{"id":26278,"date":"2021-04-10T21:44:49","date_gmt":"2021-04-10T19:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.villagreta.pl\/villa-greta-story\/"},"modified":"2024-08-27T12:07:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T10:07:13","slug":"villa-greta-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.villagreta.pl\/en\/villa-greta-story\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Villa Greta"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_custom\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_2 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\" style=\"--columns-gap:5vw;\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container us_custom_d26eb4ca has_bg_color\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-image us_custom_dcab56b3 align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"128\" src=\"https:\/\/media.villagreta.pl\/wazne_info_deko2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-text upper-title\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Where did the name Villa Greta come from?<\/span><\/span><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_39592840\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h2>History of the origin of the guesthouse<\/h2>\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a short trip back in time.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-image align_center meta_simple\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"691\" src=\"https:\/\/media.villagreta.pl\/rodzinne.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Agnes and Paul Wittwer\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><div class=\"w-image-meta\"><div class=\"w-image-title\">Agnes and Paul Wittwer - great-grandparents of the owners of Villa Greta.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_auto\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container us_custom_6494a965\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>The farm came into the possession of the family of Paul and Agnes Wittwer in the late 19th century. They had 12 children. Among others, daughter Margareta. After World War II, the Lower Silesia became part of Poland, and a German woman named Greta fell in love with a Polish <a href=\"https:\/\/muzeum1939.pl\/wojennedeportacje-deportacja-polakow-do-kazachstanu-w-1936-r\/aktualnosci\/4381.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">soldier &#8211; a Siberian exile<\/a> &#8211; Janek Kowalski.<br \/>\n   While Greta&#8217;s entire family was <a href=\"https:\/\/pl.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wysiedlenia_Niemc%C3%B3w_po_II_wojnie_%C5%9Bwiatowej\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">displaced to Germany<\/a>, Janek hid his chosen one in an attic at a friend&#8217;s house in a neighboring village and went to Warsaw to get permission to marry a German woman.<br \/>\nIt worked.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image us_custom_502f64fe align_center meta_simple\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/media.villagreta.pl\/villa-greta-polen.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Greta Wittwer and Janek Kowalski\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><div class=\"w-image-meta\"><div class=\"w-image-title\">Greta Wittwer and Janek Kowalski. The grandparents of the owners of Villa Greta.<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>They settled in the Wittwer family&#8217;s home. Janek and Greta Kowalski lived happily ever after. They lived to see five children and a host of grandchildren. One of them is me, Krzysiek Rozp\u0119dowski. The name of the house &#8220;Villa Greta&#8221; is therefore a memory of <strong>Grandma Greta.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_custom\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_middle type_default stacking_default\" style=\"--columns-gap:;\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row us_custom_2c72b774 via_grid cols_2 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\" style=\"--columns-gap:32px;\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-image align_center meta_simple\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/media.villagreta.pl\/villa-greta-kleinhelmsdorf.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Villa Greta\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><div class=\"w-image-meta\"><div class=\"w-image-title\">Villa Greta in 1912. Still in Kleinhelmsdorf. This was the name of Dobkow before the war.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-image align_center meta_simple\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/media.villagreta.pl\/villa-greta-dobkow.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Villa Greta\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><div class=\"w-image-meta\"><div class=\"w-image-title\">Villa Greta in 2007. Already in the village of Dobkow.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row us_custom_6a2e7e2d via_grid cols_2-1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_middle type_default stacking_default\" style=\"--columns-gap:32px;\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container us_custom_687446a6 round-corners has_bg_color\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-text upper-title\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Let&apos;s get to know each other<\/span><\/span><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Who are we?<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I met my wife Ewelina while traveling. We met at the train station in <a title=\"Quetta Pakistan\" href=\"https:\/\/pl.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kweta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Quetta<\/a>, Pakistan. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Since then, we have been traveling together. We visited many countries on several continents before we found out that Poland is really beautiful. <\/p>\n<p>After graduation, we decided to use our experience and create a place where people feel close to nature, possessed by the magic of the place, the magic of tradition&#8230;.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container us_custom_4af741be round-corners\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-image align_center meta_modern\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"573\" height=\"860\" src=\"https:\/\/media.villagreta.pl\/rozpedowscy_1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Ewelina and Krzysztof Rozp\u0119dowski\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><div class=\"w-image-meta\"><div class=\"w-image-title\">Ewelina and Krzysztof Rozp\u0119dowski.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_grid cols_2 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_middle type_default stacking_default\" style=\"--columns-gap:32px;\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container us_custom_4af741be round-corners\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-image align_center meta_modern\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/media.villagreta.pl\/rodzina_villa_greta_1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Rozp\u0119dowski family\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.villagreta.pl\/rodzina_villa_greta_1.jpg 860w, https:\/\/media.villagreta.pl\/rodzina_villa_greta_1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/media.villagreta.pl\/rodzina_villa_greta_1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><div class=\"w-image-meta\"><div class=\"w-image-title\">That's us! The whole Rozp\u0119dowski family :)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container us_custom_687446a6 round-corners has_bg_color\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><section class=\"av_textblock_section \">\n<div class=\"avia_textblock \">\n<p>We created the Villa Greta guesthouse and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.villagreta.pl\/en\/restaurant\/\">restaurant<\/a>. We received our first guests in 2005. A lot has changed since then. Probably the most important change was the arrival of children in our lives: Tosia in 2007 and Tymek in 2010. Since then, we have been striving to make our home a refuge <a title=\"For families with children\" href=\"https:\/\/www.villagreta.pl\/en\/travel-purpose\/summer-holidays-with-children\/\">for families with children<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image us_custom_1a6ba431 align_center\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1300\" height=\"867\" src=\"https:\/\/media.villagreta.pl\/rozpedowscy_villa_greta_2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Ewelina and Kris\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.villagreta.pl\/rozpedowscy_villa_greta_2.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/media.villagreta.pl\/rozpedowscy_villa_greta_2-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/media.villagreta.pl\/rozpedowscy_villa_greta_2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Where did the name Villa Greta come from?History of the origin of the guesthouse Let&#8217;s take a short trip back in time. 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