This year's anniversary of the Reconciliation Mass at Krzyżowa had a more modest and cosy character - mainly due to the pandemic in the country. The Board of the Krzyżowa Foundation celebrated this important jubilee on 15 November with its closest partners, the co-hosts of Krzyżowa: Mrs. Teresa Mazurek - the Head of the Świdnica Municipality and Mr. Piotr Fedorowicz - the Head of the Świdnica District. The Consul General of Germany in Wrocław, Mr. Hans Jörg Neumann, accepted the invitation of the Board of the Foundation and the authorities of the municipality and the district and took part in the solemn meeting in the House on the Hill in Krzyżowa.
Read more: 32nd anniversary of the Reconciliation Mass. Meeting in the House on the Hill - Krzyżowa, 15.11.2021
The Reconciliation Mass is probably the most important event with which Krzyżowa is associated. It was celebrated on 12 November 1989 in the courtyard of the current ”Krzyżowa” Foundation and had an international and unprecedented character. The mass was attended by the heads of two states – Poland and Germany – Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki and Chancellor Helmut Kohl, who, while exchanging a sign of peace, embraced each other in a telling gesture, captured in photographs as a symbol of Polish-German reconciliation.
This event became an important step on the way to building friendly Polish-German relations and establishing the “Krzyżowa” Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe. In remembrance of it, we would like to invite you to take a walk around our courtyard which years ago was a venue for thousands of participants of the Reconciliation Mass. Its story is told by Aleksandra Królak-Wąsowicz.
Read more: 32. Anniversary of the Reconciliation Mass at Krzyżowa
The VI Lower Silesian Civic Congress took place on 27 October in Krzyżowa. Once again, representatives of non-governmental organisations gathered in the largest hall of the venue. Approximately 200 people listened to opening speeches and guests' speeches, and then took part in thematic panels.
Krzyżowa has been hosting a congress for representatives of the third sector in our region for several years now. This year, the motto of the meeting was "New reality - new perspective. The congress was officially opened by Maria Mika, president of the Lower Silesian Federation of NGOs, Robert Żurek, PhD, managing director of "Krzyżowa" Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe and Cezary Przybylski, Marshal of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Read more: ||REPORT|| VI Lower Silesian Civic Congress - Krzyżowa, 27 October 2021
We invite you to watch a series of 14 films about Krzyżowa and our foundation. Films They were made in the spring of 2021 mainly for young people who cannot visit us in person during the pandemic, but with whom we meet on the occasion of various online events. Thanks to the films, everyone from everywhere in the world can see the space and surroundings of our foundation, get to know its activities better and learn many interesting things about the history of the village of Krzyżowa. The guide is supposed to be mainly an educational tool used in work with young people, but, like the guide, it is also addressed to tourists who are always welcome in our historic palace and farm complex with a view of the Owl Mountains.
Read more: Film Guide to Krzyżowa
