Celestat na Łobzowie

Abstract

CELESTAT IN ŁOBZÓW

On 31 st May 1833 the Senate of the Free City of Cracow re-established the ancient marksmen’s confraternity which for several dozens years had been nonexistent. It was named the Cracow Shooting Society. By a resolution passed on the same day, the authorities of the Free City decided that shooting exercises would be held in Łobzów, in a park surrounding the former royal residence in which members hired rooms for the Confraternity, as their original set in Celestat burnt in 1794. Łobzów performed its function for four years; three successive ceremonies of enthronement of Marksman Kings were held here. On 21st June 1837 the Confraternity acquired an extensive garden in the Wesoła suburb (today 16 Lubicz Street) which was soon named The Shooting Garden. On 15th October 1837 the opening ceremony of their new seat, also called Celestat, was held there. To commemorate the four years during which the Confraternity had its seat in Łobzów, a plaque was placed on the building which is now used by the Cracow Technical University. The plaque was designed by Professor Czesław Dźwigaj and funded by King Marksman Leszek Gołda and his Marshals Krzysztof Janarek and Ryszard Wojda. The commemorative plaque was unveiled on 10th January 2002.