Plaque commemorating the Peace of Bautzen
Bautzen
The plaque commemorating the Peace of Bautzen is located in Bautzen (Bautzen, Germany), right next to the Lusatian Museum. This treaty ended the German-Polish war fought between 1015 and 1018.

Creation time: 2019

Portrait of Maria Eleonora Radziwill (von Anhalt-Dessau)
. Dessau-Roßlau
The portrait of Maria Eleonora von Anhalt-Dessau, Duchess Radziwill (1671-1756), was painted around 1725 by Georg Lisiewski (1674-1750). The oil painting on canvas belongs to the collection of the Mosigkau Palace (Schloss Mosigkau).

Creation time: approx. 1725
Creator: Georg Lisiewski

Statue of Nicolaus Copernicus in the Walhalla
Donaustauf
The Walhalla is a German memorial mausoleum in Donaustauf, located on the Bräuberg hill above the Danube. It was built between 1830 and 1842 by order of King Ludwig I of Bavaria. Among the personalities commemorated is Nicolaus Copernicus, whose bust chiseled by Schadow in 1807 can be admired in the mausoleum.

Creation time: 1807
Creator: Johann Gottfried Schadow

Tombstone of Adam Bojanowicz
Dresden
In the Old Catholic Cemetery in Dresden (Alte Katholischer Friedhof) rests Adam Bojanowicz (1787-1852), a colonel in the army of the Kingdom of Poland. The necropolis was established in 1720, during the reign of August II the Strong.

Time of construction: 1850-1875

Tombstone of Kazimierz Brodziński
Dresden
The poet was considered the most eminent creator of pre-Romanticism in Poland. He died on October 10, 1835. He rests in the Old Catholic Cemetery in Dresden.

Creation time: after 1835

Monument to Rosa Luxemburg
Dresden
Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) - Polish social democratic activist, ideologue and journalist - also lived for many years in Germany (murdered in Berlin), where she was closely associated with the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). From September to November 1898, she held the position of editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Sächsische Arbeiter - Zeitung" in Dresden.

An inscription on her memorial, located near the Elbe (Elba), reads: "FREIHEIT IST IMMER FREIHEIT DER ANDERSDENKENDEN" ("Freedom is always the freedom of dissenters").

Technical data: pedestal - sandstone; relief - bronze (cast); height approx. 230 cm

Creation time: 1970s
Compiled information: Marcin Goch

Jan Łaski Library
Emden
Jan Łaski, also known by his Latin name Johannes a Lasco, was born in 1499 into a Polish noble family. He was first a Catholic priest, then an Evangelical-Reformed theologian, the most prominent Polish Reformation activist, humanist, writer, translator, diplomat, secretary to King Sigismund I the Old. He organised Protestant churches in East Friesland and England, and established the Calvinist Church in Poland.

Spatial form "Object of Good Thought "
Erlangen
The spatial form "Object of Good Thoughts" by Marian Bogusz is located at the Technical Faculty of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität in Erlangen, on the west side of the building of the Institute of Chemistry. The form was created between 1971 and 1972.

Technical data: construction of 28 steel sheet panels (painted in different colours) around an aluminium white sheet and wire form; height 400 cm; width of each segment 50 cm, total width approx. 10 m.

Creation time: 1971-1972
Creator: Marian Bogusz

Queen Jadwiga's prayer book from the 16th century
Erlangen
The prayer book belonged to Jadwiga Jagiellonka (1513-1573), daughter of Sigismund the Old. It is now in the collection of the University Library of Erlangen in Bavaria.

Time of composition: 1513-1573

Statue of Nicolaus Copernicus
Frankfurt (Oder)
In the centre of Frankfurt (Oder) there is a statue of Nicolaus Copernicus. The sculpture, by Herbert Burschik, was created in 1974.

Time of creation: 1974
Creator: Herbert Burschik

Plaque and relics of Richeza Lorraine
Klotten
Richeza was the wife of Mieszko II and mother of Casimir the Restorer. Her relics are located in the parish church of St. Maximin in Klotten.
A memorial plaque reminds us that this was the former residence of Rycheza and her three children. They probably stayed here between 1040 and 1049.

Polonica in the Old Pinakothek
Munich
In the collection of the Old Pinakothek we can see paintings depicting the rulers of Poland, among others:
- portrait of Sigismund III Vasa by a Flemish artist from 1624,
- portrait of Zygmunt III as victor over heresy from the 17th century,
- portrait of Sigismund III Vasa by Joseph Heintz the Elder from 1605,
- portrait of Anna Katherine Constance Vasa painted by Johann Spilberg in 1648,
- portrait of Queen Constance of Poland from the 2nd half of the 17th century,
- portrait of Ladislaus IV by Frans Luyckx from the 17th century,
- portrait of Elector of Saxony Friedrich August II as King of Poland August III painted by Louis de Silvestre.

Creation time: 17th century
Creators: Frans Luyckx, Johann Spilberg, Joseph Heintz the Elder, Louis de Silvestre
Link to collection: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/de/search?phrase=Polen#filters={}

Monument to the January Uprising
Munich
The monument to the January insurgents in the Alter Südfriedhof cemetery in Munich is made of Swedish black stone. It is engraved with 36 insurgents' names, although only eight were buried in the grave. The central part of the monument bears the official coat of arms of the National Government, while the lower part bears the inscription: 'To the memory of the insurgents of 1863 a grateful homeland'.

Time of creation: 1972

Tombstone of Duke Ulrich I of Württemberg and his wife, Princess Agnes of Legnica
Stuttgart
The marriage of Ulric I of Württemberg to Agnes, Princess of Legnica, took place in 1259. Agnes was the granddaughter of St. Hedwig of Silesia of Andechs. The marriage was a combination of the family of the Counts of Swabia and the Bavarian court. In the collegiate church (Stiftskirche) in Stuttgart there is a tomb with a representation of the princely couple. The heads of Ulrich and Agnes rest on cushions on which are carved the coats of arms of their families: the antlers of Ulrich and the Piast eagle of Agnes.

Creation time: end of the 13th century.