REGION
Ostromecko PDF Print E-mail

LOCATION
3 kilometers from Bydgoszcz on the Chelminska Road, one can find a small village situated on a curve of the Vistula River. The name of this village is Ostromecko. The village is truly a unique place because of its dense and picturesque forest surroundings. The palace complex ,which consists of 2 palaces that are equal in size to the Royal Lazienki in Warsaw, is one of the region’s true gems. What is worth pointing out is the fact that Ostromecko is not just a place where nature has been perfectly preserved. Ostomecko is also a place of historic importance. Polish kings, Prussian kings, Polish insurgents and even Napoleon’s Army visited the village in the past.

PALACE
The current owner of the smaller palace is the Municipal Center of Culture while the larger one is the property of the Municipality of Bydgoszcz. It is worth mentioning that the larger palace is managed and run by the Municipal Center of Culture. The center’s main aim is to give the inhabitants of Bydgoszcz a cultural center outside the city. During spring and summer months concerts of all types, workshops, contests, recreational and sports events and outdoor events are organized at the venue. On weekends in the summer, a cafe is open to visitors on the tarras. During the autumn and winter, art auctions, recitals, balls and lectures are organized inside the palaces. At present, the site is being renovated.

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The Tucholski Landscape Park PDF Print E-mail

The Tucholski Landscape Park is located in the south-eastern part of the Tucholski Forest Region. It spans 36.983 ha and has a lag of 15.946 ha.
The terain on which the park is located was formed by the Scandinaivian Glacier. The various slits of erosion in the form of valleys and gullys add variety to the general landscape.The main waterway in the park is the Brda River, which at time flows through deep valleys surrounded by ancient leaved trees. It is worth mentioning the fragment of the river near ¦wit where the almost mountain-like landscape is made up of erratic boulders and steep valleys. What’s more, local rafters named the fragment “Hell” because of its geological make up.  Another picturesque element of the park’s landscape are the many lakes with irregular shore lines and gully lakes with unique flora and fauna.
More than 86% of the park is a wooded area in which pine is the predominant spiecy. The densly wooded area has its own microclimate which is ideal for curative purposes thanks to the fact that the area remains pristine and untouched by pollution.

A number of wildlife reserves are also part of the Tucholski Landscape Park. These include:
Ustronie , Bagno Grzybna, Jezioro Zdręczno , Cisy nad Czersk± Strug± , Jeziorka Kozie ,  ¬ródła Rzeki St±żki , Dolina Rzeki Brdy and Bagna nad St±żk±.

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Toruń PDF Print E-mail

The charm of Gothic houses and narrow paved lanes, the spires of old churches, the fountain of the raftsman playing the violin to frogs at the foot of the huge brick city hall - they all dazzle everyone who for the first time comes to Toruń, a city inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Toruń spreads its special magic in the evenings when the lanterns of the old town are lit and the little cafes, pubs and restaurants round the market are filled with a hum of visitors till the late hours. A glass of wine sipped in the scenery of original, mediaeval buildings lets the imagination go back to the 13th century, when the city was ruled by its founders, the knights of the Teutonic Order. The night panorama of Toruń’s Old Town seen from the left bank of the Vistula is a view that arouses the admiration of tourists from the entire world over.
In Toruń, one finds traces of its royal past at every step. The richly decorated façades of houses and dozens of cereal granaries remind visitors of the golden times in the development of trade and craft and the city’s membership in the Hanseatic League. Beyond a doubt, however, the most important date in Toruń’s history is the 19 of February, 1473. It was on that day that in one of the Gothic houses on St. Anne Street that the famous astronomer, Nicholas Copernicus, was born. Nowadays, one can still see the font at which he was baptised in the nearby St. Johns’ cathedral. In the Nicholas Copernicus Museum, situated in the house of his birth,  old editions of his scientific works and wooden astronomical instruments with the aid of which he formed his heliocentric theory can be seen.

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Biskupin PDF Print E-mail

Biskupin lies 5 km east of the international E5 route which goes through Poznań, Gniezno, Żnin and Bydgoszcz to Gdańsk. It is located 10 km south of Żnin.

