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Knapik, Aleksandra: Nieznane materiały źródłowe dotyczące rodziny Wojtychów, ogrodników na usługach Potockich z Krzeszowic w latach 1831-1927
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of a family of gardeners, over a span of almost a hundred years, whose members in succes-
sion were in the seryice of the Potockis from Krzeszowice tending their gardens. The oldest
member of the family, Franciszek, became the main gardener in the Krzeszowice estate of
Count Andrzej Potocki on the strength of a contract signed on i January 1832. He brought
numerous alterations into the grounds, starting, for example, the cultiyation of lemons and
oranges, previously unknown in the area. He was supposed to begin the development of
a landscape garden in the yicinity of the new pałace, which was eventually completed by
his son Adolf, who had been working along with his father sińce 1849. Franciszeks suc-
cessor was trained in the Jagiellonian Uniyersity s botanical garden in Cracow and in the
famous nursery in Medyka. Particularly interesting are archiyal materials attesting to Adolf s
education and training as gardener in the most important nurseries in Europę. Before
taking his post at Krzeszowice, Adolf trained in Penzing, Vienna, Brunn am Gebirge, in
Emil Liebigs company in Dresden, in the higher school of pomology - the Pomologisches
Institut in Reutlingen in Wurttemberg, in the Platz & Sohn company in Erfurt, at the Ecole
d’Horticulture de Versailles in Paris, and at the Horticulture Internationale in Brussels. The
documents preseryed in this archiyal collection are a yaluable source of information on
the high level of expertise of gardeners employed by an aristocratic family. 0
Translated by Joanna Wolańska
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sion were in the seryice of the Potockis from Krzeszowice tending their gardens. The oldest
member of the family, Franciszek, became the main gardener in the Krzeszowice estate of
Count Andrzej Potocki on the strength of a contract signed on i January 1832. He brought
numerous alterations into the grounds, starting, for example, the cultiyation of lemons and
oranges, previously unknown in the area. He was supposed to begin the development of
a landscape garden in the yicinity of the new pałace, which was eventually completed by
his son Adolf, who had been working along with his father sińce 1849. Franciszeks suc-
cessor was trained in the Jagiellonian Uniyersity s botanical garden in Cracow and in the
famous nursery in Medyka. Particularly interesting are archiyal materials attesting to Adolf s
education and training as gardener in the most important nurseries in Europę. Before
taking his post at Krzeszowice, Adolf trained in Penzing, Vienna, Brunn am Gebirge, in
Emil Liebigs company in Dresden, in the higher school of pomology - the Pomologisches
Institut in Reutlingen in Wurttemberg, in the Platz & Sohn company in Erfurt, at the Ecole
d’Horticulture de Versailles in Paris, and at the Horticulture Internationale in Brussels. The
documents preseryed in this archiyal collection are a yaluable source of information on
the high level of expertise of gardeners employed by an aristocratic family. 0
Translated by Joanna Wolańska
Nieznane materiały źródłowe dotyczące rodziny Wojtychów...
73