#czersk

[nakedinthecity]

The Virgin Mary, 27.05.2023 Czersk, Masovia, Poland

[ltwilliammowett]

The Czersk Wreck

The almost perfectly preserved punt wreck was found not far from Czersk Castle in 2009 in Poland. The boat was 30 metres long, had a flat bottom and in its rear part was a shed for the captain. The crew of the ship consisted of 16 to 20 people. Therefore, the wealthiest landowners who lived on the largest rivers could usually afford to own a boat. The ships mainly transported grain from the interior of the country to Danzig, from where it was sent out into the world. Dating revealed that it dates from the 15th century, and it is now being conserved and will probably also be displayed near the castle. 

[motywjaja]

Czerskie jajo, Czersk, 2023, wyk. studentki i studenci ASP w Warszawie

W ramach proseminarium Lokalne Dziedzictwo Kulturowe pod opieką dr Karoliny Thel grupa studentów warszawskiej Akademii Sztuk Pięknych przygotowała projekt gniazda i jaja, który znajduje się na zamku w Czersku, a dokładnie we wnętrzu jednej z baszt. Jajo złożył legendarny smok. Obecność jaja na terenie Czerska zwiastuje dobrobyt dla miasta. 

[polish-spirit]

Ruiny zamku książąt mazowieckich w Czersku (1930).

[casaczersk]

[photo-snap-stories]

PL:

Ruiny Zamku książąt mazowieckich w Czersku

Na zdjęciu widoczna jedna z trzech górujących nad okolicą wież - strzegąca wejścia, czterokondygnacyjna wieża bramna.

Na pierwszym piętrze znajdowała się komnata będąca siedzibą straży. Można było z niej wejść na mury zamku. Były tam też kołowroty mostów zwodzonych. Drugie piętro to komnata kasztelana - posiadała wnękę okienną z siedziskami. Komnata wyposażona była także w kominek i zewnętrzną latrynę. Trzecie piętro to sala reprezentacyjna. Służyła do przyjmowania ważnych gości, pełniła również funkcję sali sądowej. Ostatnie piętro posiadało okna strzelnicze obudowane drewnianymi, wysuniętymi na zewnątrz gankami ułatwiającymi rażenie wrogów.

EN:

Ruins of the Castle of the Mazovian Princes in Czersk

The photo shows one of the three towers dominating the area - the four-story gate tower guarding the entrance.

On the second floor there was a chamber that was the seat of the guard. From it one could enter the castle walls. There were also drawbridge turnstiles. The second floor was the castellan's chamber - it had a window niche with seats. The chamber was also equipped with a fireplace and an outdoor latrine. The third floor was the stateroom. It was used to receive important guests and also served as a courtroom. The top floor had shooting windows enclosed by wooden, overhanging porches to facilitate glaring at enemies.

[krainamagnolii]

Czwartkowa wyprawa do Czerska niezwykle udana. Na liczniku 81 km 💪🚴‍♀️ #zroweremmidotwarzy #bike #bikers #bikeriding #motivation #motywacja #rower #czersk #czerskcastle #zamekczersk #zwiedzanie #magnoliaplace (w: Zamek Czersk)

[naszeszlaki]

Kamienne Kręgi w Odrach na Kaszubach. Jakie są Wasze plany na Noc Kupały? 🙂 ☀️ #naszeszlaki #czasnapolskę #nockupały #sobótka #nocświętojańska #kamiennekręgi #odry #kamiennekręgiwodrach #selfie #podróże #zwiedzanie #wyjazdy #las #spacerpolesie #blogpodróżniczy #kaszuby #nakaszubach #czersk #polska #zdjeciazpodróży 🇵🇱 www.naszeszlaki.pl (w: Kamienne Kręgi w Odrach) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBp6jivMCmj/?igshid=1aewe48nbhrrf

[ostrzeipiora-blog]

To był szczęśliwy dzień. Produktywny dzień. Pełen nowych ludzi dzień. Wypełniony radością i energią dzień. Po prostu dobry dzień.

[beautyofpoland]

[nakedinthecity]

Attack!, 27.05.2023

[eleventhjove]

A decorated aluminum canteen, carved by a Russian soldier in a prisoner of war camp in Czersk, Poland during WW1. It is an example of "trench art", i.e. decorated items made by soldiers, POWs, or civilians during warfare/conflict.

[polish-spirit]

Kościół św. Marii Magdaleny w Czersku (1938).

