Cycle trails in wielkopolska

Cycle trails in Wielkopolska

Editor:

Wielkopolska Tourist Organisation www.wot.org.pl

Layout:

Wojciech Kuk

Map:

Pietruska&Mierkiewicz Sp. z o.o. www.topmapa.pl

Photos:

Andrzej Kaleniewicz; archive

Print:

ZAPOL Dmochowski, Sobczyk Sp. j. www.zapol.com.pl

ISBN

978-83-61454-66-3 Poznań 2011

WOJEWÓDZTWO WIELKOPOLSKIE

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Project co-financed by the European Union through the Regional Development Fund, as part of the Wielkopolska Regional Operational Program for the years 2007 - 2013 EUROPEAN FUNDS FOR INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN WIELKOPOLSKA

Amber Bicycle Route Ring around Poznań Piast Bicycle Trail Transwielkopolska Bicycle Route – the northern section Transwielkopolska Bicycle Route – the southern section Nadwarciański Bicycle Trail – the eastern section Nadwarciański Bicycle Trail – the western section One Hundred Lakes Bicycle Trail Gentry Bicycle Route

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Ring around Poznań 173 km

Nadwarciański Bicycle Trail the western section 122 km

Transwielkopolska Bicycle Route the southern section 280 km

Piast Bicycle Trail 104 km

Gentry Bicycle Route 245 km

Nadwarciański Bicycle Trail km

the eastern section 250

Transwielkopolska Bicycle Route km

the northern section 200

One Hundred Lakes Bicycle Trail 110 km

Information on these trails and GPS tracks available at: www.wielkopolska.travel and www.gpswielkopolska.pl Amber Bicycle Route 200 km

Konin poviat Other cycle routes in The Wielkopolska Bicycle Lane System: School Youth Hostel „Chopin” ul. Jodłowa 1 Żychlin tel. +48 63 244 26 87 Pilgrim’s House „Arka” ul. Klasztorna 4 Stary Licheń tel. +48 63 270 81 62

Information on these trails and GPS tracks available at: www.wielkopolska.travel www.gpswielkopolska.pl

Amber Bicycle Route Ring Around Poznań 173 km

Sport and Recreation Centre in Ślesin ul. Napoleona 1 Ślesin tel. +48 63 270 40 48

Gentry Bicycle Route 245 km

Training and Recreation Centre „Leśna Polana” Ślesin-Tokary tel. /fax +48 63 270 41 27

Bicycle Repair

Nadwarciański Bicycle Trail

Nadwarciański Bicycle Trail

the western section

the eastern section

122 km

250 km

Transwielkopolska Bicycle Route

Transwielkopolska Bicycle Route

the southern section

the northern section

280 km

200 km

Editor:

Wielkopolska Tourist Organisation www.wot.org.pl

Text:

Andrzej Kaleniewicz

Layout:

Wojciech Kuk

Map:

Pietruska&Mierkiewicz Sp. z o.o. www.topmapa.pl

Photos:

Andrzej Kaleniewicz

Print:

ZAPOL Dmochowski, Sobczyk Sp. j. www.zapol.com.pl

ISBN

978-83-61454-66-3 Poznań 2011

"COLEX” ul. Dąbrowskiego 24, 60-841 Poznań tel. +48 61 848 31 58 "Armot Bike" os. Zwycięstwa 17A, 61-648 Poznań tel. +48 61 820 01 61 BIKE-ON.pl ul. Krzywoustego 68, 61-144 Poznań tel. +48 514 151 119 Kastor-Bike s.c. ul. Piekary 22/23, 61-823 Poznań tel. +48 61 851 96 88

200km "BIKETOP" ul. Dąbrowskiego 449a, 60-451 Poznań tel. +48 61 840 32 33

WOJEWÓDZTWO WIELKOPOLSKIE

www.wielkopolska.travel Kalmex ul. Głogowska 63, 60-739 Poznań tel. +48 61 866 33 68

www.gpswielkopolska.pl

One Hundred Lakes Bicycle Trail 110 km

Piast Bicycle Trail 104 km

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Accomodation Ostrzeszów poviat

Cross on Kobyla Góra

Route from Ostrzeszów to Mikstat

In the past amber trade was very common in many countries in Europe. Merchants’ caravans carrying “the treasure of the Baltic Sea” were crossing the continent in every direction. One of the most popular trade routes was the trail connecting the Baltic Sea and the Adriatic Sea. It crossed the present region of Wielkopolska leading along the ribbon of lakes Ślesińskie through Kalisz, Ostrzeszów and further to Śląsk (Silesia). Today we can follow this route travelling by bike along the Amber Bicycle Route - recommended for cyclers with bicycle bags.

Distance:

200 km

Level of difficulty: mainly asphalt roads with little traffic, a few cross country sections Marking:

uniformly green according to the PTTK standard

Start:

Syców, województwo dolnośląskie (Lower Silesia Region)

Finish:

Przewóz, województwo kujawsko-pomorskie (Kujawsko-Pomorskie Region)

Recommended tourist attractions Kobyla Góra – the highest peak of Wielkopolska (284 m above the sea level), the “Wielkopolska Cross” - 20 m high, made of metal and painted blue, erected in 1999 to celebrate the millennium.

Parzynów – a wooden St Nicholas’ church from the second half of the 19th century, with Renaissance furnishings.

Ostrzeszów – a tall tower and a part of Medieval defensive walls, 14th century parish church of The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a Baroque post-Bernardine monastery dating from the 17th century, a wooden St Nicholas’ church from the mid-18th century, and a town hall dating back to 1840. An interesting Regional Museum.

Cover photo: View from Ostrzeszów Hills

Town Hall in Kalisz

Manor House - Maria Dąbrowska Museum - Russów

Manor House of Bronikowscy - Żychlin

Basilica in Licheń

Ślesin Canal

Church of St. John the Evangelist - Ołobok

Mikstat – the Neo-Baroque Holy Trinity Church from 1914-18 with an impressively big false dome. A wooden cross from the second part of the 19th century, made by a famous folk artist Paweł Bryliński, situated in front of the church. Above the village buildings you can find a cemetery and a small shingled wooden St. Roch Church from 1788 with a tower topped by a tented roof. Interesting information: every year in the middle of August blessing of pets and other animals takes place here.

Russów – a manor house which is a place of birth of Maria Dąbrowska (1889-1965) - the author of the four part novel “Noce i Dnie” (Nights and Days), which gave a base to a popular television series. At present the building is a branch of the Kalisz Museum. The exhibition presents the 19th century life in Wielkopolska villages and many memorabilia related to the novelist. In a nearby park you can find an open air exhibition of village constructions from Kalisz and its vicinity.

Kotłów – a small village situated on the slopes of high hills in the northern part of the so called Ostrzeszów Hills (Wzgórza Ostrzeszowskie). A Romanesque Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary from the second part of the 12th century, reconstructed many times.

From Kotłów you can admire one of the most remarkable panoramas in Wielkopolska. The view embraces Prosna and Barycz Valleys.

Stawiszyn – a smallest town in Poland comprising a territory of slightly over 100 ha. It keeps an oval urban arrangement. The monumental Gothic St Bartholomew the Apostle Church of Kazimierz the Great Foundation. The tall and younger than the church tower is visible from a long distance. The tenement house with a clock tower is the most characteristic element of the well-kept market (Wolności Square).

the sanctuary in Licheń is the second biggest centre of religious cult in Poland, following only the Jasna Góra sanctuary. The most commonly visited places: the holy icon of Our Lady of Licheń, the place of revelation in the nearby Grąbliński Forest, a spring considered miraculous, stone mountain of Golgotha made by pilgrims, 25 m high the Way of the Cross, “Maria Bogurodzica”- the biggest in Poland 14.7 ton bell, organs which give musical frame to celebrations taking place in Licheń and last but not least the Basilica – a votive of Polish nation for the third millennium.

Ołobok – St John the Evangelist Church; initially Gothic, Baroque at

Żychlin

Ślesin – The triumphal arch situated at the road to Sompolno is the

present, with a huge flying buttress. In the first part of the 13th century the Cistercian Order of Nuns was established here and the present church building is its last remaining element. The Order was closed by the Prussian authorities. A small museum of church art and a cemetery with the 17th century shingled wooden parish church.

Kalisz – regarded as the oldest Polish city since the name “Kalisia” was discovered in the 2nd century writings of a scientist Claudius Ptolemy.

Originally a merchants’ settlement on the Amber Road, under the rule of the Piast Dynasty Kalisz became one of the biggest strongholds. It was granted city rights in 1257. Before the Second World War the town was under strong Protestant and Jewish influence. Commercial growth of the city took place in the 15th and 16th century. The creation of the Duchy of Warsaw boosted another period of development, hindered only by a complete destruction of the city by the Prussian troops in 1914. The biggest attractions: the Main Market Square with a town hall, St Joseph’s sanctuary, St Nicholas’ cathedral, Wojciech Bogusławski Theater, “Dorotka” tower with remains of defensive walls, the oldest municipal park in Poland, monastery complexes: Franciscan and Jesuit (the latter one with the biggest illusionist polychrome in Europe) and an ancient cemetery located behind the former tollbooth.

– The Reformed Evangelical parish was established in Żychlin at the end of the 16th century as a commune of the Reformed Evangelical Church. It is the only reformed evangelical parish which has remained since the times of the Polish Reform Movement until today.

The objects of the church complex, among others the 19th century Classical church and a wooden bell tower, compose a unified set of buildings and have been used appropriately until today. In the park you can find the Classical manor house of the Bronikowski family dated back to 1820. In September 1829 Frederic Chopin was a guest at the wedding reception of the village owner’s daughter Melania Bronikowska.

Konin – the old Konin boasts a Medieval arrangement of buildings which are concentrated around the market square (Wolności square). It was once crossed by a trade route from Kalisz to Toruń. A Classical town hall with a wooden tower dating back to the early 19th century can be admired at 3 Maja square. The clock was brought from the monastery in the nearby town of Ląd. Not far away you can find a Gothic St Bartholomew’s church from the late 14th century, with Art Nouveau polychromes and stained-glass windows in side naves, created by Eligiusz Niewiadomski-the man who assassinated president Narutowicz.

In the front yard of the church, there is a sandstone pole dating from

1151, considered to be the first road sign in Poland. According to the inscription on this unusual monument it used to serve as a landmark indicating halfway between Kalisz and Kruszwica.

Licheń Stary – Taking into consideration the number of pilgrims,

most interesting attraction of Ślesin. It is called by the citizens “Brama Napoleona” (the Napoleonic Gate). The arch was erected in 1811 to honor the French Emperor of who crossed Ślesin 4 years earlier. This monumental structure was to welcome him again in 1812, after (how it was believed) the victorious Russian Campaign. Because of bad fate Napoleon did not see the construction at all.

Lake Ślesińskie - with the surface 152 ha and maximum depth 25 m, is a part of the Warta– Gopło Canal and a place for fishing. You can find here the following types of fish: bream, perch, sander, roach, ruff, stickleback, tench, rudd and chub. Steep banks are covered with trees decorating the picturesque landscape.

The Warta–Gopło Canal – the inland water way connecting the middle Warta with the upper Noteć by the ribbon of lakes. The canal is 32 km long and it has four locks. The canal was constructed in 1938-50 and at present it is used only for tourist purposes (pleasure boats, canoe trails).

