Stosunek lokalnej społeczności do ochrony walorów zabytkowych i krajobrazowych Kazimierza Dolnego

• Authors: Żurawski Jerzy

Title variants

EN

THE ATITUDE OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO THE PROTECTION OF HISTORIC AND NATURAL VALUES OF KAZIMIERZ DOLNY

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the author is to show problems rankling both the society and services of monuments protection in a small town entered as a whole in a monuments register. Kazimierz Dolny is a unique town; moreover, it has also, for Palish conditions, a long history of conservation protection. The pioneers of conservation services were here activists of the Society for the Protection of the Monuments of the Past which had its circle established in Kazimierz in 1913. The first World War brought about huge devastations in Kazimierz. In the twenty years of the inter-war period the town was not rebuilt. At the end of the thirties Kazimierz was a conglomeration of slumses that emerged fo llo wing poor adaptation of burnt-out and decaying houses and huge buildings which testified former economic and cultural prosperity of the town. Holiday makers and artistic Bohemia coming to Kazimierz for its natural charm and monuments did not bring the latter s any advantage. Until now no organisational or economic mechanisms have been put into operation that would let the society to accept in full undoubted historic values of the town. 14 years after the retirement of K. Sieiński conservation services in Kazimierz were brought to life anew. It was in 1972. On that occasion the local Museum was entrusted with the protection of the historic town and landscape complex. A disquieting fact is an increased number of the phenomena threatening the Palish cultural heritage, just to mention some o f them, such as non-re cognition of the need to enter into a monuments register buildings owned by private persons, the questioning of the decisions on historic values of certain buildings, purposefulness of state expenditures on repair of some of the monuments and fina lly the protection of the monuments destroyed to a high degree. Most of the society protests sharply against the rescue of wooden houses and farm buildings and small wooden architectural structures. Also, major outlays on archaeological, architectonic, conceptual and historic studies give rise to doubts.. Campaigns aimed at the popularization of monuments protection and explaining a complexity of conservation problems have not brought about any expected changes in the social attitude. When trying to adapt an old building to new requirements the individual owner of the building in a historic town has to bear high additional costs such as an individual design proceeded by recording, expensive and hardly available construction materials and high labour costs. Bigger expenses w ill have also to be borne wihen raising new buildings in conformity with the requirements set for new architecture to fit into the ex istin g natural interiors of the town. Part of the historie buildings in the town loses its social utility, just as a mode of life and earning of the local population has changed significantly; some professions do not ex ist any longer, others- just die out. Unfortunately, the presented outlook on the possibility to win the local community of Kazimierz for the cause of the town’s restoration is very pessimistic. The author based this outlook on his ten-year experiences from the work in the surroundings of a small historic town. Undoubtedly, this problem may look quite d ifferently in larger towns and large old-town complexes. Therefore, the author suggests that new system and legal solutions should pay attention to a specific and complex nature of small historic towns where one has to do mostly with private ownership. With these changes in mind, wthen repairing private historic buildings the author would favour an adequate system of non-repayable subsidies and tax reductions; in case of new buildings being put up in historic old-town complexes long-term loans should be granted on easy conditions.

Keywords

PL

stosunek mieszkańców do ochrony walorów zabytkowych miasta; ochrona walorów zabytkowych i krajobrazowych Kazimierza Dolnego; Kazimierz Dolny; dzieje odbudowy miasta; konserwator Karol Siciński; podejście lokalnej społeczności do rewaloryzacji miasta; problemy małego zabytkowego miasta

• Publisher: Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa
• Journal: Ochrona Zabytków
• Year: 1983
• Issue: 1-2
• Pages: 14-17

Dates

published

1983

Contributors

author

Żurawski Jerzy

• mgr, Muzeum Kazimierza Dolnego

Identifiers

ISSN

0029-8247