Scouts from ZHP Bolesławiec found the missing monument at the beginning of December 2021. Their suspicions that one of the boulders lying in the forest by Jeleniogórska Street might be a monument proved correct. When the scouts dug it out and turned it over, they saw the inscription ED. SCHOLZ. The monument was partially damaged and overturned, probably even before World War II.
Now that it has been dug out by the scouts, it will remain in the forest by Jeleniogórska Street in Bolesławiec, in a place prepared for it. The monument can be seen near the commemorative entrance to the gold mine, at the level of the “Leśny Potok” Water and Recreation Centre.
Who was Eduard Scholz?
Museum of Ceramics in Bolesławiec:
One of the first photographers in Bolesławiec was Johann Carl Wilhelm Eduard Scholz (1815–1891), who opened a daguerreotype studio in 1847. The business expanded and was transformed into a company joined by his two sons. Robert (1843–1926) opened a photographic studio in Görlitz in 1867, while Otto (1844–1908) took over from his father the running of the atelier in Bolesławiec.
After his brother’s death, Robert also became a co-owner of his Bolesławiec studio—together with his brother’s wife, Emma, and daughter, Lisbeth. The company in Görlitz, managed from 1920 by Robert’s sons, Alfred and Felix, survived until the end of World War II. Taken over in 1947 by Artur Kühn, the studio was closed down in 1970.
Around 5,000 glass negatives were preserved there and entered the collections of the Ratsarchiv/Stadtarchiv Görlitz. The collection included 77 photographs depicting Bolesławiec monuments, the interiors of public buildings, epitaphs and architectural details, dating from the third quarter of the 19th century to the 1920s.