Żeliszów is a beautiful village founded in the Middle Ages. Before World War II, it was called Giersdorf. From the Middle Ages until the 18th century, an old road to Lwówek Śląski ran through the settlement. For a long time, the locality was administratively and economically associated with Lwówek County.
In Żeliszów, there are two impressive and monumental churches: the Church of St. John of Nepomuk, dating from the 14th century, which houses a bell brought by parishioners from Maksymówka (the former Eastern Borderlands of the Second Polish Republic), and a beautiful Evangelical church shaped like a rotunda. The Evangelical church was built by Carl Gotthard Langhans in 1796–97. In 1872, a Neo-Gothic tower was added. Langhans was an architect of worldwide renown; his most famous work is the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.
Żeliszów enchants with its charm, and we can admire its beauty in old postcards and photographs.
Sebastian Zielonka – historian and graduate of the University of Wrocław. Specialization: archival studies and conservation documentation. He is interested in the history of the region and the social life of Europeans in the 20th century. In his free time, he travels.
(information: Sebastian Zielonka)