Hotel – Camping Jan Hodyjas i Jan Królikowski ul. Tetmajera 4 Kobyla Góra tel. +48 62 731 61 01 Campsite LEMAR ul. Sikorskiego 3 Kobyla Góra tel. +48 62 731 62 09 Farm Tourism Kryspina Lewandowska ul. Słoneczna 3 Kobyla Góra tel. +48 62 731 64 03 Farm Tourism „Przystań tu” Zenon Sobczak Kotłów 100 tel. +48 62 731 02 03 Sport Hotel and Campsite nr 222 Sport and Recreation Centre ul. Kapielowa 5 63-500 Ostrzeszów tel. /fax +48 62 730 27 65

Kalisz poviat Youth Hostel PTSM, cat. I ul. Handlowa 30 62-800 Kalisz tel. +48 62 757 24 04

Koło Poviat Farm Tourism „U Joli” Skobielice 1, 62-600 Koło Gościniec Mieszko (Inn) ul. 3 Maja 5, 62-600 Koło „Na Skraju Lasu" - T. H. Wykpisz Budzisław Nowy 23, 62 - 600 Koło tel: 63 271 76 81, 601 921 241

Other cycle routes in The Wielkopolska Bicycle Lane System:

the eastern section

Information on these trails and GPS tracks available at: www.wielkopolska.travel www.gpswielkopolska.pl

Nadwarciański Bicycle Trail

„Pod Bocianim Gniazdem” Jarosław Mruk Lutomirów 27, 62-660 Dąbie tel: 63 271 92 52; 600 63 85 56

Ring Around Poznań 173 km

Accomodation - Kazimierz Wysocki ul. Łęczycka 25, 62-660 Dąbie tel: 63 271 01 88; 509 125 186

Gentry Bicycle Route 245 km

„Leśna Przystań” ul. Polna 50, 99-210 Uniejów tel: 691 866 466; 691 955 066 Kasztel Rycerski Na Gorących Źródłach (Knight’s Castel) ul. Zamkowa 6, 99-210 Uniejów tel. 63 288 96 82

Nadwarciański Bicycle Trail

„Babie Lato” ul. bł. Bogumiła 18, 99-210 Uniejów tel: 693 115 624, 603 369 289

the western section

122 km

Piast Bicycle Trail 104 km

Editor:

Wielkopolska Tourist Organisation www.wot.org.pl

Text:

Andrzej Kaleniewicz

Translation:

Elżbieta Wąsowicz

Layout:

Wojciech Kuk

Map:

Pietruska&Mierkiewicz Sp. z o.o. www.topmapa.pl

Photos:

Andrzej Kaleniewicz; archive

Print:

ZAPOL Dmochowski, Sobczyk Sp. j. www.zapol.com.pl

ISBN

978-83-61454-66-3 Poznań 2011

Bicycle Repair "COLEX" ul. Dąbrowskiego 24, 60-841 Poznań tel. 61 848 31 58 "Armot Bike" os. Zwycięstwa 17A, 61-648 Poznań tel. 61 820 01 61

Transwielkopolska Bicycle Route

Transwielkopolska Bicycle Route

the southern section

the northern section

BIKE-ON.pl ul. Krzywoustego 68, 61-144 Poznań tel. 514 151 119

280 km

200 km

Kastor-Bike s.c. ul. Piekary 22/23, 61-823 Poznań 61 851 96 88 "BIKETOP" ul. Dąbrowskiego 449a, 60-451 Poznań 61 840 32 33 Kalmex ul. Głogowska 63, 60-739 Poznań 61 866 33 68

250km WOJEWÓDZTWO WIELKOPOLSKIE

www.wielkopolska.travel www.gpswielkopolska.pl

One Hundred Lakes Bicycle Trail 110 km

Amber Bicycle Route 200 km

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Accomodation Poznań Poviat Farm Tourism Maria Wojciechowska Radzewice, ul. Długa 34, 62-022 Mosina tel: 501 362 041

Czeszewo – sentimental design

Pyzdry – the monastery complex

The route is a treat for nature lovers. This trail will lead you away from people and civilization, close enough to see plenty of birds and other animals living in the boggy overflow areas of the Warta river. You can also visit a number of tourist attractions: a monastery in Pyzdry, Stary Konin, the remains of a concentration camp in Chełmno, a lovely town of Uniejów and the so-called „Sieradz Sea”, the largest inland water reservoir – Jeziorsko.

A ferry on the Warta River – Kozubów

Konin – a Romanesque road post; St. Bartholomew church in the background

half of the 19th century. During the Springtime of Nations (1848) Mosina acted as the capital of independent Poland for a few days.

A railway station.

Krajkowo Reserve - established in 1959 to protect the Warta river wetland landscape: old riverbeds, numerous oaks of monumental size, nesting places for many species of birds (e.g. the gray heron)

Śrem - a town hall dating back to the first half of the 19th century.

Old Konin - the Town Hall

Chełmno – the Monument of the Extermination Victims

Dębno - a Gothic church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary from the mid 15th century, with valuable furnishings.

Czeszewo - a wooden St. Nicholas church from the late 18th century, with a shingled roof and valuable furnishings. A former inn building with Prussian wall dating back to the late 18th century.

Pyzdry - a late-Gothic parish church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary from the second half of the 15th century. A frequently rebuilt 14th century Post-Franciscan monastery complex. The remains of a 14th century castle to the north of the monastery.

North to the market square, there is a late-Gothic church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, dating back to the 14th/16th century. We recommend to you also a visit to the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary church in the Post-Franciscan Baroque monastery complex from the 17th/18th century in the Ostrówek district. The town boasts many relics of the past connected with its rich tradition of uprisings and two renowned personalities: Rev. Piotr Wawrzyniak – patron of the cooperative movement, and professor Heliodor Święcicki, the first chancellor of Poznań University, who was born in Śrem. In the town there is also the biggest Polish cast iron foundry.

century with Gothic remains of fortifications.

Nowe Miasto nad Wartą - a Gothic Holy Trinity Church

Konin - the old Konin with a Medieval arrangement of buildings,

Rogalin Landscape Park - created in 1997 to preserve the

from the second half of the 15th century. Further to the west you can find the so-called “Green Market Square”, and in its northern part you can see a former evangelical church dating back to the second half of the 19th century, rebuilt in the 1970s, a culture centre at present.

natural beauty of the Warta river valley. Old riverbeds and wetlands with their typical flora.

Żerków and Czeszewo Landscape Park - created in

concentrated around the market square (Wolności square). It was once crossed by a trade route from Kalisz to Toruń. A Classical town hall dating back to the early 19th century, with a wooden tower, can be admired at 3 Maja square. The clock was brought from the monastery in the nearby town of Ląd. Not far away you can find a Gothic St Bartholomew’s church from the late 14th century, with Art Nouveau polychromes and stained-glass windows in side naves, created by Eligiusz Niewiadomski, the man who assassinated president Narutowicz. In the front yard of the church, there is a sandstone pole dating from 1151, considered to be the first road sign in Poland.

According to the inscription on this unusual monument, it used to serve as a landmark indicating halfway between Kalisz and Kruszwica.

Distance:

250 km

Level of difficulty: mostly easy, a few sandy sections, slightly bumpy surface along the flood bank from Śrem to Rogusko (about 26 km) Marking:

uniformly blue according to the PTTK standard

Start:

20 Października square in Mosina (cyclists starting in Poznań can use a 30-kilometre linking route)

Finish:

the dam on Lake Jeziorsko

Recommended tourist attractions

Mosina - a major junction of cycle routes to the south of Poznań.

An interesting Town Gallery in a former synagogue building, St Nicholas church dating back to 1852-54, a mansion from the second Cover photo: A river dike along the Warta River – the vicinity of Koło

1994 to protect the area where the Lutynia river flows into the Warta river, with fragments of elevations such as the Żerków Flood Bank (164 m in the highest point). A varied shape of the land, vast views of the Warta overflow areas, covered with riparian and broadleaved forests.

Warta River Landscape Park - established in 1995 on the basis of the former Pyzdry Protected Landscape Area, founded a decade earlier. A nesting place for 150 species of birds, i.e. 65% of all breeding species in Poland.

Zagórów - late-Baroque St. Peter and Paul church from the 18th

Koło - a Gothic church of the Exaltation of the Cross.

The ruins of Kazimierz the Great castle – the neighbourhood of Koło at the Warta River

Koło - a nicely preserved layout of the Medieval town, founded in the second half of the 14th century by King Kazimierz the Great. In the Old Market Square there is a town hall, originally Gothic, from the late 14th century, rebuilt in the first half of the 19th century in the Classical style. South to the market square you can see a Gothic 14th/15th century church of the Exaltation of the Cross, with a mid15th century gravestone of Jan of Grabów, a son of famous Zawisza Czarny (the Black Knight). In the neighbourhood you can find the Bernardines monastery complex dated back to the second half of the 15th century, rebuilt in the 18th century. The ruins of the Gothic castle of King Kazimierz the Great from the second half of the 14th century on the left bank of the Warta river, 2.5 km away from the centre of Koło.

Chełmno nad Nerem

- a neo-Gothic church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, dating back to the second half of the 19th century, beautifully located on a high bank over the widespread Ner river valley. During the Nazi occupation the town was one of the five extermination centres in Poland; the others located in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bełżec, Sobibór and Treblinka.

Uniejów - in the northern part of the Market Square there is a Gothic St Florian’s church from the mid 14th century, expanded in the mid 15th and mid 16th century. A mid 14th century castle, the former seat of Gniezno archbishops, on the left bank of the Warta river.

Jeziorsko Reservoir - a storage reservoir created between 1975 and 1986 in the central reaches of the Warta river, 22 km south-east of Turek. The largest artificial lake in Poland.

Farm Tourism „Podkowa Leśna” Krajkowo 1a, 62-050 Mosina tel: 61 819 21 23 Farm Tourism „ZAŚCIANEK u Ciężkich” Pecna, ul. Główna 24, 62-053 Mosina tel: 61 813 77 92

Śrem Poviat gen. Józef Wybicki Agricultural School Complex in Grzybno 63-112 Brodnica, tel: 61 28 23 533 Farm Tourism Jaszkowo "NA PLEBANI” Jaszkowo 10, 63-112 Brodnica tel: 502-65-70-37

Środa Poviat Farm Tourism "Wilczki" - Zofia Janicka Wolica Kozia 45a, 63-040 Nowe Miasto n/Wartą tel: 62 749 30 31 Farm Tourism ”Hermanów” Sławomira Orłowska Hermanów, 63-040 Nowe Miasto n./Wartą tel: 61 287 30 15;, 607 426 664; 661 129 337 Farm Tourism „Lutynia” Paweł Sierański 63-040 Nowe Miasto n/Wartą tel: 62 749 44 06

Września Poviat Kazimierz Pawlak Białobrzeg 12, 62-310 Pyzdry tel: 63 276 98 76; 602 854 265 "Wczasy pod Gruszą" Teresa i Stanisław Kwitowscy Łupice 9, 62-310 Pyzdry tel: 63 276 90 39; 698 825 398 "Pod Kogutem" Włodzimierz Urbaniak Dłusk 72, 62-310 Pyzdry tel: 63 213 50 45

Konin Poviat Farm Tourism "Ania i Filip" Wojciech Jaskólski Izabelin 47, 62-510 Konin tel: 63 246 77 49; 601 977 173

„Zagroda z Wiatrakiem” Marcin Buliczak Góra 20d, 64-410 Sieraków Tel. +48 692 321 700 „Na Morenie” Małgorzata and Wiesław Matalewscy Okręg Wieleński 3, 64-410 Sieraków – Piaski Tel. +48 61 295 29 76; 604 437 243 „U Braci Bengsch” Leszek and Jarosław Bengsch Radgoszcz 56, 64-400 Międzychód Tel. +48 095 748 68 27; 608 402 312 „Grzesiakówka” Krystyna and Mirosław Grzesiakowie ul. Muchocińska 7, 64-400 Międzychód Tel. +48 95 748 32 00; 602 287 898

Other cycle routes in The Wielkopolska Bicycle Lane System:

the western section

Nadwarciański Bicycle Trail

„Dom na Przedlesiu” Adela and Andrzej Krawcowie Przedlesie 16, 64-400 Międzychód Tel. +48 95 748 17 28

Ring Around Poznań 173 km

„Dom na Wzgórzu” Jolanta and Jarosław Matalewscy Słodowy Młyn 1, 64-400 Międzychód Tel. +48 602 698 025

Gentry Bicycle Route 245 km

„Dom nad Jeziorem” Renata and Janusz Mirkowie ul. Nadjeziorna 15, 64-426 Łowyń Tel. +48 95 748 19 96, 507 834 204 „U Sołtysa” Danuta and Eugeniusz Nawroccy Zatom Stary 2, 64-400 Międzychód Tel. +48 95 748 25 17

Piast Bicycle Trail 104 km

Nadwarciański Bicycle Trail

Szamotuły

"COLEX" ul. Dąbrowskiego 24, 60-841 Poznań Tel. +48 61 848 31 58

„Romex” Szamotuły, ul. Rynek 32 Tel. +48 61 292 03 10

"Armot Bike" os. Zwycięstwa 17A, 61-648 Poznań Tel. +48 61 820 01 61

Czarnków

BIKE-ON.pl ul. Krzywoustego 68, 61-144 Poznań Tel. +48 514 151 119 Kastor-Bike s.c. ul. Piekary 22/23, 61-823 Poznań Tel. +48 61 851 96 88

250 km

Wielkopolska Tourist Organisation www.wot.org.pl

Text:

Andrzej Kaleniewicz

Translation:

Elżbieta Wąsowicz

Layout:

Wojciech Kuk

Map:

Pietruska&Mierkiewicz Sp. z o.o. www.topmapa.pl

Photos:

Andrzej Kaleniewicz; archive

Print:

ZAPOL Dmochowski, Sobczyk Sp. j. www.zapol.com.pl

ISBN

978-83-61454-66-3 Poznań 2011

Bike repair Czarnków, ul. Rybaki Tel. +48 67 255 22 06

Transwielkopolska Bicycle Route

Transwielkopolska Bicycle Route

the southern section

the northern section

280 km

200 km

122km

"BIKETOP" ul. Dąbrowskiego 449a, 60-451 Poznań Tel. +48 61 840 32 33 Kalmex ul. Głogowska 63, 60-739 Poznań Tel. +48 61 866 33 68

