These are replicas of three brick crofts from the late 18th and early 19th centuries built with contemporary materials. The buildings, arranged in rows with their gable to the road, recreate the typical spatial layout of old villages, the so-called ‘ulicówka’ (linear settlement). Each of the crofts forms a yard enclosed by a wall with an entrance gate and a wicket. One complex was set up to resemble the farm of the sołtys (chief village official) of a German village in the Sącz lands area. It consists of two buildings: a residential house, a stable, and a farm shed under one roof and a cellared granary parallel to it. The buildings are brick, plastered and whitewashed. The roofs are covered with ceramic tiles. The interior was furnished to resemble the home of a middle-class German colonist family from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. It differs from Polish country house interiors; its character is similar to that of burgher residences. The living area consists of an entry hall, kitchen, main room, and annexe. The room was meant to be elegant; children were not allowed inside it. There is a set of black burgher furniture, solid beds, and chairs from a bentwood furniture factory. On a table under the window is a gramophone with a loudspeaker and vinyl records. The adjoining room is a more modestly furnished annexe. There are two large wardrobes, wicker travel baskets, and a cradle. There are a few interesting trinkets here: an album from Austria-Hungary, a walking stick with metal plates depicting German urban architecture, and a doll from the 1930s that belonged to the daughter of the last pre-war wójt of Stadła. In the kitchen is a large brick oven with a hearth under sheet metal and a chimney smoke exit. The white sideboard contains tableware and everyday objects. A lot of the items are of factory-made, including kitchen equipment modern for the time, such as the meat and poppy seed processors. The kitchen and entry hall are adjacent to the stables, which can also be accessed directly from the courtyard. The stable’s floor is made of round pieces of wood. It has a spacious section for cows and, on the opposite side, for a horse. By the entrance, there is a hanging cot for the farmhand. A shed for carts and sleighs, as well as agricultural tools and machinery, has been added to the stable on the side of the gable.
Gołkowice Dolne crofts
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