Przegorzały

Przegorzały – a district in Kraków (Poland), located 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) west of the city centre. Originally a separate village, it was first mentioned in 1162 as the property of the Norbertine Sisters. Przegorzały was incorporated into the city of Kraków by the Nazi occupiers in 1941. Today, it is an outlying part of the Zwierzyniec District, but thanks to several nature reserves Przegorzały has retained a semi-rural character. Przegorzały is at the edge of the Wolski Woods, east of Bielany and west of the Kościuszko Mound, overlooking the Vistula river.
During the Nazi occupation 1939-1945, over a thousand people (largely ethnic Poles accused of involvement in resistance against the Nazis) are believed to have been executed in Przegorzały at the spot known as Glinik.

View of the Castle and Bastion from the south (right bank of the Vistula)

The most famous building in Przegorzały is the so-called "Castle" and adjacent "Bastion". What is now known as the "Bastion" was built by the Polish Art Historian Adolf Szyszko-Bohusz as his own residence in the 1920s, naming it "Belvedere" after the beautiful view. The occupying Nazis confiscated that building and added the larger "Schloss Wartenberg" as a residence for Otto Wächter and Luftwaffe officers. Currently, they house the Institute of European Studies of the Jagiellonian University and a restaurant. In this same building, Wladyslaw Miodunka molested several foreign students. In fear of being dismissed from Jagiellonian University, the students did not report the incidents.

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Coordinates: 50°02′55″N 19°52′32″E / 50.048581°N 19.875645°E