V3 · Sonnet

Lublin · former health resort · today the UMCS Botanical Garden

Sławinek, Lublin's lost spa

One place, three words. Choose a word to see what happened over five stages to the baths, the hospitality or the garden — all stages side by side or one at a time.

As atall stages side by side

The poster is a modern composition by the author, made of three words, not a printed poster found from the period. The status strips are a schematic based on the descriptions in the V1 material: the columns are successive stages, not a time scale (the gaps between dates are not proportional), and they say nothing about location.

  • active
  • preserved or reconstructed
  • new role
  • disappeared
  • not established in V1 (this is not zero)

Baths

Iron-bearing water gave rise to the health resort (1819). The springs disappeared in 1960.

Former iron springs

  1. 1819active
  2. 1880sactive
  3. 1960disappeared
  4. 1965disappeared
  5. 1974disappeared

Mineral bathhouses

  1. 1819active
  2. 1880sactive
  3. 1960not established in V1
  4. 1965not established in V1
  5. 1974not established in V1

hospitality

The manor house and houses for spa guests. Today a reconstruction from 1969–1972 stands on the old cellars.

Kościuszko Manor

  1. 1819active
  2. 1880sactive
  3. 1960preserved or reconstructed
  4. 1965not established in V1
  5. 1974preserved or reconstructed

Spa guest houses and restaurant

  1. 1819not established in V1
  2. 1880sactive
  3. 1960not established in V1
  4. 1965not established in V1
  5. 1974not established in V1

Garden

The avenue and park: the UMCS Botanical Garden since 1965, open to the public from 30 April 1974.

Lime avenue

  1. 1819not established in V1
  2. 1880sactive
  3. 1960preserved or reconstructed
  4. 1965new role
  5. 1974new role

The Garden's park and collections

  1. 1819active
  2. 1880sactive
  3. 1960not established in V1
  4. 1965new role
  5. 1974new role

What the poster does not know: where it stood

The status strips say what happened to a function, but they do not indicate a place. Three of the six objects have a link in the material to today's Garden (the manor house, the avenue, the park). The other three have only a verbal description, or nothing. The drawing below is therefore a graph of relations, not a plan: the layout on the page is arbitrary.

Left frame, solid line: in today's Garden.Right frame, dashed line: location not established.

Graph of relations between six objects of former Sławinek A schematic, not a map. On the left, in a solid frame, three objects linked to today's Garden: 1 manor house, 4 avenue, 6 park. The manor house is joined by a solid line to the avenue and the park. On the right, in a dashed frame, three objects whose location is not established in V1: 2 bathhouses, 3 springs, 5 spa guest houses. The bathhouses and springs are joined to the manor house by dashed lines (the description “near the manor house”). The spa guest houses have no drawn relation. 1 4 6 2 3 5
The author's schematic of relations, not a map and not a plan. Solid line: a relation described in words in the V1 material (the approach to the manor house, the park around the manor house). Dashed line: only the approximate “near the manor house”. No line: the material gives no relation.
  1. 1Kościuszko Manor — in today's Garden; a reconstruction from 1969–1972 stands there.
  2. 2Mineral bathhouses — “near the manor house”; V1 gives no outline.
  3. 3Former iron springs — “near the manor house”; they disappeared in 1960.
  4. 4Lime avenue — the former approach road to the manor house, today a walking route.
  5. 5Spa guest houses and restaurant — location not established, so we draw no relation.
  6. 6Park — the grounds of the UMCS Botanical Garden; in 1819 the manor park around the manor house.

The modern pond in the Garden is not a former mineral spring. A photograph of the pond is not embedded here so that the page works offline: Wikimedia Commons (photo by Klaudiax33, 10 June 2009, CC BY 3.0 according to the V2 description; the licence was not checked again).

Five stages and six objects

The same as the poster shows, but in full text. The reading panel also draws on this table, so nothing is lost without JavaScript.

  1. 1819

    Water suggests the idea of a health resort

    Paweł Wagner becomes the owner of the estate. In this period water containing iron was discovered near the manor house; bathhouses with tubs for mineral baths are built.

  2. Early 1880s

    The establishment's best years

    Sławinek now has a bathing establishment, houses for spa guests and a restaurant. After the expansion by Stanisław Mędrkiewicz in the early 1880s it enjoys its best period.

  3. 1960

    The spa loses its water

    According to the history published by UMCS, the springs disappeared completely in 1960 after a deep well was dug in Wola Sławinkowska.

  4. 22–23 February 1965

    The place receives a new role

    The Botanical Garden unit was established on 22 February; UMCS takes 23 February as the actual date of its founding. The site at Sławinek had been developed since 1963.

  5. From 30 April 1974

    The garden returns to the residents

    On 30 April 1974 the garden is opened to visitors. In the same year the former road along the lime avenue receives steps and becomes a walking route, while Kościuszko Manor, rebuilt in 1969–1972, stands on the old cellars.

