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Church of the Scared Heart of Jesus in Bóbrka

Opening of the oil drilling site was beneficial not only for its founders but also for the local community. Many village residents significantly improved their financial status by working in Bóbrka. The region started to develop rapidly. To understand how important the drilling site was for the local community, we should look at some evidence confirming this statement. It is most visible in Bóbrka itself, where we can see the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus built between 1905 and1908, and consecrated on 5 June 1910 r. Local inhabitants working in oil industry to a large extend paid for the construction of the church. They decided to make this contribution in gratitude for God's blessing, which is how they saw the opportunity to work at the oil drills. The new building replaced an older wooden church standing in Bóbrka until that time. This change was also to emphasize the progress in the material status of the inhabitants. A new, tall, brick church visible from afar was sending a message to visitors "We have a prosperous life." Those who contributed to the construction of the church also included: inhabitants of Niżna Łąka, church founders Stefan and Maria de Götzendorf Grabowski from Polanka and the Galician-Carpathian Petroleum Company. Father Antoni Dziurzyński, a parish priest from Bóbrka, also asked for financial support from Franz Joseph I of Austria and received it.

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Besides this symbolic meaning, the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Bóbrka has several impressive decorative elements that are worth seeing. Inside the church there are over 100-year-old paintings, by Jan Krupski, and beautiful stained-glass windows created by Józef Ostrowski and Stefan Matejko (related to the most famous Polish painter Jan Matejko!). As you can see, many outstanding people were involved in the creation of the church in Bóbrka, which confirms the financial capabilities of the residents and the huge importance of the drilling site for the region.