Editor:

the eastern section

Punkty naprawy rowerów Poznań

Information on these trails and GPS tracks available at: www.wielkopolska.travel www.gpswielkopolska.pl

WOJEWÓDZTWO WIELKOPOLSKIE

www.wielkopolska.travel www.gpswielkopolska.pl

One Hundred Lakes Bicycle Trail 110 km

Amber Bicycle Route 200 km

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Project co-financed by the European Union through the Regional Development Fund, as part of the Wielkopolska Regional Operational Program for the years 2007 - 2013 EUROPEAN FUNDS FOR INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN WIELKOPOLSKA

Accomodation Poznań Poviat Pensjonat „Przy Leśnej” ul. Leśna 22, 62-004 Czerwonak Tel. +48 61 812 07 21 Anielinek Długa Goślina 30, 62-095 Murowana Goślina Tel. +48 61 811 30 91

A picturesque path from Radojewo to Biedrusko

Along the Warta River

The western section of the Nadwarciańki Bicycle Trail (NSR-W), opened in 2009, is a successful extension of the eastern section (NSR-E) created four years earlier and described in a separate brochure. At present the whole route, marked uniformly blue, is 382km long and it leads along the Wielkopolska section of the Warta River. Although the western section is not much shorter than its eastern counterpart, it is considerably easier. However, it can surprise cyclers with unexpected difficulties. One Hundred Lakes Bicycle Trail can be an interesting alternative to NSR-W. (see: the relevant brochure) Distance:

122 km (the distance can be shortened by train connections: Poznań–Oborniki and PoznańWronki)

Level of difficulty: mainly asphalt roads with little traffic, a few not very demanding uphill rides, during spring flooding Radojewo-Biedrusko and MokrzecMiędzychód sections may be impassable. During the dry periods, the section between Obrzycko and Wronki as well as Chojno and Sieraków can become very sandy.

Marking: Start: Finish:

uniformly blue, according to the PTTK standards.

Poznań Cycle Junction, at the crossroads of Jan Paweł II and Arch. Baraniak streets riverside centre in Międzychód

Oborniki – the Holy Cross church

Stobnica – the estuary of the Kończak Canal, a former mill

Recommended tourist attractions Biedrusko – A palace constructed in 1877-80 for Albert von Treskow by Ludwik Huhn. The main entrance is placed in a side façade and you can find a porch and a staircase behind. A high tower with stepping façade and central vestibule lit by a skylight, the doors lead to the surrounding rooms. A landscape park with various trees (6 ha) spreads around the building.

Nature Reserve „Śnieżycowy Jar” (Snowdrop Valley) – its uniqueness is marked every spring by blooming snowdrops.

They grow in a large number covering a ravine falling towards a valley, on the banks of a brook. According to some sources the snowdrops were planted here at the end of the 19th century.

Oborniki – in Oborniki the Medieval urban arrangement of the old town can be observed with the streets leading to the main market square towards the crossing on the Warta river. The market was designed following the granting of town privileges. It preserves its original shape and a turbine plan of streets leading in pairs from each corner. Recommended churches: Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Joseph’s church and the Holy Cross Church.

Bąblin – it is famous in Poland and worldwide for the Missionaries of the Holy Family and their retreat house. The centre organizes meditation days, oasis meetings and rehabilitation meetings with purification treatment based on a fruit and vegetable diet.

Stobnica – Research Station of Zoology Department of Poznań University of Life Sciences created in 1974 in order to breed, restitute and reintroduce rare and endangered species of animals. Stobnica Station is famous mainly for a possibility of direct observing of wolves and raising these animals.

Cover photo: The vicinity of Sieraków

Obrzycko - St. Peter and Paul church

The Warta River in the vicinity of Wronki

Sieraków – a bridge over the Ulga canal

The market in Miedzychód; a fountain with a fisherman

Didactic Nature and Forest Path „Kończak Valley”

Chojno – in the centre of the village you can see a neo-Baroque

- it starts in a parking lot at a forest road connecting Stobnica and Boruszyn. It is 7.7km long. It takes about 4-5 hours to walk it all. It is marked with a silhouette of a beaver according to PTTK standards.

church dating back to 1927. At the end of the 18th century, the borders of Notecka Forest were settled by the so-called Mazurzy Wieleńscy, who left behind a lot of wooden architectural traits.

Obrzycko – This town picturesquely situated on the left bank of the Warta River for ages has preserved the climate characteristic of small towns of Wielkopolska. Above the low buildings of the town three towers draw visitors' attention: St. Peter and Paul the Apostles church, a post-evangelical church, and the town hall. The Baroque St. Peter and Paul church is the oldest monument of the town. It was constructed between 1714 and 1756, according to the design of Pompeo Ferrari. However, it is the town hall that mainly attracts visitors in Obrzycko. On the southern façade of the building, at the first floor level, you can see marble windows dating back to 1527.

Bucharzewo – „Chata Zbójców” – (Outlaws’ Hut) the Centre for all-year events, camps and individual tourism. Since 1990, horse-riding and recreational camps for primary and secondary school pupils have been organized there.

Wronki – A large prison complex completed in 1894 is situated in Wronki. In the period between the world wars and in the years 194556, it used to be a political prison. During the German occupation, 800 prisoners were killed in there. Amica, a widely known Polish manufacturer of household appliances, is the biggest factory in the town. The monuments: St. Catharine parish church and Franciscan church.

Wartosław – once a Town (city rights from 1785) with its original name Nowymost. It is arranged on a plan of three parallel streets connecting the market and the church from the east side. The town declined in the mid 19th century when the Prussian government limited the trade with customs barriers, in effect of which manufacturers lost their potential customers. In the village you can visit the Holy Trinity church built in 1785. In the western part of the village, there is a neo-Gothic Heart of Jesus church, a former evangelical church. On the south end of Lake Pożarowskie, there is a beach with recreational facilities.

Kwatera Myśliwska (Hunting House) Kąty, 62-095 Murowana Goślina Tel. +48 501 169 015 Forester's Lodge Elżbieta Dziel Pławno 4, 62-095 Murowana Goślina Tel. +48 61 812 22 51 Zielonka Didactic Centre Zielonka 4, 62-095 Murowana Goślina Tel. +48 61 812 22 51 ex. 323

Oborniki Poviat Farm Tourism Bacówka Bąblinek 28, 64-607 Kiszewo Farm Tourism "Gryszczeniówka" Wargowo II nr 87, 64-605 Wargowo Tel. +48 61 297 20 67

Irena Kaszna i Alicja Girus - "Pod Lipami" Pakawie 16, 64-510 Wronki Tel. +48 67 254 72 25 „Kasztanka” Kobylińscy Rzecin 32a, 64-510 Wronki Tel. +48 67 254 44 25; 502 386 580 Farm Tourism Genowefa and Marian Sobkowscy Wartosław 1, 64-510 Wronki Tel. +48 67 254 16 88 Farm Tourism Maria and Bogdan Dezorowie Rzecin 16, 64-510 Wronki Tel. +48 67 254 49 62; 606 311 941 Agrohotel Karolewo 11a, 64-510 Wronki Tel. +48 660 426 549 Violetta and Marian Mikołajczak „Na Maliniu” Błota Małe 19, 64-513 Chojno Tel. +48 67 254 48 92; 887 492 075 Barbara and Jarosław Mikołajczak „Na Niedźwiadzie” Błota Małe 21, 64-513 Chojno Tel. +48 67 254 71 89, 608 471 698

established in 1991 to protect the landscape shaped by a glacier, with moraine hills, cut by numerous rivers and brooks. The tourist attractions around Sieraków include: a hilly area with numerous clear lakes. An abundance of interesting places friendly for hiking, cycling, canoeing and even car tourism. We recommend visiting the Stallion Stud, the Opaliński family castle and a former Bernardine parish church.

Farm Tourism Pogoda Słonawy 14, 64-600 Oborniki

Ewa i Kazimierz Weber - „Na Koziołku” Chojno Młyn 41, 64-513 Chojno Tel. +48 67 254 14 49; 668 843 768

Farm Tourism „Art Natura” H. Krzyżostaniak ul. Malinowa 1, 64-600 Kowanówko Tel. +48 61 297 21 75, 602 370 482

Agnieszka Reiter, Leśniczówka „Pustelnia” (Forest Lodge) 64-513 Chojno Tel. +48 61 295 30 24

Międzychód - a town situated on a narrow isthmus between a

Farm Tourism "Dosia” Chraplewo 1, 64-520 Obrzycko Tel. +48 61 291 34 88

Sieraków – it is the centre of the Sieraków Landscape Park,

lake and a river. Setting out from one of the most picturesque markets in Wielkopolska, you can go to the Warta river and the lake.

The town is also full of characteristic tenement houses and unique narrow streets, lanes called “gaski”, leading to the lake or to the Warta river. “Laufpompa” is another exceptional attraction. It is an artesian well in the shape of a cast-iron pump, about 90m deep. Its water has an unusual smell and medical value.

Szamotuły Poviat

Zygmunt and Maria Duszyńscy "Dom w Lesie" Piotrowo 83, 64-520 Obrzycko Tel. +48 61 291 36 18 Elżbieta Dobak - "Zosina Wola" Zielonagóra, ul. Zamkowa 10a, 64-520 Obrzycko Tel. +48 61 291 31 40 Aleksander and Maria Nowakowscy "Gajówka" Gaj Mały 15, 64-520 Obrzycko Tel. +48 61 291 31 91 Farm Tourism “Ameryka" Jaryszewo 40, 64-520 Obrzycko Tel. +48 698 158 220

Benigna and Wiktor Błoch – „Na Smugach” Chojno Młyn 31a, 64-513 Chojno Tel. +48 604 712 406 Dorota Jankowska – „Na Kalwarii” Chojno Młyn 50, 64-513 Chojno Tel. +48 600 691 315 Izabela and Stanisław Grzywnowicz Chojno Błota Wielkie 16, 64-510 Wronki Tel. +48 691 549 899 Henryk Sienkiewicz - "Dom nad Wodospadem" Chojno Młyn 25, 64-513 Chojno Tel. +48 67 254 70 40

Międzychód Poviat „Chata Zbójców” Czesław Kołek Bucharzewo, 64-410 Sieraków Tel. +48 61 295 30 56 „Jaś i Marysia” Wojciech Adamczewski Bucharzewo, 64-410 Sieraków Tel. +48 61 295 21 12

Leśny Ośrodek Szkoleniowo-Wypoczynkowy (Forest Training and Leisure Centre) ul. Wodziczki 8, 62-040 Puszczykowo Tel. +48 61 813 34 71 Farm Tourism Maria Wojciechowska Radzewice, ul. Długa 34, 62-022 Mosina Tel. +48 501 362 041 Farm Tourism „Podkowa Leśna” Krajkowo 1a, 62-050 Mosina Tel. +48 61 819 21 23

Other cycle routes in The Wielkopolska Bicycle Lane System:

Information on these trails and GPS tracks available at: www.wielkopolska.travel www.gpswielkopolska.pl

Ring around Poznań Piast Bicycle Trail 104 km

Farm Tourism „ZAŚCIANEK u Ciężkich” Pecna, ul. Główna 24, 62-053 Mosina Tel. +48 61 813 77 92

Gentry Bicycle Route 245 km

"Albatros" Leisure Centre ul Chrobrego 81, 62-060 Stęszew Tel. +48 61 813 40 61 OSRW Motel Camping "La Costa" ul. Poznańska 10, 62-080 Lusowo Tel. +48 61 816 46 33

Bicycle Repair

Nadwarciański Bicycle Trail

Nadwarciański Bicycle Trail

the western section

the eastern section

122 km

250 km

Editor:

Wielkopolska Tourist Organisation www.wot.org.pl

Text:

Andrzej Kaleniewicz

Translation:

Elżbieta Wąsowicz

Layout:

Wojciech Kuk

Map:

Pietruska&Mierkiewicz Sp. z o.o. www.topmapa.pl

Photos:

Andrzej Kaleniewicz; archive

Print:

ZAPOL Dmochowski, Sobczyk Sp. j. www.zapol.com.pl

ISBN

978-83-61454-66-3 Poznań 2011

"COLEX" ul. Dąbrowskiego 24, 60-841 Poznań Tel. +48 61 848 31 58 "Armot Bike" os. Zwycięstwa 17A, 61-648 Poznań Tel. +48 61 820 01 61 BIKE-ON.pl ul. Krzywoustego 68, 61-144 Poznań Tel. +48 514 151 119

Transwielkopolska Bicycle Route

Transwielkopolska Bicycle Route

the southern section

the northern section

280 km

200 km

Kastor-Bike s.c. ul. Piekary 22/23, 61-823 Poznań Tel. +48 61 851 96 88 "BIKETOP" ul. Dąbrowskiego 449a, 60-451 Poznań Tel. +48 61 840 32 33 Kalmex ul. Głogowska 63, 60-739 Poznań Tel. +48 61 866 33 68

173km WOJEWÓDZTWO WIELKOPOLSKIE

www.wielkopolska.travel www.gpswielkopolska.pl

One Hundred Lakes Bicycle Trail 110 km

Amber Bicycle Route 200 km

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Accomodation Anielinek Długa Goślina 30, 62-095 Murowana Goślina Tel. +48 61 811 30 91 Kwatera Myśliwska (Hunting House) Kąty, 62-095 Murowana Goślina Tel. +48 501 169 015 The Zielonka Forest – a marker post

Dziewicza Góra

The Ring around Poznań is the first element of the Wielkopolska Bicycle Lane System and, at the same time, the local cyclists’ most favorite route. Its special structure in the shape of a bicycle wheel with seven spokes will help you plan more than a dozen unique and not very long trips which begin and end in the capital of Wielkopolska.

