The statue of General Leopold Okulicki “Niedźwiadek” is situated in the centre of a square that bears his name. It was erected in 1996 at the initiative of the Bochnia branch of the Association of Home Army Soldiers, part of a joint effort by combatant associations from the whole Poland and other countries. It was erected and funded thanks to public generosity and the support of the local government of Bochnia.
The monument, designed by Professor Czesław Dźwigaj from Cracow’s ASP, is made of bronze and weighs more than 7 tons. The insurgent wings are a reference to the symbol of the Hussars. They are 4.28 m high and about 8 m wide and are situated on a base shaped like the Virtuti Militari Cross, creating (together with the Cross) a symbolic emblem of Fighting Poland. Framing the P-shaped opening in the vertical structure, on one side, is a fragment of the last order of the Chief Commandant of the Home Army supported by a symbolic anchor formed from the arms of the Virtuti Militari Cross. On the other side is the figure of the General wearing his general’s coat and holding a cap in his left hand. Bronze cartouches with reliefs presenting the emblem of “Fighting Poland” and the crest of Bochnia are positioned on both sides of the road leading to the statue from the east.
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