In article I propose taking a look at the Mount Ślęża in Poland in the context of Pierre Nora’s lieux de mémoire concept. Ślęża is an important heritage site as although it has been the topic of many studies and scientific investigations, interest in this unusual mountain goes well beyond scientific discourse. This paper focuses on not only what Ślęża meant to prehistoric people but mainly on its contemporary significance, with specific attention to the various functions that it fulfils today. By revealing the breadth of discourses on Ślęża and highlighting its vitality and relevance in the lives of many people, it also attmpts to put forward a dialogue between archaeologists, heritage professionals and groups holding alternative views on the current meaning or role of the Mount Ślęża.
On the example of a diary fragment describing a May journey from Breslau to Zobten in Lower Silesia it should be shown, that the diaries of the German writer Eichendorff are not a simple mimetic records (as it was assumed by the researchers), but intentedly constructed diary pieces. According to the rule: „Das ewig wandelbare Neue mit dem ewig Bestehenden zu vermitteln und somit erst wirklich lebensfähig zu machen“ constructs or deconstructs Eichendorff on the Zobtenmountain a symbolic landscape of Christian origin, which could suit to a different perception of Eichendorffs generation. The whole Zobtenregion including the moving and perceiving subject is being projected as a landscape garden, which transmits old, conservative subjects in a new way.
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