Distance:

293.3 km (the Ring and 7 linking trails starting in the center of Poznań)

Level of difficulty: varied, from smooth asphalt roads to sandy and rocky paths Marking:

white squares measuring 20x20 cm, plus a bicycle symbol, below a black direction mark with an orange outline

Start and finish:

as the trail forms a circle, there is no start or finish points

Attention:

crossing the premises of the military training field (between Złotniki and Biedrusko) is allowed only on free days between 8.00-12.00; on working days an allowance from the Commander of the Military Training Centre is required.

Recommended tourist attractions Mosina – a major junction of cycle routes to the south of Poznań. An interesting Town Gallery in the former synagogue building, St Nicholas church dating back to 1852-54, a mansion from the second half of the 19th century. During the Springtime of Nations (1848) Mosina acted as the capital of independent Poland for a few days. A railway station.

Cover photo: A monumental alley between Złotniki and Pawłowice

Puszcza Zielonka

A monumental alley between Złotniki and Pawłowice

The Wielkopolska National Park – created in 1957 to protect various postglacial landforms, various types of lakes and numerous habitats of fauna and flora of considerable value, situated in the triangle between the towns of Luboń, Mosina and Stęszew.

The Arboretum of Kórnik (the Day of Azalea and Rhododendron)

Castle in Kórnik

Dąbrówka Kościelna - a neo-Baroque church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Zamoyski Stone – the vicinity of Osowa Góra

Zielonka Forest Landscape Park – created in 1993 to protect the most valuable elements of the largest forest complex of central Wielkopolska in its original character. The shape of land is varied, with the highest peak called Dziewicza Góra (143 m), the second highest hill in the vicinity of Poznań.

Bnin – in the market square there is a Baroque town hall from the mid 18th century. A post evangelical St. Adalbert church from the first half of the 19th century. A former hospital building dating back to the early 19th century.

center, with a four-sided market. A Regional Museum in an arcaded house from the second half of the 18th century. A Holy Trinity church from the second half of the 15th century, originally Gothic, after two alterations, now Baroque in style.

Zielonka – a field department of Poznań University of Life Sciences and dormitory. An interesting arboretum and nearby the lovely Lake Zielonka with a place to relax.

environment of the Warta river valley. Numerous old river beds, wetlands with typical bog flora. One of the biggest clusters of pedunculate oaks in Europe and one of the most frequently photographed natural sites in Wielkopolska..

“Żarnowiec” spring – a forest parking lot, a panoramic viewpoint and a campsite overlooking a brook.

century. On the hill – a neo-Baroque church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, dating back to the 1930s, surrounded by monumental lime trees.

Stęszew – a preserved oval arrangement of buildings in the town's

Lusowo – between the First and Second World Wars it was a private property of General Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki, the leader of the famous Wielkopolska Uprising. The general and his wife are buried at the local cemetery. A neo-Gothic palace and a park complex by the lake. On the beach: water sports equipment rental.

Rogierówko – the Ethnographic Point of the Museum of the First Piasts at Lednica, situated in an old windmill.

Kiekrz – until recently a village, now a district of the city of Poznań, a

Dąbrówka Kościelna – a pilgrimage destination since the 17th

Wronczyn – a palace and park complex from the 18th/19th century.

Promno Landscape Park

– created in 1993, it encompasses over 2,000 ha of postglacial landscape with moraine hills, mixed forests and a few lakes. The park comprises two interesting nature reserves. An abundance of rare plants typical for boggy areas.

Kostrzyn – a late Gothic St. Peter and Paul church dating from the 16th century.

popular summer resort. A late Baroque St Michael’s church from the second half of the 18th century. Numerous marinas, leisure centers and a lake beach.

Blessed Virgin Mary from the first half of the 13th century.

Biedrusko – a palace and park complex with interesting trees from

Kórnik

the second half of the 19th century.

Murowana Goślina – a late Gothic St James’ church from the 15th/16th century. Nearby – a Classical post evangelical, Holy Spirit church dating back to the 18th/19th century. Zielonka Forest administration center.

Tulce – a late Romanesque church dedicated of the Nativity of the – Działyński family’s castle, altered in the 19th century in Romantic, English neo Gothic style. At present it is a home to Kórnik Library and a museum. The mansion is surrounded by 19th century park-arboretum with the richest collection in Poland. A coach house of historic importance in the 18th century outbuildings. A town hall from the early 20th century in the market square with a nearby Gothic All Saints church dating back to the first half of the 15th century.

Rogalin Landscape Park – created in 1997 to preserve the natural

Leśniczówka Elżbieta Dziel (forester's lodge) Pławno 4, 62-095 Murowana Goślina Tel. +48 61 812 22 51 Ośrodek Dydaktyczny Zielonka (Zielonka Didactic Centre) Zielonka 4, 62-095 Murowana Goślina Tel. +48 61 812 22 51 ex. 323 Iwno Horse Stud Iwno, Park Mielżyńskich 1/1, 62-025 Kostrzyn Wielkopolski, Tel. +48 61 817 80 11 Guest Rooms - Ewa Kiersznowska ul. Szewska 4a, 62-025 Kostrzyn Tel. +48 61 817 86 45

Rogalin – a vast, late Baroque and Classical palace and park complex owned by Raczyński family. At present it is a branch of the National Museum in Poznań. On the premises of the complex - Rogalin Art Gallery with a collection of European and Polish paintings from the 19th/20th century.

Guest Rooms - Tomasz Koper ul. Poznańska 57, 62-025 Kostrzyn Tel. +48 61 817 85 03

Skórzewo – St Martin’s church from 1928 with an interesting tower

Farm Tourism – Guest Rooms Barbara & Zdzisław Urbaniak ul. Leśna 14, 93-004 Tulce Tel. +48 501 301 796

and a collection of 17th century coffin portraits.

Dąbrówka – a palace and park complex dating back to the 19th/20th century; ruins of a neo-Gothic sepulchral chapel of the von Tempelhoff family.

“Morasko Meteorite” Reserve – the highest hill in the vicinity of Poznań: Góra Moraska (154 m) and the surrounding deciduous forest with 7 interesting meteorite craters filled by lovely lakes.

Uzarzewo – Prussian wall, St Michael’s church dating from 1749.

Inside the Eclectic palace dating back to the second half of the 19th century there is a Museum of Natural Environment and Hunting, opened in 1977, with a rich collection of hunting trophies from all over the world.

Puszczykowo – a well-known holiday resort. Arkady Fiedler’s study converted into a museum, with a rich collection of exhibits collected by the writer and traveler in many countries around the world. The writer’s grave at the local cemetery.

Sport and Recreation Centre Leśna 6, 62-035 Kórnik Tel. +48 61 817 01 83 Kórnik Guest Rooms pl. Niepodległości 25, 62-035 Kórnik Tel. +48 61 819 07 22; +48 604 293 146 Gościniec MARZYMIĘTA (Inn) Czmoniec 59, 62-035 Kórnik.

Tel. +48 61 817 12 52; +48 691 383 002 Farm Tourism Maria Witkowska ul, Prezydialna 11, 62-050 Rogalin Tel. +48 61 813 80 90 Ośrodek Szkoleniowo-Wypoczynkowy ZHP (Polish Scouting Leisure and Training Centre) ul. Północna, 62-022 Rogalinek Tel. +48 61 893 82 40

Other cycle routes in The Wielkopolska Bicycle Lane System:

Gniezno Poviat "Jankowo Dolne" Leisure Centre Jankowo Dolne 43 Tel. +48 61 424 57 36 "Jutrzenka" - Gołąbki Leisure Centre 62-240 Trzemeszno Tel. +48 61 415 49 09 Tel. +48 607 151 289

Information on these trails and GPS tracks available at: www.wielkopolska.travel www.gpswielkopolska.pl

Piast Bicycle Trail Ring Around Poznań 173 km

Gentry Bicycle Route 245 km

Bicycle Repair "COLEX" ul. Dąbrowskiego 24, 60-841 Poznań Tel. +48 61 848 31 58

Nadwarciański Bicycle Trail

Nadwarciański Bicycle Trail

the western section

the eastern section

122 km

250 km

"Armot Bike" os. Zwycięstwa 17A, 61-648 Poznań Tel. +48 61 820 01 61

Editor:

Wielkopolska Tourist Organisation www.wot.org.pl

Text:

Andrzej Kaleniewicz

Translation:

Elżbieta Wąsowicz

Layout:

Wojciech Kuk

Map:

Pietruska&Mierkiewicz Sp. z o.o. www.topmapa.pl

Photos:

Andrzej Kaleniewicz; archive

Print:

ZAPOL Dmochowski, Sobczyk Sp. j. www.zapol.com.pl

ISBN

978-83-61454-66-3 Poznań 2011

BIKE-ON.pl ul. Krzywoustego 68, 61-144 Poznań Tel. +48 514 151 119 Kastor-Bike s.c. ul. Piekary 22/23, 61-823 Poznań Tel. +48 61 851 96 88 "BIKETOP" ul. Dąbrowskiego 449a, 60-451 Poznań Tel. +48 61 840 32 33

Transwielkopolska Bicycle Route

Transwielkopolska Bicycle Route

the southern section

the northern section

280 km

200 km

104km WOJEWÓDZTWO WIELKOPOLSKIE

Kalmex ul. Głogowska 63, 60-739 Poznań Tel. +48 61 866 33 68

www.wielkopolska.travel www.gpswielkopolska.pl

One Hundred Lakes Bicycle Trail 110 km

Amber Bicycle Route 200 km

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Project co-financed by the European Union through the Regional Development Fund, as part of the Wielkopolska Regional Operational Program for the years 2007 - 2013 EUROPEAN FUNDS FOR INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN WIELKOPOLSKA

Accommodation Poznań Poviat Farm Tourism „Podkowa” Marcin Stołowski Zielińska 42, 62-006 Gruszczyn Tel. +48 61 817 46 93 On the trail – Młyński Staw in Poznań

St. Nicolas church – Uzarzewo

The Piast Bicycle Trail is one of the most popular tourist routes in Poland and pride of Wielkopolska.

This picturesque trail running across fields and over the hills of Gniezno Lake District will help you learn about the history of the Polish State from its very beginnings. You can visit the Museum of Hunting in Uzarzewo, Lednica Fields - a place of famous religious meetings of the young, Ostrów Lednicki – the ruins of the first Polish rulers’ pallatium, Gniezno – the cathedral with Gniezno Doors and silver relic coffin of St. Adalbert, a beautiful basilica in Trzemeszno, and finally, landscape parks, nature reserves, and a view tower in Izdby.

Distance:

104 km

Level of difficulty: easy, with beaten paths and unfrequented roads Marking:

uniformly black according to the PTTK standard

Wooden church in Węglewo

The vicinity of Trzemeszno

Wydartowo – the building of a former blacksmith’s workshop

Moraczewo - wooden windmills

Cathedral in Gniezno

School Youth Hostel "Sarenka" ul. Poznańska 50 , 62-006 Kobylnica Tel. +48 61 815 00 02

Recommended tourist attractions Poznań – the trail begins at the south-west edge of Malta ra-

“Drążynek Lake” Nature Reserve – it protects a lake

cing lake. A ski slope and toboggan run called „Malta-Ski” open all the year round, a mini-golf course and a bicycle rental service.

The Wolności Mound located near the ski slope. In the vicinity of the ski slope you can find a mountain bike obstacle course and a zoo (the biggest one in Poland in terms of area) south of the lake.

“Maltanka,” a narrow-gauge railway for children.

surrounded by a forest with an adjacent peat bog. Interesting dragonflies, rare varieties of orchids in the forest.