[casaczersk]

Cześć grudzień! Fajnie,że jesteś :)

[horsesarecreatures]

OLD POLISH FOUNDATIONS by betty Finke

“Since my old Polish stallions in the circus proved unexpectedly popular, here are some more old Polish gems.

Ostenfelde was an Arabian farm I visited on a regular basis from its beginnings in the mid-1970s to its dissolution some 20 years later. In its heyday during the 1980s/90s, Ostenfelde was the largest pure Polish Arabian stud in Europe outside of Poland and was known as ‘Little Janow’. It had two herds of broodmares, one grey and one bay, and its annual foal presentations (with up to 30 foals) were major events in the area. 

Most of the foundation mares came from the Polish auctions, but in the 1970s/80s the American breeders were paying huge prices and buying all the best horses. Ostenfelde started by buying what they could afford, which were the mares the American buyers weren’t interested in, so they were not what you’d call pretty. But they had the bloodlines and there was nowhere to go but up. With a little help from some really good stallions – especially Euben, full brother to Eukaliptus – the horses improved with each successive generation and some better mares from Poland arrived as well. Ostenfelde was a model stud farm with state-of-the-art facilities, and its owners Wolfgang and Ingeburg Thörner were the nicest people you could hope to meet. They bred wonderful all around useful as well as beautiful horses. I spent many happy hours there over the years and eventually got to name a lot of their foals. Because of the owner’s declining health and there being no one to carry on, the stud was disbanded just before the turn of the century. 

So here are photos of the foundation mares, as far as I have them, in memory of one of my favourite farms of the past (and also of my friend Karin Freutel, who appears in some of the photos showing the horses and who died far too young).”

Pictured are  Arabia *1974 (Mors x Arabella by Adonah), Aragonia *1968 (Almifar x Arba by Comet),  Aretuza *1963 (Ferrum x Arkadia by Wielki Szlem),  Cedrzana *1973 (Celebes x Cedrela by Doktryner),  Cerania *1980 (El Paso x Ceremonia by Celebes),  Cetynia *1981 (Wist x Cerisola by Carrador),with her 1994 filly Celtia by Euben,  Czarka *1966 (Mir Said x Czarowna by Comet),  Dializa *1968 (El Azrak x Diamira by Mir Said),  Diamante *1975 (Celebes x Dializa by El Azrak) with her 1988 filly Dialista by Czersk, Dimini *1967 (El Azrak x Dimatra by Wielki Szlem),  Dymarka *1970 (Bajdak x Druchna by Rozmaryn),  Ekipa *1977 (Eufrat x Ekstaza by Celebes) with her 1994 filly Esiena by Euben, and  Eni *1981 (Aloes x Euforia by Bandos)with her 1993 filly Enina by Cenzor. 

[raspberry-rampage]

SOME PRODUCTION TIDBITS ABOUT THE HEXER

any non-Polish speaking The Hexer fans out here? I recently caught an episode of Polska Filmowa, a show composed of visiting various locations and interviewing actors and filmmakers connected to those places. Episode 2 was dedicated to the Mazowsze region, where the castle in Czersk is located. And what was filmed there among many things? The Hexer, you guessed it. Featuring Marek Brodzki, the director of the production.

[I’ll be referring to The Hexer as Wiedźmin here, and to the proffession as a witcher]

[some introduction, historical background, you can skip this if such stuff bores you; but can confirm that castle Czersk is cool, been there myself and screamed while climbing the towers cause of my fear of heights]

Rafał Zawierucha, the host of the show: Ah, I’m in the castle of the Dukes of Mazowsze in Czersk. It was built on the cusp of 14th and 15th century in place of an old wooden gord. In the castle and in its surroundings, many films and TV series were shot, like Pierścień Królowej Anny, Pułkownik Kwiatkowski or Wiedźmin. It was here that Geralt of Rivia was searching for the Child of Destiny, little Ciri. I’m also going to look for film characters.

NARRATOR: The medieval gothic castle in Czersk was built by the Duke of Warsaw, Janusz I the Old,  on the cusp of 14th and 15th century. The impressive complex was largely destroyed during the Swedish Deluge. However, to date, the majority of the walls and three towers, the tallest one being 24 metres, were preserved. On the next history pages, the castle appeared at the beginning of the 21st century. Between these walls, many scenes to the Wiedźmin series were filmed by the director Marek Brodzki.

