LIDZBARK WARMINSKI COUNTY

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LIDZBARK WARMINSKI COUNTY
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Population 45.310 Area 924.4 km2

• Geographically, the Lidzbark Warminski County is
  situated in the north-eastern region of Poland in
  the Province of Warmia and Mazury. It includes
  three rural communes (Lidzbark Warminski, Kiwity,
  Lubomino) and one urban (Lidzbark Warminski) and
  one rural and urban (Orneta). It borders with the
  following communes Bartoszyce, Braniewo, Elblag,
  Olsztyn and Ostroda.

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THE HISTORICAL OUTLINE

• The land of the Lidzbark County features
  unusually rich history. All communes creating the
  county received in the
• 14th century their location
• privilege based
• on the Chelmno Law.
• Despite many wars and
• natural disasters, the
• Lidzbark Warminski
• County is provided with many monuments, which
  proof the rich history of this land.

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• The County is typically agricultural.
  Over the last years, an intensive
  development of summer and winter
  tourism
• is noticeable due to the exceptional
  landscape and recreational virtues.
  Fertile soils, mild climate, water
  resources, variety of plant and animal
  world are considered to be an
  abundance of this land.

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LIDZBARK WARMINSKI

• Lidzbark Warminski is situated at the Szlak
  Kopernikowski (Copernicus Trail) at the gorge of
  two rivers Lyna and Symsarna, 48 km away from
  Olsztyn and around 30 km away from the northern
  border crossing. The beautiful valley, where the
  town is situated, is surrounded by picturesque
  hills with the abundant flora and fauna. Little
  converted environment is the mainstay for game
  and flows.

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• The landscapes, which
• can be admired here
• are very like the
• landscapes of the
• mountain trail. The
• gorge of the Sysmarna River with the beautiful
  landscape is a particularly beautiful
  place. There is 2,5 kilometre tourist trail
  running along the Symsarna River.

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• Lidzbark Warminski for
• over 400 years was the
• capital of the historical
• Warmia Region. Due
• to its location, numerous
• high class monuments and outstanding people of
  the then times, is often called the called the
  Pearl of the Warmia Region. Listing the famous
  residents of the town, it is impossible to omit
  Nicolaus Copernicus, Igancy Krasicki, Marcin
  Kromer and Stanislaw Grabowski.

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• The most important historic monuments include
• -     the Castle of Lidzbark erected between
  1350 and 1401 on the peninsula at the Symsarna
  River mouth. For many centuries, it was a place
  of residence for bishops (Ignacy Krasicki) was
  the last one)
• -   Orangery of Krasicki (Summer Palace)
• -      High Gate
• -   Saint Piotr and Pawels church and
• -     Raising the Holy Cross church.

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LIDZBARK WARMINSKI COMMUNE

• The commune is located at
• the Mazurian Lake District and
• Sepopolski Hill. It is rated
• among the part of the Green
• Lungs of Poland.
• There are three picturesquely located lakes,
  around which there are well-developed tourist
  facilities. The Blanki Lake encompassing an area
  of 458 hectares is the largest one. It neighbours
  with the following villages Suryty, Gajlity,
  Potryty and Blanki. There is the PTSM Switez
  tourist centre offering tourist facilities,
  camping site as well as beds in the youth hostel.

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• Wielochowo Lake takes the third place as far as
  size is concerned and it is surround by arable
  fields. There is also Bialy Labedz tourist
  facility, camping site, shop and bar and water
  sport equipment hire.
• Rivers such as Lyna, Symsarna, Elma, Kirsna,
  Drweca flowing to Pasleka are also full of charm.
  

• Zacisze Lesne holiday centre is situated by the
  Symsarna River, two kilometers from Lidzbark
  Warminski and among beautiful forest areas, it
  offers accommodation and full board.

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• The most important historic monuments and events
  include
• -   Raising the Holy Cross church in Pilnik from
  1709
• - The Saint Elzbietas church in Kraszewo from
  the 14th century
• -   The churches in Babiak, Ignalin,
• Runowo, Blanki,
• Jarandowo and Klebowo

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ORNETA

• Orneta is one of the most beautiful towns In the
  Warmia Region. It was established in the first
  years of the 14th century on the Wyrmedyten old
  Prussia settlement field. On the 26th of March
  1313, Orneta was granted civitas, i.e. town.
• It encompasses an area of 963 hectares and
  population is 9,960. The town is the seat of the
  municipality.

