Dodatkowe atrybuty skrzynki

OLD CHORZOW

This cache is dedicated to the oldest part of Chorzow, the first evidence of its existence is dated back to 1257. Chorzow celebrated 750^th anniversary last year. Chorzow (a small settlement at the time, completely destroyed by the Tatars in 1241) belonged to the equestrian order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem that founded the first hospital in the area. The name of the town might have come from there (chory = ill) but other versions exist, too. The first mention of a church comes from 1299, the year that set the beginning of parish in Old Chorzow. Life in this part of the town is strongly connected to the church of St. Mary Magdalene until today.
Visitors primarily know the city thanks to the Silesian Culture and Recreation Park with many attractions, including zoo or swimming pools. From the rest of the city, the oldest part of Chorzow hides the largest cultural heritage.

The starting coordinates will bring you to a chapelle standing at the place of altar from the previous church. Early settlement of Chorzow originated in this area, the oldest houses are in the western part of the square. Have a look at the saint in the chapelle with other paintings, it might be useful to you in completing your task.

Stage 1: At N 50° 18.420 E 018° 58.427 you will find a micro with the task you need to complete in order to get a double digit number AB. Does that sound like a difficult thing to start with? To make it a wee bit easier for you - look for a very little magnetic one at the heigh of 1,8m (just like the rest of micros).

Stage 2: Next coordinates will bring you to one of the two cemeteries, there are Soviet soldiers from WW II resting at this one. N 50° 18.400 E 018° 58.292 Your task is to find their graves and count them (do not count the mass-grave monuments). If you divide their number by 10, you'll get CD. You can enjoy the view of a huge industrial building on your way, it is a newly constructed power plant that strongly contrasts to the historic city part. The view is gorgeous, especially at night. There is also the grave of recently tragically departed Mirek Bregula, the singer of a well-know Silesian band Universe.

Stage 3: Second cemetery, it lies very close to the first one and, quite oddly, you can find graves of German soldiers fallen duright WW II. N 50° 18.344 E 018° 58.307 Your task is once again to search for them, you should find the grave of a known soldier that is the nearest to the entrance gate. Write down his date of death as EF.GH.IJ. His name is Max Saglitz (so that you don't search for too long) and all the German graves are next to a fence. There are also graves of Silesian rebels (clearly distinguished by blue crosses).

Stage 4: It should originally be at the church but we skipped it as there is a reconstruction of the building planned soon. You can have a look if interested by taking the first road left on the way from the cemeteries. Otherwise continue to N 50° 17.992 E 018° 58.229. You will pass the large blue building of a police station which used to be the town hall of Chorzow. There is a small chapel at the place of the coordinates, where the Polish king Jan Sobieski rested on his way to Wien (sieged by the Turks) in 1683. The first hospital and cemetery of Chorzow were most likely located here. Your goal is to find another typically hidden micro at N 50° 18.E(H-B)(F-A) E 018° 58.(A+C)(D-H)(J+C) which contains formula for the final coordinates. Take one piece of paper or copy it down if there's only 1 left.

Stage 5 or a bonus one, where you do not have to go... but if you've noticed, there is no hint in the listing. The entire hint is exactly there, in a micro at N 50° 17.892 E 18° 58.110 so this stage is clearly voluntary. You can visit our cache Kopalnia Prezydent nearby.

Stage 6: N 50° 17.765 E 018° 57.912 You will come to an old wooden church, one of the few still being in use. You have officialy left the quarter of Old Chorzow but it would be a shame not to show you this beauty. Originally, the church did not stand here, it was moved over from a nearby village Knurow. Substract 2 from the year when the church was built, you'll get KLMN.

FINAL: Now you can freely search for the treasure. You should have its coordinates by now, maybe even with the hint in your hands, it should be more than enough. Please place it back and cover VERY WELL and watch out for muggles around.