Oldest Time Capsule Has Been Discovered In A Polish Church

Other documents found with the canister date from 1902-03, when the church was renovated. They include photos; a newspaper, Münsterberger Zeitung, dated 20 August 1902; and Evangelical prayer books. Marek Kowlaski, of the Lower Silesia Heritage Conservation Office, said: “These people wanted to tell us: we were here, we put our heart and life into this, and now you take it over and look after what we left here.”

The deputy mayor, Malgorzata Wolczyk, said that the capsule’s contents needed conservation work, and would then be displayed in the town’s museum. Copies could be placed in a new time capsule in the former church, which is now a sports hall.