Duchess Daisy Monument, Pszczyna
Facts and practical information
Princess Daisy's bench - was unveiled on May 1, 2009 in the market square in Pszczyna. The monument of Princess Maria Teresa Olivia Hochberg von Pless is the work of Pszczyna sculptor Joachim Krakowczyk. It was created during one of the Pszczyna Plein-Air Artistic Events. The cast of the monument was made by Gliwice Plant of Technical Devices.
Maria Teresa Oliwia Hochberg von Pless was an English aristocrat from the Cornvalis-West family, who married John Henry XV, the lord of the castle in Pszczyna in 1891. During both World Wars she was engaged in charity work. During World War I she took care of the wounded, during World War II she gave food parcels to prisoners of the Groß-Rosen camp. She divorced in 1923, but she remained in Pszczyna until the Nazi authorities resettled her to Wałbrzych.
The monument is associated with an annual event - a shooting tournament organized by Pszczyna Bractwo Kurkowe.
Pszczyna
Silesian