Przyczynek do sprawnego działania organów administracji państwowej Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej (odbudowa wsi podkrakowskich po wybuchu składu amunicji w 1927 r.)

Abstract

In the middle of the 19th century, Cracow belonged to the Austrian Empire and was transformed into a stronghold. The city was encircled by forts at the back of which military warehouses were created. On 5 June 1927, a catastrophic explosion occurred in the gunpowder and ammunition warehouse that was located on the northern outskirts of the Cracow’s outlying village Witkowice. The explosion killed two people, however, hundreds were injured and immense material losses were caused in an extensive area of some of Cracow’s districts and numerous nearby villages. The most damaged were Górka Narodowa and Witkowice with the hospital for children suffering from trachoma located right next to the warehouse. Help was immediately brought to the injured. Reconstruction of the damaged buildings (1794 altogether) was delegated to the Regional Direction of Public Works in Cracow. The repairs of the damaged residential and utility buildings were financed by the government. The buildings that could be no longer used were rebuilt according to a single design preserving their previous area. The whole action was carried out so efficiently that reconstruction of the village was finished at the beginning of September. Well-designed pavilions were built in the place of wooden barracks that constituted the hospital. The little patients could return to it already in December. Only finishing works had to be carried out. A new chapel was completed in 1929, and a new administrative building in 1932.