Koschentin/Koszecin

From an email from a Ganschinietz relative of Koschentin I discovered a blog specifically about Koschentin or Koszecin as it is now called.  Here is the link that will get you to this interesting site.

Panowie Na Koszecinie by Edward Goszyk And Other Polish Books

I received this book from a cousin.  I already had it but am letting you know about it.  It is a book on the forestry of Koschentin/Koszecin, Poland.  I purchased my book from the author on an earlier trip there.  It was published in 2008.

Another book I received today was Monografia Solectwa Strzebin.  History of the towns of Strzebin, Bagno, Prady, Lazy and Kurzichowe and Bukowice.  The author was Jozef Kochanek and it was published in 2004.

Another book was Koszecinskie Koscioly i Kapliczki by Jan Myrcik.  This book is also a duplicate of one that I had.  It is about the church in Koschentin.

Also a booklet by Jan Myrcik  Called Slask, the Polish dance troupe in Koszecin.

I also received a book with the Hohenlohe genealogy.  It was written by Arkadiusz Kuzio-Podrucki in 2012.

Another about the sports competitions in Koszecin.  Written in 2008, also by Jozef Kochanek.

Pro Memoria Tom I by Jan Myrcik

I was able to receive a recently published book by Jan Myrcik who is the proprietor of a local history museum in Koszecin where a large amount of my ancestors are from.  In this book, the topics of war casualties and fatalities from Koszecin are covered.  It includes the names of many of the participants of various wars, WWI, WWII, and some others in which villagers from Koszecin took part.

I was able to find many of my relatives listed in this book of 108 pages.  The book also includes many letters from the military informing villagers of the loss of the relatives, sons, fathers and so forth who were determined missing and those that had been killed in battle.  The book is written in the Polish language and includes the above mentioned letters, many of which were in the German language.  It included photos of some of those that were killed or missing.  For the Koschentin/Koszecin researcher this book is of great interest.

Castle in Koszecin of the Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen family showing the Silesian musical troupe's
bus.

Koszecin, Koschentin, Birthplace of My Grandmother

The old church is getting a "face-lift"  with a new tan colored roof and door frame.

Isn't it pretty?

Now we are going inside!

Beautiful old wooden churches, originally built with dove-tailed wood rather than nails.  I remember my grandmother made me a doll crib without nails.  Interesting...

The old pipe organ.

The alter.

Beautiful ceilings...

Pretty cemetery all around the church.

"Downtown".

A surprise, spur of the moment visit at the Ulfigs, my Koschentin relatives.

Jan, Theresa, Jan's sister and me in back of the house.

We went to the palace to walk the ground and maybe pick up some souvenirs, but the place was all under renovation.  Here the buses for the Slask performing groups were standing because they had a big concert that night.

The palace under renovations.

Looking for shops.

We found a pigeon house here.

Shoveling coal into the basement for the winter days to come.  Not aren't you glad you don't have to do this?