Uzarzewo – a village on the northern bank of the Cybina river with a nearby Lake Uzarzewskie. St Nicholas church with Prussian walls dating back to 1749. It has hall architecture interior, Baroque decorations, a masonry chapel with a crypt of the founders – the Żychliński family, and a wooden tower from 1869. Inside the eclectic palace dating back to the second half of the 19th century there is a Museum of Natural Environment and Hunting, opened in 1977, with a rich collection of hunting trophies from all over the world. The palace is situated in the late 19th century landscape park designed by Augustyn Denizot.

Start:

Poznań, at the junction of Jan Paweł II and Arch. Baraniak streets.

“Dębiniec Lake” Nature Reserve – about 1.3 km north of the trail. It protects boggy areas, reed beds and mixed forest around the lake. Numerous waterfowls.

Finish:

Izdby

Promno Landscape Park

Cover photo: Cathedral in Gniezno and the monument of Bolesław Chrobry

Baroque church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Trzemeszno

– established in 1993, it encompasses over 2,000 hectares of postglacial land, with moraine hills, mixed forests and a few lakes. The park comprises several nature reserves. An abundance of rare plants, typical for boggy areas.

Pobiedziska – the name (from Russian pabieda – victory) is connected with the legendary victory of King Kazimierz the Restorer over Masław in a battle fought there. The town was plundered by Teutonic Knights in 1331. The town was often visited

by King Władysław Jagiełło. At the eastern frontage of the foursided market square there is an early Gothic St Michael’s church with a wooden roof dating back to the 13th and 14th century,. In the interior of the church, late Gothic furnishings and interesting epitaphs. In the church walls there are mysterious holes which, according to a legend, were drilled with fingers as penance for sins. In fact, they are effects of fireworks lit at Easter.

Węglewo – the birthplace of Józef Kostrzewski (1885-1969), a renowned archeologist and Poznań University lecturer, a researcher of Biskupin. In the town, a wooden church from 1818 with Gothic furnishings.

Moraczewo

– a well-preserved stronghold proving that there were two settlements here – in the 8th and 10th century (destroyed during the invasion of Brzetysław in 1038). Two 18th century wooden windmills on the other side of the road.

Dziekanowice – old wooden structures from various parts of Wielkoolska were brought to the Wielkopolska Ethnographic Park created here in 1976. An eclectic St Martin’s church dating back

to 1865 with 19th century furnishings. About 2 km north-west to the trail there is the Museum of the First Piasts at Lednica (a ferry to Ostrów Lednicki): remains of a palatium – residence of Prince Mieszko I and King Bolesław I the Brave.

Gniezno

– it used to be one of Poland's most important strongholds of the Piasts (the first royal dynasty). Otto III, German Emperor, visited Gniezno while on a pilgrimage in the year 1000.

The town witnessed the coronation of Bolesław the Brave and Przemysł II. The Romanesque cathedral with St Adalbert’s relic in a silver coffin, Romanesque Gniezno Doors, many historic chapels, epitaphs, sculptures. It is definitely the most interesting building of historical significance.

Rest and Recreation Centre PP "Hemag" Tuczno, 62-007 Biskupice Tel. +48 61 815 65 85 Leisure Centre "Wrzos" in Stęszewko 62-010 Stęszewko Tel. +48 61 815 64 91 Farm Tourism Nawrot Jacek ul. Główna 24, 62-007 Biskupice Tel. +48 61 815 50 45 Farm Tourism Maria and Włodzimierz Kędziora Promno 26, 62-010 Pobiedziska Tel. +48 61 815 34 03

Trzemeszno – It is believed that St Adalbert was the founder of St Benedict’s monastery in this town. Historical facts, however, prove that the complex, which from the very beginning was a property of St Norbert’s monastery, was established by a Polish king Bolesław Krzywousty in the first half of the 12th century.

Nowadays there are only fragments of walls which remained after the original Romanesque and late Gothic temple. At present you can visit here a magnificent, three-nave, Baroque church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which was built on the plan of a cross. The interior of the church reveals many architectural and artistic points of interest. Trzemeszno is also the birthplace of Jan Kiliński (1760-1819). He was a shoemaker, but history presents him as one of the main figures of the Kościuszko Insurrection. Jan Kiliński’s monument can be found in the square which took its name after him – Jan Kiliński Square.

Farm Tourism Andrzej Marciniak Nowa Górka 3, 32-010 Pobiedziska "Liljówka" Stable ul. Jeździecka 3, 62-010 Pobiedziska Tel. +48 61 815 60 00

„Dom Na Przedlesiu” Adela and Andrzej Krawcowie Przedlesie 16, 64-400 Międzychód Tel. +48 95 748 17 28 „Dom Na Wzgórzu” Jolanta and Jarosław Matalewscy Słodowy Młyn 1, 64-400 Międzychód Tel. +48 602 698 025 „Dom Nad Jeziorem” Renata and Janusz Mirkowie ul. Nadjeziorna 15, 64-426 Łowyń Tel. +48 95 748 19 96; Tel. +48 507 834 204

Other cycle routes in The Wielkopolska Bicycle Lane System:

Information on these trails and GPS tracks available at: www.wielkopolska.travel www.gpswielkopolska.pl

One Hundred Lakes Bicycle Trail Ring Around Poznań 173 km

„U Sołtysa” Danuta and Eugeniusz Nawroccy Zatom Stary 2, 64-400 Międzychód Tel. +48 95 748 25 17

Gentry Bicycle Route 245 km

Bicycle Repair

Editor:

Wielkopolska Tourist Organisation www.wot.org.pl

Text:

Andrzej Kaleniewicz

Translation:

Elżbieta Wąsowicz

Layout:

Wojciech Kuk

Map:

Pietruska&Mierkiewicz Sp. z o.o. www.topmapa.pl

Photos:

Andrzej Kaleniewicz; archive

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Szamotuły „Romex” Szamotuły, ul. Rynek 32 Tel. +48 61 292 03 10

Poznań

Nadwarciański Bicycle Trail

Nadwarciański Bicycle Trail

the western section

the eastern section

122 km

250 km

Poznań 2011

"COLEX" ul. Dąbrowskiego 24, 60-841 Poznań Tel. +48 61 848 31 58 "Armot Bike" os. Zwycięstwa 17A, 61-648 Poznań Tel. +48 61 820 01 61 BIKE-ON.pl ul. Krzywoustego 68, 61-144 Poznań Tel. +48 514 151 119

Transwielkopolska Bicycle Route

Transwielkopolska Bicycle Route

the southern section

the northern section

280 km

200 km

Kastor-Bike s.c. ul. Piekary 22/23, 61-823 Poznań Tel. +48 61 851 96 88 "BIKETOP" ul. Dąbrowskiego 449a, 60-451 Poznań Tel. +48 61 840 32 33 Kalmex ul. Głogowska 63, 60-739 Poznań Tel. +48 61 866 33 68

110km WOJEWÓDZTWO WIELKOPOLSKIE

www.wielkopolska.travel www.gpswielkopolska.pl

Piast Bicycle Trail 104 km

Amber Bicycle Route 200 km

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Accomodation Szamotuły Poviat Joanna i Hubert Jarmuż – „Świat Zwierząt” Witoldzin 17, 64-514 Pamiątkowo Tel. +48 61 291 44 63 The view on Lake Chrzypsko from the view point in Łężeczki

A forest path in the vicinity of Ostroróg

Designed in 1999, the One Hundred Lakes Bicycle Trail is one of the oldest bike routes in Wielkopolska. The trail offers breathtaking views and leads you towards Międzychód-Sieraków Lake District, one of the most popular holiday destinations in this part of the country. The trail is linked to the international cycle trail “R-1” (Calais – Saint Petersburg).

Distance:

110 km

Church in Sieraków

The crypt in the Opaliński castle

Recommended tourist attractions Kiekrz - until recently a village, now a district of the city of Poznań, a popular summer resort. A late Baroque St Michael’s church from the second half of the 18th century. Numerous marinas, leisure centers and lake beaches.

Sobota - a late Gothic church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary dating to the early 16th century, with a late 18th century Baroque façade.

Pamiątkowo - an important gardening centre with apple or-

Level of difficulty: mostly roads without much traffic; several sandy sections

chards. A lake beach and a campsite on the eastern bank of the tunnel-valley of Lake Pamiątkowskie.

Marking:

Baborówko - a neo-Renaissance palace dating back to the late 19th century, now a horse-riding guest house.

Start: Finish:

according to the PTTK standard (black trail) Poznań Cycle Junction, at the crossroads of Jan Paweł II and Arch. Baraniak streets Międzychód

Cover photo: Panoramic viewpoint in Łężeczki - the mushroom-shaped monument

Szamotuły - a former castle of the Szamotulski family from the second half of the 15th century, rebuilt at the beginning of the 16th century by the Górka family. The Gothic shape was restored in 1976-89. A museum with castle furnishings dating to the 16th/18th century, a rich collection of icons. A museum with an ethnographic collection is situated in one of the late-18th century outbuildings.

The so-called Halszka Tower from the 16th century, named after Halszka of Ostróg, the wife of Poznań Province Governor Łukasz Górka, imprisoned there by the cruel husband. In the nearby 19th century granary you can see an archeological exhibition with objects from the Yamal-Europe Gas Pipeline building sites.

Castle of the Opaliński family - Sieraków

Lake Lutomskie

Pump - Międzychód

At the Town Lake in Międzychód

Ostroróg - the birthplace of Jan Ostroróg (approx. 1436-1501),

Sieraków - a holiday resort, popular not only with Wielkopolska

Poznań Province governor, a political writer and the author of a book entitled “On the Organization of the Polish Republic.” A late Gothic church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary from the first half of the 15th century, altered into a Baroque style in the second half of the 18th century.

tourists. A late Renaissance church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary from the first half of the 17th century at Poznańska street. A wing of the former castle of the Opaliński family, rebuilt as a museum in 1995, at Zamkowa street. Five 17th century sarcophaguses with the remains of members of the family were brought here from a post-Bernardinian church. A little further east you can find a stallion stable (“Stado Ogierów”) with a well equipped coach house surrounded by a 19th century landscape park with interesting trees.

Zajączkowo - a late Baroque manor house dating back to the late 18th century, which most probably replaced the former defensive settlement, situated on a peninsula by Lake Zajączkowskie. It was rebuilt at the beginning of the 20th century and converted into a leisure centre of the Poznań Department of Education in the 1980s. Łężeczki - farm buildings from the second half of the 19th century and a manor house dating back to the early 20th century. A panoramic viewpoint marked in 1994 on a postglacial hill by the road to Pniewy.

Chrzypsko Wielkie - A late Gothic St Adalbert’s church from 17th

the early century, with a wooden ceiling and furnishings dating back to the 17th and 18th century. The nearby lake under the same name as the village.

Sieraków Landscape Park - created in 1991 to protect the postglacial landscape of the eastern part of the MiędzychódSieraków Lake District. Numerous moraines, dunes, lakes, river valleys, and interesting forest. North to the Warta River you will mostly find sand dunes in the Noteć pine forest, and if you travel south – a considerably varied area with deep gully lakes, beech and mixed forests. Interesting nature reserves.

Chalin - a former manor house dating back to the mid 19th century, converted into the Environmental Education Centre in 1995, with an interesting nature exhibition, a big conference room and guest rooms. A landscape park around the house, offering three educational paths.

Kamionna -a Gothic, late-15th century church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, with a single nave and a tower-shaped belfry. An interesting, three-level, ornamental gable on the east side.

Międzychód - east to the market square there is a St John the Baptist’s church from the late 16th century, originally late Gothic, altered in the 18th/19th century. In the church wall there is an interesting brick which presents a mask or a face. Across the street there is a pump which supplies water containing large quantities of sulfide and smelling in a characteristic way. A small Regional Museum at 17 Stycznia street. A late Classical post-evangelical church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary dating to the first half of the 19th century in Lipowiec street. Międzychód is an excellent starting point for all those who want to explore the Międzychód-Sieraków lake district and the Noteć Forest.

