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Wrocław Churches

Poland Traditions & Interest

Tim Firkowski

Saturday, 15 August 2015

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Some of the churches in the distance.This morning I woke up and the weather was perfect! I slept in late and then took my computer down to the outside seating of the hotel restaurant and had coffee while I worked on my blog posts and organized photos.

After I finished blogging, I drove to the Archives in Wrocław to add to my Archives photo collection. I tried to get in to the building itself, but the guard would not let me in unless I was actually there to do research. I have found that all of the Archives have some kind of guard/sign in.

The Archives are not far from Rynek, so I left my car parked after feeding the parking system first, and walked around the area where there are a number of old churches and buildings.

The most churches here in Wrocław were Evangelical, although now there is also Catholic Churches, a Jewish Synagogue & Greek Catholic. One must remember that the area of Wrocław was part of Germany until after WWII and the Germans were mostly

Wrocław Archives brand of the State Archives,Evangelical. Some of these Evangelical churches were taken over by other faiths.

I walked around the Rynek again to get some more photos. I swear that I have enough photos from all my visits that a computer could build a 3D rendering of the Rynek from the photos.

It only got to 92 F today, that may not sound like a lot, but it has been 97. Today the humidity was lower and there was a good breeze which made it more bearable.

Tomorrow I head to Jelenia Góra for a day trip to meet with family and Jacek Jakubiec who is the museum curator for Dwór Czarne (Black Manor). You may remember from older blog posts how I helped him solve a mystery at the Manor using my families genealogy. You can read about it by clicking here. Start from the post on the bottom, then you can click through to the next post at the bottom of each blog post.

Tower used to watch for oncoming enemies

Interesting Facade.... Look carefully!

Some of the Wrocław University Buildings

Greek Orthodox Church

Lovers Bridge - Locks symbolize they are locked together.

Collegiate Church of the Holy Cross and St. Bartholomew

Cathedral of St. John the Baptist

The Seminary

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Tim Firkowski

I have been doing genealogy research since 2002 & have worked full time as a Professional Genealogist since 2008. I specialize in Polish and American-Canadian Genealogy. As a member of APG, I was the 2010/2011 President of the New England Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists (NEAPG). I have Certificates of Completion for studies in "Foundations of Forensic Genealogy" and "Advanced Forensic Genealogy Techniques". I have been a volunteer librarian at the local Family History Center, and a genealogy research consultant at “Ask the Expert” Ancestry Road Shows. I have traveled to Poland numerous times & researched in churches and archives. At conferences and special events, you may find me dressed up in my Sherlock Holmes outfit, or my Kujawy (the folk costume from the region in Poland where my ancestors came from).