[cheesy description of the plot] Wiedźmin is a tale about a warrior marked by destiny, who fights monsters threatening the humankind. Suddenly, the fate of the condemned by the society mutant gets tied to the fate of a little girl.

[and now production info]

RZ: Why did you choose the castle in Czersk?

Marek Brodzki, the director: Mister Rafał, there were also production reasons, because Czersk is relatively not far away from Warsaw, and because you could shoot outdoors here; because in this closed off fortification, inside, there were no modern things, and if there were, we could’ve painted over them, and created a space that would be suitable for our world, this Wiedźmin-like...

RZ: Sapkowski’s world.

MB: Yes, that world. And that’s how it happened. Although, from this place where we’re standing, [in front of the main gate] there’s that scene when Geralt and Jaskier ran way from the tavern, he freed himself and they ran away through that underground structure.

RZ: And they set the structure on fire.

MB: Yes, they did! It was burning so well, so well that the fire department arrived because it looked like some serious fire. Oh, it did burn splendidly, fwhoo [Mr. Brodzki likes using onomatopeic sounds a lot ig] And in the light of this gate, when we move away with the camera a bit, you could see those buildings burning, the fire was terribly big, some people running in the background.

MB: The main area of our action was this. [castle courtyard] As I’m standing now, that was where the camera was, and we could film on different sides. There was a lot happening here. Here, the tavern was built, a great building. There was that square where Geralt fought...

RZ: That scene with the “may the trial by ordeal determine ...” [i’m too lazy to look for the exact quote and don’t remember who he was fighting, sorry]

MB: Yes, “may the trial by ordeal...” and Geralt said... [lowers voice, which was funny, unfortunately he didn’t manage to say anything, got interrupted]

RZ: And that happened here?

MB: Yes, here.

MB: We didn’t have much time for all those fights. Now that I think about it, today, as it’s done in the world, a fight would be shot for two or three days. For such fights we had half a day, sometimes the whole day, and that choreography, of course it was all prepared... But it has to be said, Mister Rafał, that Michał Żebrowski, he was incredibly well prepared for this.

RZ: I was about to ask about that.

MB: Ah! He trained, he learnt all the secrets of the aikido [why aikido though lol] And at some point, I realised that on this set, he really was a witcher. That he was not acting, behaving like one. When Michał was here and I looked at him, he was like a real witcher, like an animal. When he fought, it was scary to step close to him. No fooling around, that was really happening here.

Furthermore, there is also the fact that Michał is an excellent rider. There’s that scene when he tududu, tududu, he’s galloping from the gate, whoosh, throws the sword, and one of the stuntmen, Krzysio Fus, bwhoo, he got hit by that sword and fell off his horse.

And there was one more interesting situation. When he was walking towards the gate, one of the archers, it was a real archer, a guy that was shooting incredibly fast, that’s in the film; he was shooting at him, shwoo shwoo, sending one arrow after another, and Geralt, imagine this, with a sword held in the front, he was reflecting those arrows in flight. When I think about it, today, the arrows would be done by the computer [I wonder how ntflx did it lol], but no, full analogue here! The arrow was sent and Michał vwhooo, vwhoo. It could’ve ended in an accident... but it didn’t. Because he was so fast, that’s what I’m talking about. That was his level of training, and that was somewhere in the middle of overall shooting, or the later half, and it’s important to remember that we were doing both a series and a film...

RZ: At the same time.

MB: At the same time. So to sum it up, it was 168 days of shooting. We began in summer and finished in spring.

[no longer Wiedźmin related]

RZ: When you come to Mazowsze and go sightseeing, is Czersk a place on the map that you should visit?

MB: Absolutely. The castle is beautiful, beautiful body of the building, looks incredible, and also is very close to Warsaw. It’s one of Mazowsze’s jewels; after all, it’s the castle of the Dukes of Mazowsze.

[cut to just Zawierucha]

RZ: This film was supposed to be successful. It was awaited by hundreds of thousands of Sapkowski’s works’ fans, as well as millions of Michał Żebrowski’s admirers, who after Ogniem i Mieczem was at the peak of his career. The cast was exceptional [eh, disputable], the screen writer, Michał Szczerbiec, was also great [also disputable], but something went wrong and the picture was crushed by both the audience and the critics.

[the end ig]

the translation may not be ideal, i did my best!

TL;DR, it was the budget that screwed this production over; Żebrowski is a badass.