Karol van Oost, a monk from Belgium who had spent several years in Poland searching for a new Benedictine foundation, was the first prior. He chose Tyniec, and after many years of efforts monks returned to the abbey. The outbreak of the war did not stop the renovation of the monastery. In 1943 Adolf Szyszko-Bohusz conducted an archaeological dig and presented the first project, one that remained uncompleted. After the war Zbigniew Kupiec created a new project. Its implementations were accompanied by restoration and archaeological works – under the direction of Gabriel Lenczyk. In 1961 interdisciplinary architectural and archaeological research was carried out by Prof. Lech Kalinowski.
During these excavations the Romanesque church was discovered. This research was preceded by wide-ranging restoration inside the church itself: altars and stalls were preserved. The baroque pulpit in the form of a boat was returned to the church. By the end of 20th century the monastery had been rebuilt with emphasis put on the maintaining of its clear architectural form. Reconstruction of the south-western part of the monastery (the so-called ‘great ruin’) was the final stage of the work. In 2013 Tyniec became a member of Federation of Cluniac sites.
Tyniec history in pictures source: NAC
top photo: estimated: 1918-1926 middle left: a view from the road, 1932-03 middle right: ruins, 1932-03 bottom left: view from a Wisła river perspective, 1932-03 bottom right: walls, 1932-03 15 TRAVEL.LOVEPOLAND