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Grazing cows an sheep was a primary occupation of Jurgow's villagers. Jurgow's people once owned many pastures in the Tatra mountines where they grazed their herds. They had many shepherd's cabins in these Tatra clearings. After they lost their pastures in the Tatras, they moved their various structures down from the mountains and assembled them in the nearby "Podokólne" clearing.
They utilize these to shelter their cows and sheep from Spring through Autumn. Some people also stay there for a time during the same period.
 Shepherd's Cabins in the Spring |
 Many tourists visit this place during weekends and holidays |
Actually the cabins are not in constant use. In some of them Jurgow's villagers still store their hay. The last time this cabin was used was a decade ago.
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| Shepherd's Cabins at "Pod Okólne" Clearing in winter. | |
More recently, the use of the various buildings started in the Spring, when the Jurgow villagers drove their herds the nearly 2 kilometers to the Podokólne pasture. The villagers each were assigned duty hours while the animals are grazing. Sometimes there was a several houndred cows. Later younger people in Jurgow didn't thing that grazing cows at "Pod Okólne" was such a good idea. They found it difficult to live in the buildings without conveniences like a bathroom, etc.
Now only some of the structures are in a useable state. Many of them are in disrepair as shown in the picture on the left. All of them are in need of minor or major reconstruction.
Tadausz Zabrzewski made pictures of all Shepherd's Cabins at "Pod Okólne" Clearing here you can see all of them just click here. You can find ther 55 pictures of very nice Sheperd's Cabin with some details also.