Krystyna Święcicka – „Pałac Baborówko” Baborówko, ul. Parkowa 1, 64-500 Szamotuły Tel. +48 61 291 40 27 Farm Tourism Katarzyna Przybylak Śmiłowo 10, 64-500 Szamotuły Tel. +48 61 292 39 92

Miedzychód Poviat „Mira” Mirosława and Zdzisław Małeccy ul.Polna 5, 64-412 Chrzypsko Wielkie Tel. +48 61 295 11 66 „U Baby Jagi” Waldemar Panas Łężeczki 41, 64-412 Chrzypsko Wielkie tel : 691 055 345 „Chata Zbójców” Czesław Kołek Bucharzewo, 64-410 Sieraków Tel. +48 61 295 30 56 „Jaś i Marysia” Wojciech Adamczewski Bucharzewo, 64-410 Sieraków Tel. +48 61 295 21 12 „Zagroda Z Wiatrakiem” Marcin Buliczak Góra 20d, 64-410 Sieraków Tel. +48 692 321 700 „Na Morenie” Małgorzata and Wiesław Matalewscy Okręg Wieleński 3, 64-410 Sieraków – Piaski Tel. +48 61 295 29 76; +48 604 437 243 „U Braci Bengsch” Leszek and Jarosław Bengsch Radgoszcz 56, 64-400 Międzychód Tel. +48 95 748 68 27, +48 608 402 312 „Grzesiakówka” Krystyna and Mirosław Grzesiakowie ul. Muchocińska 7, 64-400 Międzychód Tel. +48 95 748 32 00; +48 602 287 898

Other cycle routes in The Wielkopolska Bicycle Lane System:

the northern section

Piła Poviat Gościniec Rębajło (Inn) ul. Kossaka 195, Piła Tel. +48 67 212 36 65

Information on these trails and GPS tracks available at: www.wielkopolska.travel www.gpswielkopolska.pl

Transwielkopolska Bicycle Route

Guest Rooms Józef Burdziak ul. Tucholska 57, Piła Tel. +48 67 212 48 19 School Youth Hostel „Staszicówka” ul. Okrzei 4, Piła Tel. +48 67 213 25 83

Editor:

Wielkopolska Tourist Organisation www.wot.org.pl

Text:

Andrzej Kaleniewicz

Translation:

Elżbieta Wąsowicz

Layout:

Wojciech Kuk

Farm Tourism Irena and Stanisław Siedleccy Sypniewo, 64-915 Jastrowie Tel. +48 67 266 11 17; +48 601 395 198

Map:

Pietruska&Mierkiewicz Sp. z o.o. www.topmapa.pl

Farm Tourism Irena Król Brzeźnica 89, 64-915 Jastrowie Tel. +48 67 266 34 14; +48 602 12 48 99

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Ring Around Poznań 173 km

Złotów Poviat Farm Tourism Stanisław Małachowski Nadarzyce 1, 64-915 Jastrowie Tel. +48 67 266 12 77

Gentry Bicycle Route 245 km

Farm Tourism Alicja and Ryszard Tarnowscy Nadarzyce 65, 64-915 Jastrowie Tel. +48 693 442 978

Farm Tourism Danuta and Grzegorz Nowak Chwalimie 11, 64-965 Okonek Tel. +48 67 266 01 65, +48 604 428 967

Nadwarciański Bicycle Trail

Nadwarciański Bicycle Trail

the western section

the eastern section

122 km

250 km

Poznań 2011

Bicycle Repair Szamotuły

Poznań

„Romex” Szamotuły, ul. Rynek 32 Tel. +48 61 292 03 10

"COLEX" ul. Dąbrowskiego 24, 60-841 Poznań Tel. +48 61 848 31 58

Czarnków

"Armot Bike" os. Zwycięstwa 17A, 61-648 Poznań Tel. +48 61 820 01 61

Bike Repair Czarnków, ul. Rybaki Tel. +48 67 255 22 06

Trzcianka „Jaguar” Trzcianka, ul. Głowackiego Tel. +48 67 216 32 07

Piast Bicycle Trail 104 km

BIKE-ON.pl ul. Krzywoustego 68, 61-144 Poznań Tel. +48 514 151 119 Kastor-Bike s.c. ul. Piekary 22/23, 61-823 Poznań Tel. +48 61 851 96 88

Piła

"BIKETOP" ul. Dąbrowskiego 449a, 60-451 Poznań Tel. +48 61 840 32 33

„Tadex” Piła, ul. Kwiatowa 6 Tel. +48 67 213 56 30

Kalmex ul. Głogowska 63, 60-739 Poznań Tel. +48 61 866 33 68

Transwielkopolska Bicycle Route the southern section

280 km

200km WOJEWÓDZTWO WIELKOPOLSKIE

www.wielkopolska.travel www.gpswielkopolska.pl

One Hundred Lakes Bicycle Trail 110 km

Amber Bicycle Route 200 km

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Project co-financed by the European Union through the Regional Development Fund, as part of the Wielkopolska Regional Operational Program for the years 2007 - 2013 EUROPEAN FUNDS FOR INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN WIELKOPOLSKA

Accomodation Poznań Poviat Farm Tourism Barbara and Maciej Kortus ul. Kolejowa 7, 62-090 Rokietnica Tel. +48 61 814 51 65

Szamotuły Poviat Szamotuły – the Halszka Tower

A view on the Warta River in Brączewo

The trail leads from the capital of Wielkopolska to Okonek, the northernmost commune in the Province.

Despite its considerable length, the route is easy because you usually travel on roads with little traffic.

Cyclists can expect some occasional sandy sections, the longest of which is the one between Piła and Plecemin but it is also one of the most interesting sections in terms of its natural features.

Distance:

200 km

Level of difficulty: mostly asphalt roads with little traffic, a few sandy sections; the most difficult section between Piła and Plecemin Marking:

Start:

Finish:

uniformly green, according to the PTTK standard Poznań Cycle Junction, at the crossroads of Jan Paweł II and Arch. Baraniak streets Okonek, the beginning of a bike and didactic path in the forest

Recommended tourist attractions Kiekrz - until recently a village, now a district of the city of Poznań, a popular summer resort. A late Baroque St Michael’s church from the second half of the 18th century. Numerous marinas, leisure centers and lake beaches.

Cover photo: A panorama of Obrzycko from the trail

A blown up railway viaduct – the vicinity of Jastrowie

Czarnków – buildings in the centre

Sobota - a late Gothic church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary dating from the early 16th century, with a late 18th century Baroque facade.

Pamiątkowo - a big gardening centre with apple orchards.

A lake beach and a campsite on the eastern bank of the tunnelvalley of Lake Pamiątkowskie.

Baborówko - a neo-Renaissance palace dating back to the late 19th century, now a horse-riding guest house.

Szamotuły - a former castle of the Szamotulski family from 15th

the second half of the century, altered at the beginning of the 16th century by the Górka family. The Gothic shape was restored in 1976-89. A museum with castle furnishings dating to the 16th/18th century, a rich collection of icons. A museum with ethnographic collection is situated in one of the late 18th century outbuildings. The so-called Halszka Tower from the 16th century, named after Halszka of Ostróg, the wife of Poznań Province Governor Łukasz Górka, imprisoned there by the cruel husband. In the nearby 19th century granary you can see an archeological exhibition with objects from the Yamal-Europe Gas Pipeline building sites.

Brączewo - a village with a nice view to the Noteć Forest. You can use the bridge over a closed railway line towards the other bank of the Warta river, where, in Stobnica, you can find Zoology Department of Poznań University of Life Sciences research station which breeds endangered species of animals, such as wolves, Polish ponies, black grouses and capercaillies. An interesting natural path.

Czarnków – farm tourism

Piła – a restaurant on a pleasure boat

Daniele - a recreation center of the National Forest Company, with a wooden hut, a place for a bonfire and a car park in the forest. “Oak Forest,” an educational path in the adjacent nature reserve called “Świetlista Dąbrowa.”

Obrzycko - the town has preserved its old arrangement of buildings with a market square in the shape of a trapezium, Prussian wall and brick-and-stone historic houses and a Baroque town hall from the second half of the 17th century. On the southern wall of the town hall there is a Renaissance window frame dating back to the 16th century, brought from Portugal in the mid 19th century.

Lubasz - a late Baroque church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary from the mid 18th century, with two chapels, two towers and Rococo furnishings. The Virgin Mary Sanctuary with a miraculous painting of the Snow Mother of God (Matka Boska Śnieżna) from the 16th/17th century. A resort and the LIMOSINUS beach by the lake.

Czarnków - town buildings are located between a river and the edge of the Toruń-Eberswald Valley. A Gothic Mary Magdalene’s church from the second half of the 16th century situated in Wolności square. Next to it you can find an eclectic town hall dating back to the mid 19th century. The remains of a ski jump, a toboggan run and an amphitheatre can all be found in the Staszic Park.

Trzcianka - a neo-Baroque St John the Baptist’s church from the early 20th century. A Regional Museum in Żeromskiego Street. North to the town, there is a leisure center with a beach and sports facilities by Lake Sarcz, which is beautifully surrounded by forests.

Czarnków – a bridge over the Noteć River

Obrzycko – the Town Hall

Piła - one of the “greenest” cities in Wielkopolska, surrounded by vast forests. In accord with the Treaty of Versailles this German town was returned to Poland in 1945, after fierce battles which destroyed the valuable Old Town almost completely. A neo-Gothic one-nave St Stanisław Kostka’s church from the late 19th century, an originally evangelical, neo-Baroque, three-nave Holy Family church dating back to the early 20th century, with a barrel vault and an interesting portal over the façade; St Antoni Paderewski’s church dating to 1929/30 with the biggest crucifix in Europe, carved from a single piece of wood (7 meters high). A museum with interesting natural exhibits At Browarna street two museums: the Local Museum (in the 19th century villa, which was a home to Polish Consulate between wars) and Stanisław Staszic Museum. A big leisure center with a lake beach by Lake Płotki, 7 km north-east of Piła.

Płytnica - near the village you can find a railway bridge with two spans over the Gwda river. The retreating German troops blew up the bridgehead and seriously damaged the bridge pier.

Tarnówka - post-evangelical church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary from the second half of the 18th century with a Baroque tower and Baroque furnishings.

Jastrowie - a few kilometers outside the town there are some picturesque remains of a railway bridge, blown up in 1945.

Podgaje

- one of a few water-power plants on the Gwda river, built by German engineers before the Second World War.

Okonek - a small town on the banks of the Czarna river. A neoRomanesque church of Mother of God from Slaves from the mid 19th century with modern furnishings. A view tower on the top of Tecławska mountain (191 m), about 1km north from the town.

Farm Tourism Joanna and Hubert Jarmuż Witoldzin 17, 64-514 Pamiątkowo Tel. +48 61 291 44 63 Krystyna Święcicka – „Pałac Baborówko” (Baborówko Palace) Baborówko, ul. Parkowa 1, 64-500 Szamotuły Tel. +48 61 291 40 27 Farm Tourism Katarzyna Przybylak Śmiłowo 10, 64-500 Szamotuły Tel. +48 61 292 39 92

Czarnków-Trzcianka Poviat "Żurawia Kuźnia" Rancho Danuta Jeszke ul. Wyzwolenia 63 Kuźnica Czarnkowska, 64-700 Czarnków Tel. +48 605 699 671 Farm Tourism "Dębina" Jarosław and Marzena Cieślik Sarbka 14, 64-730 Czarnków Tel. +48 603 832 151 Farm Tourism Józef Ściepura Jędrzejewo – Piaski 40 Tel. +48 602 668 757 Farm Tourism Waldemar Warnke Gajewo 74 Tel. +48 67 255 83 80 Farm Tourism Janusz Fąferek Romanowo Dolne-Osuch 6a Tel. +48 67 255 52 22 "Wojada" Tourist Farm Wojciech Adam Kapela Straduń 18, 64 - 980 Trzcianka Tel. +48 67 216 42 21 Farm Tourism "Pensjonat nad Logo" Marek and Beata Burakowscy Sarcz 7, 64-980 Trzcianka Tel. +48 602 118 173 Farm Tourism Gaby & Jacek Piechowiak Przyłęg 5, 64-980 Trzcianka Tel. +48 67 216 26 77 Nad stawami "U ZYGFRYDA" Straduń 8, 64-980 Trzcianka Tel. +48 67 216 28 77

Wiesława Malińska ul. 23 Stycznia 5a, 63 - 322 Gołuchów Tel. +48 62 761 72 85; 604 278 847 Farm Tourism „Ranczo-Kajew” Żarnowski Miłosz Kajew 9, 63-322 Gołuchów Tel. +48 503 658 476

Kalisz Poviat „Raj” Guest Rooms ul. Kościuszki 18, 62-800 Kalisz Tel. +48 791 030 876

Other cycle routes in The Wielkopolska Bicycle Lane System:

the southern section

Information on these trails and GPS tracks available at: www.wielkopolska.travel www.gpswielkopolska.pl

Transwielkopolska Bicycle Route Ring Around Poznań 173 km

Ostrów Poviat

Gentry Bicycle Route 245 km

Accomodation, Sports Club “Stal” ul. Kusocińskiego 1, 63-400 Ostrów Wielkopolski Tel. +48 62 736 00 39 Accomodation, Sebastian Ossowski ul. Wolności 5, 63-400 Ostrów Wielkopolski Tel. +48 600 800 216 „Lido” Leisure Centre ul. Wrocławska 6, 63-421 Przygodzice Tel. +48 62 734 81 27; +48 609-19 84 26 U Źródeł Baryczy (At the Barycz River Source) Przygodziczki 8B, 63-421 Przygodzice Tel. +48 692 44 72 13; +48 607-241-778 Farm Tourism "STEFANÓWKA" Niedźwiedź 1A, 63-500 Ostrzeszów Tel. +48 62 732 77 09

