Straszecin Parish
Stubenvoll Manor

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ARRIVING AT STUBENVOLL MANOR by Karen Wisniewski, 2006 STUBEN VOLL MANOR by Karen Wisniewski, 2006 Karen Wisniewski, 2006 Karen Wisniewski, 2006 FRONT ENTRANCE by Karen Wisniewski, 2006 ENTRY FOYER by Karen Wisniewski, 2006
ENTRY HALL by Karen Wisniewski, 2006 ENTRY HALL by Robert Zasadni, 2006 BOAR SKIN IN ENTRY HALL by Karen Wisniewski, 2006 DINING ROOM by Karen Wisniewski, 2006 DINING ROOM by Karen Wisniewski, 2006 DINING ROOM by Karen Wisniewski, 2006
2nd FLOOR SITTING ROOM by Karen Wisniewski, 2006 2nd FLOOR DINING AREA by Karen Wisniewski, 2006 2nd FLOOR KITCHEN by Karen Wisniewski, 2006 2nd FLOOR ARTWORK by Karen Wisniewski, 2006 2nd FLOOR ARTWORK by Karen Wisniewski, 2006 SECOND FLOOR BALCONY by Karen Wisniewski, 2006
CELLAR NOOK by Karen Wisniewski, 2006 ARTWORK ON CELLAR STAIRS by Karen Wisniewski, 2006 CELLAR STAIRS by Karen Wisniewski, 2006 STUBENVOLL MAUSOLEUM AT STRASZECIN PARISH CEMETERY by Marek Buras, 2007 STUBENVOLL MAUSOLEUM by Marek Buras, 2007 STUBENVOLL MAUSOLEUM by Marek Buras, 2003

In the second half of the 20th Century, the grounds of Stubenvoll Manor have seldom been viewed by the general public. The property was seized by the communist Polish government at the end of World War II from the Stubenvoll family. The estate became a communized farm (and, in more recent years, an industrial park) but the manorhouse itself was not turned over for any community or civic use. Following the end of the communist era, the manorhouse almost became a massage parlor/bordello called "Paradise", but through the efforts of then-pastor Father Edward Nylec and then-school pricincipal Alicya Blonska the proposed enterprise was defeated. However, the Stubenvoll Manorhouse still remains closed to the general public. Today, it is in the hands of a local politician. This hardly seems just or fair.

Let it be known that the last Baron Stubenvoll to occupy Stubenvoll Manor was a compassionate man and Polish patriot. During World War II, he told his farm hands to turn their heads when fugitive Jews ate the crops in his fields or slept in his barns. He entertained German officers from Debica to gather intelligence information and dutifully reported their conversations to the AK, the Polish Home Army.

Alas, Baron Stubenvoll received no recognition for his good deeds and the Stubenvoll family received no compensation for the estate. Such was life under a communist regime.


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