Kalbrunowoł Góra, 182 m above sea level (12.11.2005)
A hill of 182 m above sea level between the village of Folwark and Chrzowice. National road no. 45 runs along its east side, and on the west side we have the marl mine “Folwark”. On the west side there is a ditch that carries rainwater from the hill to the Wielka Pyska. According to stories of those born earlier, the water of a spring on the western slope also flowed into this ditch. In the 1950s, when geological drilling was done to identify the reserves of the deposit for the future mine, a spring was struck on the slope. The workers could not bring the stream of water under control for several days. (Info: A. Chudala).
Kalbrunowoł Góra – many inhabitants explain this name by saying that the owner of the field on this hill was a Kalbrun. Another version seems more probable, namely that the name of the hill comes from a well that stood on the site of the spring. On the basis of documented archaeological sites, people once lived on the eastern and northern slopes of the hill, and they could dig themselves a suitable pit – a well – because good, clean water was certainly needed. Digging the pit, they came upon limestone (marl). Lime in German is Kalk, and a well is a Brun. Joining these two words gives Kalkbrun, a lime well. Because the inhabitants were mostly Slavs, Kalkbrun very quickly became Kalbrunowoł Góra.
If you are interested in archaeology in Folwark, have a look at the page Archaeology. If you scroll further down this page, you will find interesting views from the Kalbrunowoł Góra.
We are on the summit of the Kalbrunowa Góra.
Views that, I suppose, most inhabitants of Folwark have not seen. It is worth going there and seeing what I saw. One must remember that before long this hill will be gone, or only a fragment of it will remain. The mine is “merciless”. A few photographs are enclosed.
View from the Kalbrunowa to the west. Our parish church at 192 m above sea level. The mine is getting closer.
View to the north-west. In the middle the Mała Pyska, destined for removal, beyond it the fields at Dambnik. At the top left two houses on the Góreckiej Dródze. And straight ahead you can see the southern buildings of the village of Winów.
View from the eastern slope of the Kalbrunowa. A car on road no. 45 towards Opole, further on a heap of straw on the “granice”. Then we see the “krzis” at Przewrócie, on the left the Kowolonka. In the background the buildings across the Oder, already in Opole-Groszowice.
Here again a car on the “krajówka”, the main road. What traffic! The trees and bushes in the middle surround the Hodne lake. Further on you can see the Grobel, Racha by the Łodra, then the stoneware factory in Groszowice and the buildings of Opole-Groszowice.
Folwark is hardly visible from the Kalbrunowa. Here we have only the buildings along the road on the Opole side. But when we look at the whole, it is as if these buildings were on the edge of Opole.
To see the whole of Folwark you have to come down from the Kalbrunowa towards the Wielka Pyska.
If you want to see more, take a little walk up the Kalk-brun, 182 m above sea level. Hurry, because the mine is starting to “nibble” at it.