Wigancice Żytawskie / Weigsdorf

Poland

Demolished 1999

***The*** **Disappointed Touris*t: Weigsdorf,*** Ellen Harvey, 2021. Oil and acrylic on Gessoboard, 18 x 24″ (46 x 61 cm). Photograph: Etienne Frossard.

The picturesque village of Wigancice Żytawskie / Weigsdorf in Poland was demolished to make way for a coal mine. There are calls for its reconstruction.

The village of Wigancice Żytawskie doesn’t exist physically since 1999, when it was liquidated as a result of the expansion of the Turów coal mine. Officially the village exists. Marianna D.

Disappointed TouristEllen Harvey

Disappointed Tourist
Ellen Harvey