The document summarizes several historic and natural sights worth visiting in a region of Poland. It describes how the village of Szafarnia inspired Chopin's music and how the village of Płonne is where a famous novel was written. It also mentions the church and monastery in Obory overlooking the picturesque neighborhood, and highlights the town of Kowalewo Pomorskie with its city walls and Teutonic castle ruins. Nature spots mentioned include lakes, forests, and the Drwęca River valley nature reserve.

1. Places worth sightseeing
in our region
Sylwia Romak Class 1Ga

3. The village of Szafarnia picturesquely seated in the Drwęca
vallery, was a holiday destination of a Polish composer Frederic
Chopin, who stayed there twice (in 1824 and 1825) in the 19th-
century Dziewanowski palace. The wealth of traditions and
customs of a typical Polish village together with the beauty of the
countryside inspiered the famous author of mazurkas and other
pieces of music.

6. The village of Płonne, frequently mentioned in Maria Dąbrowska’s
diaries, was the place where she wrote her most celebrated novel titled
„Noce i dnie” (Days and Night). Here tourists can appreciate a park
formely belonging to the manor, a Gothic church and the statue of
Colanel Jan Dziewanowski, the famous commander in the battle at
Samosierra and the village’s most prominet citizen.

9. Situated in the vincinity the village of Obory is another perfect spot
that tourists can stop at. For over 400 years now a magnificent church
and a monastery of Shoed Carmelites has been towering over the
picturesque neighbourhood.

10. Owing to the breathtaking scenery the region received the nicknames of
the Calvary of Obory or the Switzerland of Dobrzyń. Moreover, masses
of visitors are magnetized by the statue of Our Sorrowful Lady, whose
healing powers gained widespread popularity.

11. The church has several spectacular altrs. In the central
niche of the main altar in the presbytery tourists may admire
the statue of the miraculous Pieta of Obory. A Baroque
monastery adjoining the church as well as the cemetery
surrounded by the 18thcentury eall is yet another attraction .

13. Tourist will not want to miss Kowalewo
Pomorskie, another interesting town of the
district. Here they will be introduced to well-
preserved parts of the city walls with a corner
tower from the turn of the Teutonic castle
erected in the town in 1231. A Gothic pillar
of the old watchtower is what remained of
the ancient Teutonic stronghold at the bottom
of the castle hill.

14. Another magnificent building in a 14th-century church of St
Nicholas with a one-room layout and flat vault. Its Baroque interior
was mainly inherited from the old Dominican church in Torun.

15. Numerous buildings of great
historical value include
churches, palaces and manors
with parks, particularly Gothic
churches in
Radomin, Ostrowite,Wrocki,
Ciechocin, and Chełmonie as
well as Baroque churches in
Działyń and Dulsk, and park
and palace complex in
Sokołowo, Piątkowo,
Szafarnia and Zbójno.

16. St Małgorzata
Gothic Church in
Ciechocin
St. Marcin Baroque
church in Dulsk

17. St. Marcin Baroque
church in Radomin

18. Nature values also contribute greatly to the
attractiveness of the region. Among the multitudes of
lakes the best managed are Okonin and Grodno lakes
which in summer time attract crowds of tourists
craving for a peaceful rest at the lakeside.
The Lakes make a real paradise for fishing fans
while amateurs of mushroom picking and hunting
may pursue their passions in the woods
of the district which cover the area
of about 11000ha.

19. Grodno lake

20. Okonin lake

21. There are over 50 monuments of nature registered in the
district. The most attractive is the nature reserve of
9 larches on Larch Hill in Płonne.

22. The nature reserve
Larch Hill in Płonne

23. Another interesting tourist spot is the valley of the Drwęca
River. On the slopes of the valley there is
a nature reserve Bobrowisko where numerous species of
rare animals and plants can be found.

24. The Drwęca has been used
as a canoenig route for
many years with national
and international
canoenig races organising
here regulary.