Nadwarciański Bicycle Trail

Nadwarciański Bicycle Trail

the western section

the eastern section

122 km

250 km

Editor:

Wielkopolska Tourist Organisation www.wot.org.pl

Text:

Andrzej Kaleniewicz

Translation:

Elżbieta Wąsowicz

Layout:

Wojciech Kuk

Map:

Pietruska&Mierkiewicz Sp. z o.o. www.topmapa.pl

Photos:

Andrzej Kaleniewicz; archive

Print:

ZAPOL Dmochowski, Sobczyk Sp. j. www.zapol.com.pl

ISBN

978-83-61454-66-3 Poznań 2011

Bicycle Repair "COLEX" ul. Dąbrowskiego 24, 60-841 Poznań Tel. +48 61 848 31 58

Piast Bicycle Trail 104 km

"Armot Bike" os. Zwycięstwa 17A, 61-648 Poznań Tel. +48 61 820 01 61 BIKE-ON.pl ul. Krzywoustego 68, 61-144 Poznań Tel. +48 514 151 119 Kastor-Bike s.c. ul. Piekary 22/23, 61-823 Poznań Tel. +48 61 851 96 88 "BIKETOP" ul. Dąbrowskiego 449a, 60-451 Poznań Tel. +48 61 840 32 33 Kalmex ul. Głogowska 63, 60-739 Poznań Tel. +48 61 866 33 68

Transwielkopolska Bicycle Route the northern section

200 km

280km WOJEWÓDZTWO WIELKOPOLSKIE

www.wielkopolska.travel www.gpswielkopolska.pl

One Hundred Lakes Bicycle Trail 110 km

Amber Bicycle Route 200 km

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Project co-financed by the European Union through the Regional Development Fund, as part of the Wielkopolska Regional Operational Program for the years 2007 - 2013 EUROPEAN FUNDS FOR INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN WIELKOPOLSKA

Accomodation Środa Poviat Farm Tourism Jawita Jarosław Tromski Czarne Piątkowo 26, 63-013 Szlachcin Tel. +48 61 287 10 41; +48 606 49 67 66

Września Poviat A ferry on the Warta River

Dębno - a neo-Gothic church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The southern section of the Transwielkopolska Bicycle Route is a logical continuation of its northern counterpart. The northern track is full of forests and lakes, whereas the southern route is very different, with endless fields, valuable monuments and sites of historical and cultural interest. The route offers also an opportunity to ride up the highest hills in Wielkopolska.

Distance:

280 km

The Radolińscy Palace in Jarocin

The Town Hall – a market in Ostrów Wielkopolski

Winna Góra - a palace and park complex, one of the estates granted to General Jan Henryk Dąbrowski by Napoleon. A museum dedicated to the memory of the general. A Baroque St. Michael’s church dating to 1766 with rich furnishings.

A neo-Baroque chapel with a neo-Classical General Dąbrowski’s sarcophagus.

Miłosław - a late-Gothic St James’ church from the first half of the 17th century, 20th

expanded in the early century. A neo-Gothic, former evangelical church from the second half of the 19th century turned into the Miłosław Regional Museum.

A neo-Renaissance 19th century palace of the Mielżyński family surrounded by a 19th century English-style landscape park. In the park you can find the oldest Polish monument of Juliusz Słowacki (1899). In the nearby pheasantry you can find a former hunting castle dating back to the mid 19th century.

Level of difficulty: generally easy, mainly with asphalt roads; relatively difficult sandy sections from Tursko to Gołuchów and from Antonin to Ostrzeszów, demanding uphill rides to Żerków, Bałczyna and Kobyla Góra.

Żerków and Czeszewo Landscape Park - created in 1994. A part of the Warta river valley with forest nature reserves in the north and a considerably varied postglacial landscape (called “Żerków Switzerland”) in the south.

Marking:

uniformly green, according to the PTTK standards.

Śmiełów - a classical 18th century palace of the Gorzeński family from the end

Start:

Poznań Cycle Junction, at the crossroads of Jan Paweł II and Arch. Baraniak streets

Recommended tourist attractions Tulce - a late Romanesque church of

the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary from the first half of the 13th century, with a wooden 19th century belfry.

Koszuty - The Museum of Środa Region in a larch manor house dating back to the 18th century.

Środa Wielkopolska - a late Gothic, three-nave collegiate church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary from the first half of the 15th century.

Between the railway line and the ring road of route 11 you can see overflow areas of the Średzka Struga river – a protected landscape area with 30 species of water fowl. A narrow-gauge railway station (the Środa Wielkopolska–Zaniemyśl line).

of the 18th century, with rich stucco decorations and paintings inside. Since 1975 a Museum of Adam Mickiewicz, who visited the place in 1831. In the vicinity you can find a landscape park dating to 18th/19th century, with an alley of old lime trees and hornbeams, a lapidary collection of sculpture fragments, a monument of the poet and “Zofia’s garden.”

Żerków - an upland tourist resort. A former neo-Baroque evangelical church dating from 1904, now closed. A Baroque St. Stanislaus church from the first half of the 18th century, with rich Baroque furnishings. In the municipal park you can find the Prevention and Rehabilitation Center with a swimming pool built during the Nazi occupation.

Jarocin - an arcaded town hall dating back to 18th/19th century, with a Regional Museum inside. An early 18th century St Martin’s church, originally with a late Gothic, and, after alterations, Baroque architecture. A characteristic sundial. A neoGothic palace of the Radoliński family from the mid 19th century. In the neighborhood, a 19th century landscape park with a pond, amphitheater and remains of a medieval castle. Nearby – ruins of a Gothic church of Holy Spirit from the first half of the 16th century. Sports Centre with an indoor swimming pool.

Pleszew - a town located on the Ner river. Pleszew used to be famous for its shoe-

Cover photo: Relaxation in the vicinity of Żerków

makers. In the middle of the four-sided market square there is a town hall from the first half of the 19th century. In Kościelny Square you can see a 15th century church

The remains of the former castle – so called „Skarbczyk” in Jarocin

A symbol of the Amber Road – a bridge over the Prosna River in Kalisz

of the Beheading of St John the Baptist. Sports and recreation facilities: a stadium, amphitheater, campsite and summer swimming pool on the outskirts of the town.

Tursko - a sanctuary of the Holy Mother of God in a late Baroque St Andrew’s church from the second half of the 19th century. A basilica with three naves, a square-shaped tower, classical furnishings. It is a destination of pilgrimages: a miraculous painting of the Mother of God from Tursko, a colored woodcut from the second half of the 18th century, made by a folk artist.

The phesantry – Miłosław

A narrow-gauge engine in Środa Wielkopolska

Ostrów Wielkopolski - a Prussian wall post-evangelical church of the Blessed Virgin Mary Queen of Poland from the second half of the 18th century and with a neo-Romanesque tower dating back to the mid 19th century. Baroque furnishings with interesting two-level balconies. South-east of the church you can find a monumental, neo-Romanesque St Stanislaus’s parish church from the early 20th century with interesting furnishings, since 1922 it has been a counter cathedral of the Kalisz Diocese. Other places worth visiting: an old parish cemetery, a former synagogue building from the mid 19th century, “Komeda” – a modern cinema, and “Piaski-Szczygliczka” - a leisure park.

Gołuchów - a dendrological park – the biggest arboretum in Poland and the largest landscape park in Wielkopolska with a Renaissance castle from the mid 16th century, rebuilt in the second half of the 19th century by Izabela Dzialyńska nee Czartoryska in the style of castles on the Loire. South to the village – Gołuchów Lake with a beach, leisure center, campsite and sailing marina. A little farther in the forest – the biggest erratic block in Wielkopolska.

- Trzcielin - one of the biggest ponds in the “Dolina Baryczy” (Barycz Valley) Landscape Park created in 1996 to protect fish ponds, boggy meadows and forests.

Jedlec - the Prussian wall St Florian’s church dating back to the mid 18th century,

century. Original three-floor interior and the roof supported on a column-shaped chimney. Chopin’s music parlor designed to commemorate the musician’s visit to Antonin – frequent concerts, also connected with cycling tours!

with a wooden tower topped with a Baroque helmet.

Kalisz - regarded as the oldest Polish city since the name “Kalisia” was discovered in the 2nd century writings of scientist Claudius Ptolemy. Originally a merchants’ settlement on the Amber Road; under the rule of the Piast Dynasty, Kalisz was one of the biggest strongholds, it was granted city rights in 1257. Before the Second World War the town was under strong Protestant and Jewish influence. Commercial growth of the city took place in the 15th and 16th centuries. The creation of the Duchy of Warsaw boosted another period of development, hindered only by a complete destruction of the city by the Prussian troops in 1914. The biggest attractions: the Main Market Square with a town hall, St Joseph’s sanctuary, St Nicholas’s cathedral, Wojciech Bogusławski Theater, “Dorotka” tower with remains of defensive walls, the oldest municipal park in Poland, monastery complexes: Franciscan and Jesuit (the latter one with the biggest illusionist polychrome in Europe) and an ancient cemetery located behind the former tollbooth.

Droszew - a wooden All Saints church from the second half of the 18th century with a shingled roof. At the local cemetery – a tall, wooden crucifix with scenes of the Passion, and a sculpture depicting Adam and Eve by Paweł Bryliński, a famous folk sculptor.

Lewków - a classical palace of the Lipski family dating back to the late 18th century, thoroughly renovated. Rich stucco decorations and impressive paintings in the interior.

Trzcieliny

Antonin - a wooden classical hunting lodge from the first half of the 19th

Ostrzeszów - places worth visiting: a tall tower and a part of Medieval defensive walls, 14th century parish church of The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a Baroque post-Bernardine monastery dating from the 17th century, a wooden St Nicholas’ church from the mid-18th century, and a town hall dating back to 1840. An interesting Regional Museum.

Parzynów - a wooden St Nicholas’ church from the second half of the 19th century with Renaissance furnishings.

Kobyla Góra - the highest peak of Wielkopolska (284 m), the “Wielkopolska Cross” erected in 1999 to celebrate the millennium, made of metal and painted blue, 20 m high.

Pólko - an impressive wooden church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary called “Na Pólku”, dating from the early 18th century Siemianice - a neo-Romanesque church of St Giles the Abbot from the second half of the 19th century, with a crypt of the Szembek family. In the landscape park there is a palace housing the Forest Research Institute of Poznań University of Life Sciences.

Gościniec „DARZ BÓR” (Inn) Bugaj, 62-320 Miłosław Tel. +48 500 20 65 00 Farm Tourism “u Leny” Czeszewo ul. Leśna 65, 62-320 Miłosław Tel. +48 61 438 45 63; +48 665 811 504

Jarocin Poviat Farm Tourism Mieczysław Katona Gąsiorów 1, 63-210 Żerków Tel. +48 607 192 952 Farm Tourism „Żerniki” Irena and Ludwik Mazurek Żerniki 24, 63-210 Żerków Tel. +48 62 740 76 40 Farm Tourism Alicja Wojtczak Lubinia Mała 41, 63-210 Żerków Tel. +48 62 740 74 03 Farm Tourism Grażyna Żukrowska ul. 700-lecia 6, 63-210 Żerków Tel. +48 62 740 32 40 Farm Tourism Dorotaand Zenon Ciesielscy ul. Poznańska 7 Mieszków, 63-200 Jarocin Tel. +48 62 749 32 40; +48 695 647 032 Farm Tourism „Flircik” Barbara Antczak-Bogielczyk Kadziak 37, 63-200 Jarocin Tel. +48 62 749 41 33 Farm Tourism Stajnia "Astra" Adam Ferdynand ul. Radliniecka 12 Mieszków, 63-200 Jarocin Tel. +48 62 749 32 4, +48 691 168 966

Pleszew Poviat Marianna Kuczkowska Nowa Wieś - Folusz 3, 63-300 Pleszew Tel. +48 62 742 58 62 "Zagroda pod szczupakiem" Jadwiga Sołtysiak Nowa Wieś - Folusz 5, 63-300 Pleszew Tel. +48 62 742 00 34 Maria Kempińska ul. M. Dabrowskiej 7, 63 - 322 Gołuchów Tel. +48 62 761 76 08

Other cycle routes in The Wielkopolska Bicycle Lane System:

Urszula and Mieczysław Nowaccy „Bajka” Ludwinowo 10, 63-830 Pępowo Tel. +48 65 573 62 33 Stanisław Nowicki "Czeluścin 27” Czeluścin 27, 63 - 830 Pępowo Tel. +48 65 574 15 05; +48 601 530 694 Pensjonat „Absolwent” (Boarding House) Helsztyńskiego 3, 63-800 Gostyń Tel. +48 65 572 20 60 Zajazd „Pod Wiwatem” (Inn) Krajewice 105, 63-800 Gostyń Tel. +48 65 572 07 47; +48 693 389 873

