Zagroda Soltysow - Skansen Jurgow

About

Jurgów is the south-westernmost village in Polish Spisz. Among its densely arrayed houses, one can find a small number of relics of Spisz wooden architecture in addition to brick houses with decorated façades typical of the region. The Soltys croft was built in 1861 by the great-grandfather of the last owner, Jakub Soltys. Then members of the successive generations of the family inherited the croft. After World War II, part of the family moved to a newly built house while the Tatra Museum purchased the old croft in 1982 with a view to putting on an ethnographic exhibition here. In contrast to the rich Korkosz Croft in Czarna Góra, the cottage and the farm buildings making up the Soltys Croft are an example of a poor turn-of-the-century Spisz farm.

At a glance

• Typical visit: about 30 minutes