Brzeszcze brings together a place of remembrance, St. Urban’s Church and the Nazieleńce pond and forest complex. You can focus your search on the themes you want to shape your stay.

The History of Remembrance in the City Park

The grounds of the former Jawischowitz subcamp largely corresponded to the area of today’s city park on Dworcowa Street. The camp bathhouse building and a lantern remain in the park as remnants of the subcamp. A monument to the victims of the Jawischowitz subcamp, an external camp of KL Auschwitz-Birkenau, was unveiled in Brzeszcze on 1 September 1983. It was designed by Bogdan Rzenno. The surviving structural traces and a monument dedicated specifically to the victims are concrete points of reference in the local history of remembrance.

Nazieleńce: Ponds, Forest and Meadows

Brzeszcze’s Nazieleńce is a forest and pond complex in the Upper Vistula Valley. The dozens of fishponds are joined by adjoining mixed forest and Vistula meadows. The fishpond complex covers a total area of more than 150 hectares. The meandering Młynówka stream feeds the ponds and connects the Soła and Vistula rivers. The water, forest and meadows each shape a different aspect of this landscape.

At Przebór Pond, floating plants cover a large area of the water’s surface; these include the protected yellow water-lily. Birds are another feature of the area: bitterns and little bitterns occur in Nazieleńce, and both species are considered very rare in Europe. Visitors with a particular interest in nature will find tangible points of interest here in the landscape, plant life and wildlife.

Cycling in the Municipality

In the municipality of Brzeszcze, the nearly 14-kilometre “Brzeszcze na rowerze” cycling route passes, among other places, through the ponds of Nazieleńce and Natura 2000 sites in the Vistula and Soła floodplains. Its length and sections through the pond landscape and river lowlands give this cycling trip a different focus from the memorial sites or the architecture in the town. When planning, you can decide whether you want to focus mainly on the landscape or on Brzeszcze’s cultural history.

St. Urban’s Church and Architecture

The brick St. Urban’s Church in Brzeszcze dates from the 19th century and is in the Neo-Baroque style. Construction began in 1874. This gives the church both an architectural classification and a specific historical date: 1874 marks the start of construction. The church adds a distinct architectural point of interest to the themes of remembrance and nature.

Choose the Right Focus for Your Stay

When looking for a holiday apartment in Brzeszcze, you can start by considering which aspect of the town matters most to you. Nazieleńce and the cycling route lend themselves to a focus on landscape and nature; St. Urban’s Church and the memorial sites bring architecture and history to the fore. If you want to include several of these themes, it helps to rank them by personal interest rather than combining them into a fixed itinerary.

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