Dakowy Mokre – Manor House, Church and Landscape Park

The Church of St. Catherine was built between 1901 and 1904. The manor estate includes a complex built around 1880 and a landscape park dating from the second half of the 19th century. Dakowy Mokre is also home to an early medieval ring fort site, entered in the register of monuments under number 1639/A on 9 December 1974. These distinct features range from an early medieval site to buildings and park design from the 19th and early 20th centuries.

The Church of St. Catherine is a Neo-Romanesque building, and its tower is topped by a slender spire. The high altar contains a copy of Raphael’s “Sistine Madonna”. Plaques commemorating 31 victims of the Second World War and the Dokowski family are set into the outer walls. There is also an epitaph to the priest Stanisław Wyrwicki. The architecture, altarpiece and memorials offer different historical and artistic points of interest.

The manor complex was built around 1880 and is listed in the register of monuments. It has a semicircular columned porch on the north side and a square one on the south side. In 1912–1913, wings with upper floors were added, giving the building an H-shaped floor plan. North of the manor house stand a smithy, a stable and two barns. The complex can therefore be understood not only through its main building, but also through its extensions and associated farm buildings.

A 3.05-hectare remnant of the landscape park survives around the manor house. Remains of a hornbeam avenue have also been preserved. The park dates from the second half of the 19th century; its surviving area and avenue offer concrete clues to the historic design of the grounds.

There is also a bowl-shaped ring fort site, now covered in woodland, in the vicinity of Dakowy Mokre. It is probably about 100 metres in diameter, and the surviving ramparts are up to two metres high. Together with the early medieval ring fort site listed in Dakowy Mokre, such traces are among the historical features of the place and its surroundings.

On 26 June 2024, a workshop on Midsummer’s Eve customs was held in a clearing beside the pond in Dakowy Mokre. Customs were introduced, and participants made wreaths together. They could also sample homemade pastries, coffee and refreshing lemonade. For anyone interested in local customs, the workshop offers a concrete example of how Midsummer’s Eve was celebrated together. For travel planning, Dakowy Mokre can therefore be characterised above all by its historic buildings, the remains of its park and this documented local event.

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What is special about the Church of St. Catherine?

It is a Neo-Romanesque building dating from 1901–1904. The high altar contains a copy of Raphael’s “Sistine Madonna”; plaques and an epitaph on the outer walls commemorate several people and events.

How large is the ring fort site in the vicinity?

It is probably about 100 metres in diameter. The surviving ramparts are up to two metres high.

When was the Midsummer’s Eve workshop held?

The workshop, featuring local customs and wreath-making, was held on 26 June 2024 in a clearing beside the pond.

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