Information on these trails and GPS tracks available at: www.wielkopolska.travel www.gpswielkopolska.pl

Gentry Bicycle Route Ring Around Poznań 173 km

Kościan Poviat Farm Tourism Dorota and Marek Pinkowski Cichowo 11, 64-007 Lubiń Tel. +48 65 517 73 03

Piast Bicycle Trail 104 km

Bieżyń "Nad Jeziorem", Joanna and Włodzimierz Szajek Bieżyń 90, 64-007 Lubiń Tel. +48 65 517 75 87; +48 600 25 54 73 Farm Tourism Wiesława and Tomasz Bąk Bieżyń 11, 064-007 Lubiń Tel. +48 65 517 75 46 Farm Tourism Elżbieta and Józef Sołtysiak Bieżyń 3, 64-007 Lubiń Tel. +48 65 517 72 70 Farm Tourism Krystyna and Sylwester Olejniczak Łagowo 52, 64-007 Lubiń Tel. +48 65 517 73 98

Nadwarciański Bicycle Trail

Nadwarciański Bicycle Trail

the western section

the eastern section

122 km

250 km

Farm Tourism Irena Kraśniewska Zbęchy 39, 64-007 Lubiń Tel. +48 65 517 85 26

Editor:

Wielkopolska Tourist Organisation www.wot.org.pl

Text:

Andrzej Kaleniewicz

Translation:

Elżbieta Wąsowicz

Layout:

Wojciech Kuk

Map:

Pietruska&Mierkiewicz Sp. z o.o. www.topmapa.pl

Photos:

Andrzej Kaleniewicz; archive

Print:

ZAPOL Dmochowski, Sobczyk Sp. j. www.zapol.com.pl

ISBN

978-83-61454-66-3 Poznań 2011

Bicycle Repair "COLEX" ul. Dąbrowskiego 24, 60-841 Poznań Tel. +48 61 848 31 58 "Armot Bike" os. Zwycięstwa 17A, 61-648 Poznań Tel. +48 61 820 01 61

Transwielkopolska Bicycle Route

Transwielkopolska Bicycle Route

the southern section

the northern section

280 km

200 km

BIKE-ON.pl ul. Krzywoustego 68, 61-144 Poznań Tel. +48 514 151 119 Kastor-Bike s.c. ul. Piekary 22/23, 61-823 Poznań Tel. +48 61 851 96 88 "BIKETOP" ul. Dąbrowskiego 449a, 60-451 Poznań Tel. +48 61 840 32 33 Kalmex ul. Głogowska 63, 60-739 Poznań Tel. +48 61 866 33 68

245km WOJEWÓDZTWO WIELKOPOLSKIE

www.wielkopolska.travel www.gpswielkopolska.pl

One Hundred Lakes Bicycle Trail 110 km

Amber Bicycle Route 200 km

UNIA EUROPEJSKA EUROPEJSKI FUNDUSZ ROZWOJU REGIONALNEGO

Project co-financed by the European Union through the Regional Development Fund, as part of the Wielkopolska Regional Operational Program for the years 2007 - 2013 EUROPEAN FUNDS FOR INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN WIELKOPOLSKA

Accomodation Poznań Poviat Farm Tourism Maria Wojciechowska Radzewice, ul. Długa 34, 62-022 Mosina Tel. +48 501 362 041 Farm Tourism „Podkowa Leśna” Krajkowo 1a, 62-050 Mosina Tel. +48 61 819 21 23

Mother of Christ with the Child Sanctuary in Głogówko near Gostyń

Pępowo – in front of the Mycielscy Palace

The Gentry Bicycle Route is the “most representative” bicycle route in the Wielkopolska Bicycle Lane System. You can see numerous manor houses, stud farms, historic churches and monasteries. You will have an opportunity to visit a unique open-air museum of film industry or even take a ride in a draisine or a railcar in a park. We recommend the Honey Trail as a dessert …

Distance:

245 km (Mosina – Kościan – Leszno - Rawicz – Gostyń – Krzywiń - Słonin).

Level of difficulty: from smooth asphalt roads to sandy, muddy or rocky “special sections” Marking:

uniformly green according to the PTTK standard

Start:

Mosina, at the junction of the Mosina-Rogalin and Mosina-Puszczykowo roads.

Finish:

Słonin or Zaorle – depending on a chosen alternative

Recommended tourist attractions Mosina - a major junction of cycle routes to the south of Poznań. An interesting Town Gallery in a former synagogue building, St Nicholas church dating back to 1852-54, a mansion erected in the second half of the 19th century. During the Springtime of Nations (1848) Mosina acted as the capital of independent Poland for a few days. A railway station.

Dezydery Chłapowski Landscape Park - created in 1992, mostly to protect a unique cultural and agricultural landscape formed in the mid-19th century by General Dezydery Chłapowski.

Racot - the National Stud Farm in Racot established in 1928. Nicely restored classicist palace from the late 18th century, with a conference and training centre. A late-Baroque church of St Stanislaus Kostka and St George from the second half of the 18th century.

Cover photo: Polish willow trees at the road in the vicinity of Łagów (Krzywiń Community)

The palace in Gębice

Mother of Christ with the Child Sanctuary in Głogówko near Gostyń

Kościan - since the year 1400 it has been the biggest – second only to Poznań – completely fortified town in Wielkopolska (the trail runs over the green belt leading along the so-called “channel of relief”, which surrounds the oldest part of the city – visible remains of medieval walls). We recommend visiting the market square with a late 18th century town hall (a Regional Museum inside), the Gothic parish church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary from the 14th century, the Gothic Holy Spirit church dating back to the 15th century, and two old windmills.

Osieczna - a popular holiday resort by Lake Łoniewskie. A post-Reformation monastery complex of the Franciscans: a late Baroque St Valentine’s church from the 18th century and a Baroque monastery from the 17th century. In the vicinity there is a late-Gothic Holy Trinity church from the 16th century, rebuilt in the Baroque style. A 15th century palace now serving as a pediatric rehabilitation hospital. Three wooden windmills.

Leszno - an important centre of Protestantism and cloth production.

Recommended attractions: an attractive Baroque and Classical town hall and interesting churches: a Gothic, catholic St Nicholas’ collegiate (a former evangelical Holy Cross church), a late Gothic, Catholic St. John the Baptist church, formerly the Unity of the Brethren church. A former synagogue dating back to the 18th century, at present Local Contemporary Art Gallery. A wide range of recreation centers: “Akwawit” water park, a stadium with a speedway track, glider airport and a small zoo.

Lubiąż – the interior of church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Pępowo – a Gothic St. Ann chuch

Regional Museum, St. Andrew Bobola’s parish church from the early 19th century. In Rawicz there is also a top-security prison.

Golejewko - a breeding farm with thoroughbred English race horses.

A mid 19th century palace erected for the Czarniecki family and surrounded by a park. An impressive collection of horse-drawn vehicles and an alley with plaques dedicated to distinguished horses. A so-called transit gate topped with a bulbous helmet bearing a golden crescent, a trophy brought from the Battle of Chocim against Turks in 1620.

Pakosław - a classicist palace and park complex dating to the late

18th

century. A neo-Gothic church dating back to 1899 with coffin portraits and plaques bearing the coat of arms of the Zakrzewski family. The 15-km, yellow Honey Trail begins in Pakosław and runs through the most beautiful apiaries and beehives. An open-air bee-keeping museum is going to be created in Ostrobudki. You can buy honey and accessories for its production.

Turew - a Baroque palace and park complex of the Chłapowski family from the 18th century. A Research Station of The Institute for Agriculture, Forestry and the Environment of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Dolsk – a view point

Racot – tarpan horses breeding

Gostyń - the bourgeois tradition of Gostyń goes back to 1278 – to the rule of Przemysł II – which is manifested in the well-preserved Medieval arrangement of buildings. We recommend visiting the late Gothic St Margaret’s fara church from the 15th century and the Private Museum of Vintage Cars.

Głogówko - on Święta Góra (Holy Mountain), where an impressive monastery of the Congregation of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri is located, you can visit Mother of Christ with the Child Sanctuary, one of the most frequented pilgrimage destinations in Wielkopolska. In the main altar of the church you can admire a painting depicting Mother of Christ with the Child and a rose, type Hodigitria, dating to 1540. The church is a part of a monastery complex.

Pępowo - an estate of Gniezno archbishops since 1136. A village famous for breeding the Wielkopolski horse. Gothic St Jadwiga’s church from the 15th century with a characteristic tower resembling a fortified castle. Near the village there is a palace complex of the Mycielski family dating back to 1780 (currently a private property).

Farm Tourism „ZAŚCIANE K u Ciężkich” Pecna, ul. Główna 24, 62-053 Mosina Tel. +48 61 813 77 92

Kościan Poviat Guest Rooms – Social Welfare Home in Jarogniewice ul. Poznańska 25, Jarogniewie, 64-020 Czempiń Tel. +48 61 282 70 27, +48 61 282 70 11 School Youth Hostel at LO (Comprehensive Secondary School) in Kościan al. Kościuszki 3, 64-000 Kościan Tel. +48 65 512 04 04 Amazonka Farm Tourism Racot, ul. Kościańska 42, 64-000 Kościan Tel. +48 65 513 14 22; +48 693 785 956

Leszno Poviat "U Janeczki" Ryszard Schulz Łącko 10, 64 - 113 Osieczna Tel. +48 65 535 01 70; +48 507 064 302 "Zielona zagroda" Zofia i Jan Grabarczyk ul. Krzywińska 3, 64-130 Osieczna Tel. +48 65 535 06 70; +48 693 740 670

Gostyń Poviat Centre for European Integration Rokosowo, 63-805 Łęka Mała Tel. +48 65 573 11 56

Kobylin - a mid 19th century town hall, late-Gothic St Stanislaus’ parish

Rawicz Poviat

about 1500). Originally owned by the Benedictines from the nearby town of Lubiń. A Gothic St Nicholas’ church from the 15th/16th century.

church from the 16th century, a Baroque Bernardinian monastic church of the Nativity of Our Lord from the 15th/16th century. Inside one of its wings there is the Museum of Kobylin Region.

Sport and Recreation Centre ul. Spokojna 1A, 63-900 Rawicz

Rydzyna - an impressive Baroque castle raised on the Middle Ages

Lubiń - a monastic complex founded by the Benedictines in 1070.

Jutrosin

foundation by Rafał Leszczyński (its present shape is the result of three 18th

Numerous monuments of architecture in various styles, from the Romanesque period, through the Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo to the modern times. Towers of a Baroque, 18th century church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, visible from a long distance away.

On the adjacent hill there is a stone Romanesque St Leonard’s church from the early 13th century with a late-Gothic brick extension at the top.

century alterations), burnt down in 1945, rebuilt in the 1970s and 80s.

Now it comprises: a hotel, a restaurant, a training center and banquet rooms. An excellently preserved Baroque arrangement of buildings in the town. The Baroque parish church from the mid 18th century.

Rawicz - a town with a wonderful green area, developed on the belt along the town's former defensive walls. The park so created is now often compared to the Kraków Planty. At present it is crossed by a marked tourist trail. Other recommendations: a Baroque town hall from the mid 18th century with Poland's first lighting rod, now housing the Rawicz

Krzywiń - one of the smallest towns in Wielkopolska (a population of

Cichowo - a fashionable holiday village by a lake with the same name.

The biggest attraction is the “Soplicowo” open-air film museum, created in 1999, featuring the props and costumes used in the film entitled Pan Tadeusz, directed by Andrzej Wajda.

- characteristic streets with barns on each side. A neoRomanesque St Elisabeth’s church from the early 20th century, with three characteristic towers and valuable furnishings from southern Poland. A market square with a welcoming mid-19th century town hall. A neoGothic post-evangelical church dating back to the late 19th century, converted into a gym in 1998 (sic).

Dubin - a neo-Romanesque St Nicholas’ church dating from 1936-39, with a late-Renaissance 17th century sandstone tomb showing a knight in armor.

Farm Tourism „Nad Zalewem” Małgorzata Jurdeczka Sowy, 63-920 Pakosław Tel. +48 661 409 162 Farm Tourism „U Pszczelarza” ul Czterdziestolecia 9, Pakosław Tel. +48 660 45 91 87

Gostyń Poviat Dorota Hudzińska "U Doroty" ul. Powstańców Wlkp. 31, 63-830 Pępowo Tel. +48 65 573 62 44 Maria and Andrzej Wachowiak "U Jędrusia" St. Nadstawek 12, 63-830 Pępowo Tel. +48 65 573 63 50 Halina Poślednik "U Haliny" St. Nadstawek 11, 63-830 Pępowo Tel. +48 65 573 61 78