Upper Park - Votive cross
Votive cross.
Upon reaching the Upper Park, we can choose three routes for our walk. The first leads beyond the bridge on Iron Street to the left, past a viewpoint previously called "Cosmos", next to a weir towards the Rear Bóbr, surrounding the Pheasantry, along the escarpment. The second path starts from Forest Street (a side street parallel to Iron Street), which after two hundred meters takes us directly to the fork where all three paths meet. The third route starts from the Żagań train station and heads left, slightly downhill, directing towards the north-east. After five hundred meters, we reach a fork where, on a small elevation made of fieldstone and granite, there is a reconstruction of a votive cross (the previous one was destroyed and dismantled at the beginning of the nineteen eighties of the twentieth century), surrounded by barriers for safety (due to the gorge leading down to the Bóbr river). The votive cross was funded by Duchess Dorota Talleyrand-Périgord on the tenth of October, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three as a sign of her safe return from a long European journey to Żagań. On the sandstone arm of the votive cross at the back, there's an inscription: HEIMKEHR (homecoming). On its front side, the date one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three is displayed (in gilded letters, as are the edges of the cross). At the base of the cross on its plinth, there is an inscription in both German and Polish: "The ERECTION OF THIS CROSS was vowed upon embarking on a distant journey and it was erected after a safe return, giving thanks to God and fulfilling the made vow" DOROTA, DUCHESS OF ŻAGAŃ etc. etc. etc. The replication and restoration of the cross were entrusted to Tomasz Filar's workshop by the order of the Żagań City Office, and a sightseeing path was also laid out. It should also be added that the earlier Votive Cross was located near the road and the bridge leading through the Pheasantry to the palace, called the bridge of King of Prussia Frederick William the Fourth (which no longer exists) across which the king would often enter, heading towards the Palace Park and the palace.
Upon reaching the Upper Park, we can choose three routes for our walk. The first leads beyond the bridge on Iron Street to the left, past a viewpoint previously called "Cosmos", next to a weir towards the Rear Bóbr, surrounding the Pheasantry, along the escarpment. The second path starts from Forest Street (a side street parallel to Iron Street), which after two hundred meters takes us directly to the fork where all three paths meet. The third route starts from the Żagań train station and heads left, slightly downhill, directing towards the north-east. After five hundred meters, we reach a fork where, on a small elevation made of fieldstone and granite, there is a reconstruction of a votive cross (the previous one was destroyed and dismantled at the beginning of the nineteen eighties of the twentieth century), surrounded by barriers for safety (due to the gorge leading down to the Bóbr river). The votive cross was funded by Duchess Dorota Talleyrand-Périgord on the tenth of October, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three as a sign of her safe return from a long European journey to Żagań. On the sandstone arm of the votive cross at the back, there's an inscription: HEIMKEHR (homecoming). On its front side, the date one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three is displayed (in gilded letters, as are the edges of the cross). At the base of the cross on its plinth, there is an inscription in both German and Polish: "The ERECTION OF THIS CROSS was vowed upon embarking on a distant journey and it was erected after a safe return, giving thanks to God and fulfilling the made vow" DOROTA, DUCHESS OF ŻAGAŃ etc. etc. etc. The replication and restoration of the cross were entrusted to Tomasz Filar's workshop by the order of the Żagań City Office, and a sightseeing path was also laid out. It should also be added that the earlier Votive Cross was located near the road and the bridge leading through the Pheasantry to the palace, called the bridge of King of Prussia Frederick William the Fourth (which no longer exists) across which the king would often enter, heading towards the Palace Park and the palace.