BISKUPIN ENVIRONS
The picturesque Pałuki region lies among the historic areas of Greater Poland, Pomerania and Cuiavia. It is a rolling countryside with lakes, meadows and forest complexes, rich with prehistoric and medieval monuments, but not as renowned as its neighbouring regions.
The south-eastern part of Pałuki is cut by  Szlak Piastowski (the Piast Route) which connects such places as Żnin, Wenecja, Biskupin and G±sawa. Part of this route can be visited by narrow gauge railway train – the trip from Żnin to G±sawa (12 kms) through Biskupin takes 45 minutes.
Żnin is a small town with a 700 year history. In the Middle Ages, the archbishops of Gniezno located their residences in the town. A vicarage from 1795, which is now the seat of Museum of Sacral Art (tel. 0048/52/3028), is located near the 15th century church. Muzeum Ziemi Pałuckiej (The Museum of the Pałuki Region) is the main cultural institution in Żnin. It  is located in the main square of the city and occupys a gothic tower from the XVth century. The Museum of Narrow Gauge Railway in Wenecja is a department of Żnin Museum. The train, after leaving Wenecja, stops at Biskupin and the final halt is in G±sawa. There one may find an interesting wooden church erected at the beginning of the XVIIth century, with lately discovered wall paintings of a high artistic value.
In Marcinkowo Górne, 2 kms from G±sawa, a monument of prince Leszek Biały stands close to the road. The prince was assassinated in a nearby field in 1227, when the meeting of Polish dukes and landlords turned into a lethal quarrel. The recent monument is a copy of the first one erected in 1927 by Wiesław Tuchołka, owner of the Marcinkowo Górne estate.
Biskupin is a well-known archaeological museum and reserve in Middle Europe. Excavations on Lake Biskupin peninsula were initiated in 1934. It was the first prehistoric site in Poland to be found using  vast scale organized research, modern techniques, methodology and interdisciplinary activity.
The wooden remains of the fortified settlement from 8th century BC were found in an excellent state of preservation, thanks to the wetland conditions. Biskupin has been called the ‘Polish Pompeii’ , as well.

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Ciechocinek PDF Print E-mail

Ciechocinek is unique thanks to it’s very beneficial climate and it’s curative and repose functions, the essential elements of which are the high annual medium temperature, the comparatively high number of sunny days, small levels of precipitation, not too strong winds, and lastly the modest air moisture. Ciechocinek’s climate can be defined as a lowland climate mildly perceptible to the human organism. Therefore, Ciechocinek has ideal climatic conditions which fulfil all the requirements of a health resort.
Ciechocinek’s natural resources are abounding deposits of thermal brines, which, thanks to the presence of sodium chloride, calcium compounds, magnesium compounds, iron compounds, free sulphuretted hydrogen, iodine, bromine and other trace elements, have extraordinary curative qualities. Their temperature is from 8 to 370°C, and their salinity – from 0,19% to 6,43%. Since 1841, which was when the first intake of brine was bored, further exploitation intakes have been carried out.
The brine is utilized for healing baths and its influence on the human organism depends on the activity of chemical, thermical and hydrostatic factors. With suitable concentration, the same mineral water is not only used for individual and group inhalations, but also for irrigation. Spring no 19 delivers water with an 11% concentration, which is bottled as mineral water “Krystynka” and “Kujawianka”.

 

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Inowrocław PDF Print E-mail

Inowrocław, one of the largest towns of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Province, the nominal capital of Western Kujawy. It is situated on the Piast Route, close to water routes and the historical settlement of Ascaucalis – a Roman era trade emporium of the Amber Trail. The oldest written mention of Inowrocław dates back to the year 1185. Today, the administrative area of the city covers 3 thousand hectares, including 300 hectares of urban greenery. Park Solankowy (a brine park), arranged as a French garden, stretches out over the area of 55 hectares. Its western part accommodates brine graduation towers, one of three therapeutic structures like this in Poland.
The River Noteć flows through the southern part of the town, connecting it with the Odra and Vistula basins.
Inowrocław attempts to combine the functions of a health resort, based on an extensive system of sanatoriums, with those of an economic centre, making use of the rich resources – chiefly rock salt beds – found under the town and in its outskirts. The latter makes it often called a "city on salt".
The city has a rich tradition and favourable conditions for development thanks to the natural resources, a good infrastructure and extensive possibilities of cooperation.
In 2005 and 2006 Inowrocław was a prize-winning participant at the Sixth and the Seventh National Ecological Contest respectively, in the category of a Green Commune. According to a 2004 survey carried out by Wprost magazine, Inowrocław was put on a Top 100 List of the Best Places to Live in Poland. In 2005 the city was ranked 8 out of 75 on the scoreboard of Polish health resorts. Such a high position was scored thanks to the quality of therapeutic materials (e.g. water and peloids), the natural medicine support of the spa hospital and pump room, the number of indoor and outdoor swimming pools, parks, gardens, fountains, promenades, as well as the separation of the spa quarter from the municipal infrastructure, the amount and quality of entertainment facilities and the cultural offer. Moreover, at the International Tour Salon 2003 in Poznań, the cultural stand of Inowrocław was the only one to receive a prize in the Acanthus Aureus Competition, as best supporting the city's marketing strategy.

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