He was an extraordinary man, with broad and exceptionally diverse interests, wise, composed, tactful, an erudite and a storyteller. He was among the pioneers of the environmental movement, actively working in PTTK, travelling with a bicycle and backpack across the extensive areas of the Bolesławiec Land (he liked this name and was probably the first to introduce it into common usage), photographing, sketching and describing rare natural phenomena, its peculiarities and unique specimens. With Benedictine patience, he assembled the impressive fruits of numerous expeditions, leaving behind exceptionally rich documentation, partly carefully organized, of scientific and museum value, which could serve as the basis for many scholarly studies.
He enjoyed a well-deserved reputation as an expert and became the final authority in settling disputes concerning the nature of the surrounding area. Who was he really: a botanist, geographer, geologist, topographer, archaeologist, historian—it is impossible to determine unambiguously. A true Renaissance man: avidly learning about reality, admiring the beauty around him, eagerly discovering new horizons, and studying the world around him with a researcher’s passion. He created dozens of detailed maps of the area, wrote more than a dozen monographs, marked hundreds—or perhaps thousands—of natural monuments within the Lower Silesian Forests, and explored every most interesting corner of the former Bolesławiec County and the surrounding area. He knew almost everything about his Piast homeland, the history of this land and its present day. Hard-working and modest, he devoted his rare moments of free time to scouting, creating ex librises, and carving commemorative stamps for the scouting postal service, especially to commemorate tourist rallies, canoe trips, hikes, meetings, treks and campfires.
A tourist, local-history enthusiast, romantic, a man exceptionally sensitive to beauty, nature conservationist, expert on the local flora and fauna, social activist, lover and true admirer of Bolesławiec, journalist and chronicler, graphic artist and photographer, a man brimming with a passion for discovery and creation, versatile, selfless, open to his friends, of whom he had exceptionally many... People like this are born once every several decades and remain permanently part of the biographies of their cities.
...On his grave, the visual artist and close friend Mieczysław Żołądź placed a huge postglacial boulder carved with a synthesis of his life’s passions and achievements. A beautiful way to honor the memory of a man whose lasting achievements were great in scale.