Overview

Church buildings have their own reach history. Tsarist government took Augustinians of Krasnystaw their old church and monastery, which were funded by Władysław Jagiełło. The monks were built new living quarters with a small temple as compensation, on the outskirts of the city. One-storey monastery was built about 1826 according to Wawrzyniec Ziółkowski's design. Next to it an outbuilding was placed. The church was put up in 1837 – 1839. A bell tower according to Marconi’s design, raised at the same time as a temple, collapsed in 1993. It was rebuilt in 1996 and incorporated into the extended church.

Augustinians stayed in it until the dissolution of the convent. Then the church and the monastery were given to Unicis firstly and after 1875 to Orthodox. They were using the complex until 1917, when it came back to Catholics. The temple became a rector's church.
After the occupation of Krasnystaw by Germans in 1939 the captain of the wehrmacht was appointed as a commandant of the town. His quarters were created in the monastery. He was making decisions about the functioning of the town, because functionality of the municipal authorities was suspended.

In 1948 the monaster was taken away from Catolics and an orphanage was placed there (until recently, the children's home). Next a pedagogical library and an educational and vocational clinic were located there. In 1991 this building was restored to Catholic church as a presbytery.

On 3rd April 1984 bishop of Lublin Bolesław Pylak signed a Decree of TheEration, by virtue of which a new parish dedicated to the Holy Trinity was separated from the parish of St. Franciszka Ksawerego.

Augustinian Church of the Holy Trinity in its history was a temple of three denominations: Unicis, Orthodox and Catholics.

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The former men’s gymnasium

The building administrated by Special School and Educational Centre has got quite rich history and at the same time important for the national identity of the society of Krasnystaw. It was built at the beginning of the last century for the purpose of a casino for the officers of the tsarist garrison. During the period of intense fighting for Krasnystaw in the summer 1914 and in the summer 1915 military lazerat was located there. On January 3rd 1917 Austrian occupation authorities agreed to open a men's gymnasium for young people from Krasnystaw. It was the first Polish Real Gymnasium in Krasnystaw. It functioned for many years and over time girls also could study in this school. The first director of the Men's Gymnasium in Krasnystaw was a Polish officer, captain of Austro-Hungarian army Jan Wowczak. It is a classic example of the numerous presence of our compatriots in the uniforms of the armies of the partitioning states on almost every fronts of World War I. During World War II German occupiers closed the gymnasium, because Polish childern were not allowed to educated themselves more than in public school and vocational school. Over the period of the German occupation the garrison headquarters were located here. After war students came back to this building again. Special School and Educational Centre of the name of Maria Doroszewska began functioning here in 1968.

The manor complex

In the mid-nineteenth century, the lands of the complex belonged to the nearby Roman Catholic parish of St. Francis Xavier. The former manor house was erected in the first half of the nineteenth century. It was built in the classicist style, facing south. It is wooden, plastered and has a basement with a four-column portico from the front. In 1865 the tsarist authorities confiscated the property, that came under the control of the empire's treasury, specifically the authorities of the governorate. It was leased first to the Dziewicki family, who lived in Krasnystaw for many years. After the stay of the Dziewicki family, a souvenir in the form of a modest building was left in our city. It is the grave of the family in the parish cemetery in Krasnystaw. The last tenants were the Radomyski family. Henryk Radomyski served as the mayor of Krasnystaw. He was arrested by Germans and murdered at the Lublin Castle in February 1942. After 1944, the manor land was parceled out and the buildings were handed over to various institutions. The government estate "Starostwo Krasnostawskie" consisted of two manors before the war: „Starostwo”, on the territory of which the manor house stood and the grange "Rońsko". Currently, the manor house has undergone a thorough renovation and since October 2015 it has been the seat of the Center for Social Integration.
  • The manor complex
  • Sikorskiego 10, 22-300 Krasnystaw

The castle in Krupe

It is considered as the largest castle in Poland. It was erected on the eastern side of the Vistula River. The castle was built and expanded at the end of the XVI century on the site of the former family seat of the Krupski family by the Chełm chamberlain Paweł Orzechowski, coat of arms Rogala. It was expanded in 1604 – 1608. The castle was in the hands of the Orzechowski family until 1644. This historical building was located on a platform similar to a rectangle. An ensemble consists of the proper castle and the castle boroughs. These buildings form a closed fortified circuit. It is made of stone and brick. The castle proper is located in the western part and separated by an internal moat, included in the perimeter of the defensive walls with bastions on the north-east and south corners. In the area of castle boroughs there was once an economic courtyard with buildings and the main entrance from the north-east with a drawbridge and a gate. The castle was destroyed in 1648 – 1660 during the Cossack invasion and the Swedish Deluge. Since the second half of the XVIII century, the castle has been in ruins.

The town hall

The town hall is a flagship building in every city center. Soi t is in Krasnystaw. Archeologine research indicates that it was originally located in the middle of the town square. Burned down during the great fire of Krasnystaw which took place in 1878. The current town hall is a building from the beginning of the twentieth century. This is evidenced, for example, by postcards from Krasnystaw made in 1914, on which it is just visible. On websites it is erroneously stated that the town hall was built in the interwar period. However, it is only true that in the interwar period in 1928 it was rebuilt after serious destruction caused by the battles for the town in August 1914 and in July 1915. In recent years, the façade of the building has been restored.