The fortunes of six objects across five stages (from the V1/V2 material; cells marked “not established in V1” mean no data, not disappearance)
Object 1819 1880s 1960 1965 From 1974
Former iron springsBaths activeDiscovery of iron-bearing water near the manor house. activeThe intakes supply the bathing establishment. disappearedComplete disappearance after a deep well was dug in Wola Sławinkowska. disappearedNo outflows of mineral water. disappearedThey are gone. The modern pond is not a former spring.
Mineral bathhousesBaths activeWagner sets up bathhouses with mineral tubs. activeExpansion by Stanisław Mędrkiewicz. not established in V1The bathing function loses its basis, but V1 does not give the fate of the buildings. not established in V1The state of the bathhouses is not established in V1. not established in V1V1 does not mention any surviving traces of the tubs.
Kościuszko ManorHospitality activeThe manor of Paweł Wagner's estate; iron-bearing water was discovered nearby. activeThe main residence of the estate and the heart of the health resort. preserved or reconstructedSurviving cellars, on which a reconstruction was later built. not established in V1The site had been developed since 1963; the material does not give the state of the manor house itself in 1965. preserved or reconstructedA reconstruction from 1969–1972 on the old cellars; a UMCS building.
Spa guest houses and restaurantHospitality not established in V1The material does not describe any buildings for spa guests; the absence of a mention is not proof of absence. activeHouses for spa guests and a restaurant after the expansion by Mędrkiewicz. not established in V1V1 does not give the post-war fortunes of these buildings. not established in V1Not established in V1. not established in V1V1 does not settle whether any relics remain.
Lime avenueGarden not established in V1An approach road according to V2, but UMCS links the age of the present avenue to the second half of the 19th century. activeThe approach road to the health resort; an avenue from the second half of the 19th century according to UMCS. preserved or reconstructedSurviving old trees of the former approach road. V2 said “active” here; the change is for the editor to assess. new roleThe avenue incorporated into the Garden's layout. new roleSteps in 1974; the former road becomes a walking route.
The Garden's park and collectionsGarden activeWagner's manor park around the manor house. activeGreenery accompanying a spa stay. not established in V1The material does not describe the state of the park in this year. new roleBotanical Garden established 22–23 February 1965 (work since 1963). new roleGarden opened to visitors on 30 April 1974; education and biodiversity protection.

Limits and changes relative to V2

The content comes from the V1/V2 material. In this iteration online sources were not opened or checked again; below we indicate what needs checking.

Removed from V2, and why

  • Walker's card, checklist, numerical tally and note — there is no verified route, so there is nothing to tick off. Browser storage (key atlas-v2-97) is no longer used or written.
  • Category filter and a separate list of zones — replaced by the three words of the poster, each of which groups two objects.
  • Detailed zone inspector — replaced by a short reading: status, one sentence, an excerpt from the source.
  • Diagram with “zones” in frames of different sizes — replaced by a graph of relations that locates nothing.
  • Embedded photograph of the pond — replaced by a link; the page works without a network connection.

Changes in classification, for the editor to assess

  • Spa guest houses 1819: V2 said “no guesthouses”. The absence of a mention is not proof of absence, so “not established”.
  • Lime avenue 1819: UMCS links the present avenue to the second half of the 19th century, so 1819 is marked “not established”.
  • Lime avenue 1960: V2 said “active”; the material speaks of surviving old trees of the former road, so “preserved or reconstructed”.
  • Manor house 1965 and park 1960: V2 described them without clear support in the quoted excerpts, so “not established”.
  • Removed from V2 the additions about “the estate's hospitality and village lodgings” — the material does not contain them.

What we do not know

  • Where exactly the bathhouses, spa guest houses and springs stood.
  • When the buildings were demolished and whether any relics remain.
  • Whether the dates and excerpts quoted agree with the current UMCS pages.
  • The current rules of entry to the Garden and the manor house.

Sources

The excerpts below were copied from V2 as “excerpts from the V1 material”. Their literal fidelity to the UMCS pages has not been checked here.

Former iron springs

According to the history published by UMCS, the springs disappeared completely in 1960 after a deep well was dug in Wola Sławinkowska.

According to V1: UMCS — description of the springs' disappearance

Mineral bathhouses

In this period water containing iron was discovered near the manor house; bathhouses with tubs for mineral baths are built.

According to V1: UMCS — History of Kościuszko Manor

Kościuszko Manor

The present Kościuszko Manor is a reconstruction from 1969–1972, built on the old cellars. This is an important difference: we see the material memory of the manor, not a building preserved intact from the time of the health resort.

According to V1: UMCS — History of Kościuszko Manor

Spa guest houses and restaurant

Sławinek now has a bathing establishment, houses for spa guests and a restaurant. After the expansion by Stanisław Mędrkiewicz in the early 1880s it enjoys its best period.

According to V1: UMCS — History of Kościuszko Manor

Lime avenue

UMCS links the present avenue to the second half of the 19th century. The former approach road received steps in 1974 and became a walking route. The passage changed its function while keeping its connection with the manor house.

According to V1: UMCS — Historical outline of the Garden

The Garden's park and collections

The Botanical Garden unit was established on 22 February; UMCS takes 23 February as the actual date of its founding. The site at Sławinek had been developed since 1963.

According to V1: UMCS — Historical outline of the Garden