Contemporary Directions of Transformations in the Settlement and the Landscape of Rural Areas in the Silesian Lowland

Janusz Łach; Barbara Szczepańska

doi:10.2478/quageo-2020-0017

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Location of Borek Strzeliński against the background of the region and Poland.Source: J. Lach.

Structure and function of landscape transformation of Borek Strzeliński in the period 1966–2019.Source: J. Lach.

The spatial and functional layout of a Franconian homestead in Borek Strzeliński in Św. Floriana St.Source: J. Lach.

The tower of the parish church in Borek Strzeliński dominates in the panorama of the village from the south.Source: J. Lach.

A new model of the settlement space of Borek Strzeliński in its northern area – a villa type characteristic of a suburban area.Source: J. Lach.

The Ślężanki Folk Group during a performance at the Culture Centre in Borek Strzeliński in 2017.Source: S. Zawer/Communal public library in Borów.

The Veni Lumen choir at the commune cultural centre in Borek Strzeliński.Source: S. Zawer/Communal public library in Borów.

Landscape transformations within the rural area of Borek Strzeliński for Fig_ 2_

Landscape type Green – natural–cultural Yellow – cultural		Landscape code	1966	1974	1985	1994	2004	2013	2019
1	Agricultural – small-field	‘KRD’	66/KRD	No change	No change	No change	No change	No change	No change
2	Agricultural – large-field	KRDW	66/KRD	No change	No change	No change	No change	No change	No change
3	Agricultural – pastoral (grazing)	KRP	66/KRP	No change	Lost	–	–	–	–
4	Agricultural – orchard	KS	66/KSA	74/KSA	Disappearance/new 85/KSA	Lost in south part of village	No change	No change	Lost in east part of village
5	Allotments	KOD	66/KOD	No change	Lost/new 85/KOD	No change	No change	No change	Lost in south part of village
6	Avenues	KAD	66/KAD	No change	No change	No change	No change	No change	Lost
7	Buffer strips	KR	66/KR	No change	No change	No change	No change	No change	No change
8	Residential and economic with commercial function	KMGU	66/KZMG	No change	No change	No change	No change	No change	No change
9	Residential without commercial function	KZM	–	State Farm apartment blocks;	–	–	Yes	Yes	Yes
10	Commercial buildings	KZG	66/KZG	SKR base and milk purchase	Cowshed on former pasture	No change	No change	No change	No change
11	Sacred	KS	66/KS	No change	No change	No change	No change	No change	No change
12	Manor	KD	66/KD	No change	No change	No change	No change	No change	No change
13	Fire prevention reservoirs	KW	66/K	No change	One lost on Oławska Street	No change	No change	No change	No change
14	Sports and Recreation	KSR	66/cRS	No change	No change	No change	No change	No change	No change

Typology of the rural landscape of the Wrocław region based on the example of Borek Strzeliński_

Episode	Agricultural		Settlement		Economic		Manor		Sacred		Avenues		Water
Episode	Structure of use	Function	Description	Function	Description	Function	Description	Function	Description	Function	Description	Function	Description	Function
1966–1994	Large fields (state property) crops, root vegetable, pasturesSmall fields (private ownership 2–3 ha) cereals, root vegetable, legumes	Cultivation and breeding	Single and multi-family historical housing and economic development Dwelling house + cowshed + barn + hen house + pigsty + vegetable garden + fruit bushes + garden From 1978 PGR blocks of flats	Housing and production function	Purchase square: crops, root vegetable, livestock, scrap metal and coal, cowsheds, piggeries, dairy, forges, bakeries, shops, restaurant, cinema, agricultural equipment base	Commercial + production (livestock and agricultural produce)	Palace with outbuildings, and palace park	Production + office + housing + education (kindergarten) for state-owned farms PGR	Church Cemetery Cross in the form of a monument,	Religious	Popular alleys along Borek-Wrocław, Borek-Borów roads Shrubs along former narrow-gauge Borek-Oława line. Closed tunnel landscape	Ecological function	Number of fire prevention reservoirs: 4	Protective
1994–2004	Large fields (private property) Cereals, root crops, corn, rapeseedSmall fields (merging of fields - monoculture) cereals, root crops - sugar beet, potatoes, corn, rapeseed	Cultivation	Single-family housing with reduced economic function (vegetable garden + fruit bushes)	Residential and production function	Disappearance of the above remaining: barns, which were converted into production plant, square in N part of village, SKR base still open for cars	Commercial + production (permanent equipment - furniture)	Slow deterioration of palace and its surroundings	Production + office + housing + education (kindergarten until 1999)	Penitential cross	Sightseeing		Ecological function	Liquidation of one in centre of village	Protective
1994–2004			Single-family type of suburban housing (villas)	Residential and recreational function			Reconstruction of palace in 2010, some of farm buildings revitalisation of park	Services (catering, business, hotel)			Removal of above-mentioned avenues - open landscape	Absent	Number of fire prevention reservoirs: 3	Protective
2004–2019			Single-family type of suburban housing (villas)	Residential and recreational function				Services (catering, business, hotel)			Removal of above-mentioned avenues - open landscape	Absent	Number of fire prevention reservoirs: 3	Protective

Contemporary Directions of Transformations in the Settlement and the Landscape of Rural Areas in the Silesian Lowland

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Landscape transformations within the rural area of Borek Strzeliński for Fig_ 2_

Typology of the rural landscape of the Wrocław region based on the example of Borek Strzeliński_

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