935 – 1936 to the French style. During World War II, its name was changed to Pastor Zimmer Park and was intended for use only for the Germans. After the war, a wooden concert shell was built in the park, under which concerts, festivities and rallies were held until the 1980s. Later, the shell burned down and was never rebuilt. In 2015, the park was revitalized and its former climate was largely restored. The park from Zamkowa Street was separated by a tasteful, forged fence with three powerful gates. New flower discounts, changed arrangement of park greenery and reconstruction of the fountain into the shape of its pre -war block have made it easier for us to imagine how the park was looking for a few dozen years ago.

10. MOSIR „LEWITYN”

The areas called „Lewitin” is the former mill settlement with a large pond. In 1910, these lands from the Nawrocki family were purchased by the Society for the Chemical Industry in Pabianice CIBA. A mill, house and other economic facilities stood there. In July 1936, Zakłady Chemiczne sold a settlement to the Levitin family, which hosted here for ten years. In 1946, as a result of agricultural reform, the Lewitin state lost their right to these areas. The new host of „Lewitin” was the repatriate of Zygfryd Gryf-Kuszycki. A few years later, a state -owned farm was created here. After another eight years, the farm was handed over to the Municipal Municipal Economy Enterprise and this is how MOSiR was established. The swimming pool was put into use to the inhabitants of Pabianice in 1966. In 2016, Lewin underwent a partial modernization. Apart from rest in the water, you can practice „under the cloud” in the water, play tennis on discovered courts or in beach volleyball or walk with alleys. The youngest have their playground here.