Name: Grafik Nature Reserve – Count Hipolit Renard Monument
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Grafik Nature Reserve – Count Hipolit Renard Monument

Grafik Nature Reserve – Count Hipolit Renard Monument

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Please check local regulations for: Park Krajobrazowy Góra św. Anny

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Location: gmina Leśnica, powiat strzelecki, Opole Voivodeship, Poland

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Michał Bie

October 15, 2024

Hipolit Renard shot himself so badly during a hunt that he died a few hours later. In 1855, he married Laura Countess Henkel von Donnersmarck, daughter of Count Hugo. The marriage did not last long, however, as it ended on October 7 of the same year. The day before the hunt, the gorges were covered in fog from morning to night. On the second day, the sun finally broke through the clouds. A yellow hunting carriage arrived at the hunting site, with the cream of Upper Silesian society in it. Andreas Renard, Hugo Henckel von Donnersmarck and Count von Saurma-Jeltsch were there. The second carriage included the Count's second son, Hipolit, and his wife Laura. While waiting for the hunt, Hipolit handed his shotgun to one of the shooters standing behind him. And here the discrepancy in the accounts appears, as various witnesses claimed that the count himself had hung her behind his back. Then he joked and kissed his wife sitting on a chair. At one point a shot was fired and Hipolit, wounded in the head, fell to the ground unconscious. The company froze in place, but this state lasted only a moment. Desperately, they rushed to the count's aid, and the fainted Laura was taken away from the scene of the disaster. Hipolit, carried to the hunting lodge, briefly regained consciousness, but lost his sight. His wife was with him until the end. He died a moment later, with no chance of rescue. As witnesses later claimed, the count hung the shotgun around his neck and shot himself. In the place where the tragedy occurred, the distraught father erected a stone monument with the inscription Filio - the diminutive form of the name of his deceased son. The young count was buried in a mausoleum near the Strzelce castle.

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Location: gmina Leśnica, powiat strzelecki, Opole Voivodeship, Poland

Grafik Nature Reserve – Count Hipolit Renard Monument

1. Boże Oko Chapel – Góra Świętej Anny Sanctuary loop from Zdzieszowice

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