Zalesie, KÅ‚odzko County
Zalesie ( German Late forest ) is a village in the south of the powiat Kłodzki in the Province of Lower Silesia in Poland. It belongs to the municipality Bystrzyca Kłodzka ( Habelschwerdt ), of which it is located five miles northwest.
Geography
Zalesie located south of the Glatzer boiler on the eastern slope of the mountains Habelschwerdter to which it stretching up. Neighboring towns are Stara Lomnica and Szczawina in the north, Szklarka in the northeast, Stara Bystrzyca the southeast, Nowa Bystrzyca in the south, Wójtowice in the southwest and Huta in the northwest. North West of the town runs a five-kilometer long forest path, which was referred to as " Late Walder eternity."
History
Late forest was first mentioned in 1411. It was the parish after Habelschwerdt and belonged to Glatzer country with which it shared the story of his political and religious affiliation. After the Silesian Wars Late Walde came along with the county of Glatz in 1763 with the Peace of Hubertusburg to Prussia. After the reorganization of Prussia belonged since 1815 to the province of Silesia and was first incorporated into the county of Glatz. 1818 was reclassified in the county Habelschwerdt to which it belonged until 1945. 1882 several residents died by a flood, destroyed large parts of the Late forest. 1939 counted 194 inhabitants.
As a result of the Second World War fell Late Walde 1945 as almost all of Silesia to Poland and was renamed Zalesie. The German population was expelled. The new inhabitants were partly displaced persons from eastern Poland. Many of them left Zalesie reproduced below, so that the number of houses and inhabitants declined significantly. 1975-1998 belonged to Zalesie Voivodeship Wałbrzych.
Attractions
- The 1718 in honor of St. Anne consecrated burial chapel is a unique attraction; they do is built of wood and covered with a shingle roof, on which a bell tower is located. The wooden coffered ceiling, the balustrade of the organ loft and pulpit were painted in 1722 with 53 images from the Old and three paintings from the New Testament. The images are labeled with an ancient German and probably originated as a so-called Bible of the Poor. The Renaissance altar from the period around 1620 was probably created for a Protestant church and delivered to the new church of Late forest, where he has been supplemented by some angels and the Coronation of the Virgin. The altarpiece of St. Anna comes from more recent times. In eight small oil paintings, the life of Jesus and the Lord's Supper are presented. In the gable of the porch is an old wood carved Pieta is located.