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• Orneta is situated on the Ornecka Plain. The
  Orneta forests are abundant in the most valuable
  species of mushroom and undergrowth, the Pasleka
  River or Taftowo lake however, located 10 km from
  Orneta, are ideal places to fish. It is also a
  place of rest and camping of the Orneta residents
  and tourists.

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• The most important historic monuments include
• The Gotic town hall from the 14th century, the
  only such preserved in the Warmia Region. The
  oldest bell coming from 1384 is situated on the
  Baroque town hall tower
• Small tenement houses were built as annexes and
  surrounded the town hall, peddlers and merchants
  lived there
• The Saint Jans church erected in the 14th
  century built round with chapels is one of the
  most beautiful Gothic churches in Poland
• Jerozolimska (Jerusalem) Chapel

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• Primary School No 1, which
• was established on the
• foundations of the old bishop
• castle. Its basements
• have been preserved in the
• original state
• Visitation of the Holiest Virgin
• Marys Sanctuary in Krosno.
• According to the legend, children
• found a figure of the Virgin Mary
• in the Drweca River. On the
• same place, a chapel was established in 1593.
  Influx of pilgrims contributed to the
  establishment of the present church between 1715
  and 1720, and

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LUBOMINO COMMUNE

• Lubomino Commune is situated in the northern part
  of Warmia. It borders with the following
  communes Lidzbark Warminski, Milakowo, Dobre
  Miasto, Swiatki and Orneta. The railway line is
  running through the commune and connects Olsztyn
  with Braniewo and further through Kaliningrad
  District.

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• The Lubomino Commune is included in the
  physiographic unit of the Olsztyn Lake District.
• The majority of agricultural farms, out of 400
  farms possess from 15 up to 30 hectares. Corns
  are dominating within the crop structure,
  breeding however is represented by cattle and
  swine.
• There are no larger industrial plants in the
  commune and there are 75 businesses registered,
  which mainly deal with trade, services and small
  manufacture.

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• Picturesque and environmentally valuable objects
  as well as landscapes concentrate in the Pasleka
  River Valley. The river within the commune area
  is considered to be the mountain waters due
• to trout and umber
• occurring here.
• There is the mainstay of beavers in the Pasleka
  River and the bank side areas make up a nature
  reserve. The basin of the Tonka Lake situated
  near by Lubomino is also under protection it
  encompasses an area of 162 hectares with the
  island in the middle.

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• The following historic monuments are worth
• visiting as well
• -  The Saint Rochs Chapel with the Baroque
• altar
• -    One Baroque chapel from the 18th
• century, three chapels from the 19th century
• and one from 20th century
• -   Manor houses in Biala Wola Baroque and
  classicist architecture, in Eldyty Wielkie
  Neo-classicist manor house from the 18th century,
  and
• Parish churches in Lubomino, Bieniewo,
  Rogielde, Wilczkowo, Eldyty Wielkie and
  Wapnik.

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KIWITY COMMUNE

• Kiwity is a typically agricultural commune. It is
  situated at the northern edge of the Olsztyn Lake
  District on the Lidzbark Warminski. Reszel
  Ketrzyn route. It encompasses an area of 145,5
  km2 and has a population of 3,754. An
  unquestionable andvantage of the commune is pure
  unpolluted natural environment.

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• The existing nature reserves can surely be the
  places of pride for the country. They are very
  valuable as far as ornithology is concerned.
  These include Bartniki 2 km from Kiwity with the
  Bartniki pool encompassing an area of around 92
  hectares considered to be an Ecological Use.
  These are breeding places of many rare species
  such as grebe Podiceps cristatus, P. griseigena,
  P. nigricollis, P. ruficollis and also lxobrychus
  minutus, Botaurus Stellaris, Sterninae and Sterna
  Hirundu. Ideal biological habitat has been
  created for other interesting species of birds
  such as ducks. Apart from the common mallard, the
  number of teals has increased.

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• The following historic monuments are worth
  visiting
• -      Saint Apostles Piotr and Pawels church
  from the 14th century
• -   Fencing of the church cemetery with two gates
  and three chapels from the 18th and the 19th
  century
• -     Neo-Gothic way-side chapel from the
  beginning of the 20th century in Kiwity
• -    Mother of Peace with the Visitation of the
  Holiest Virgin Mary Church in Stoczek Klasztorny,
  and
• -      Jan Ewangielistas Church, many
• wayside chapels from the break of
• the 18th and 19th century (Czarny
• Kierz, Klejdyty, Krekole and Rokitnik).

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THE SEAT OF THE COUNTY TOWNSHIP

• Wyszynskiego Str. 37
• 11-100 Lidzbark Warminski
• tel. [phone]
• fax [phone]
• www.powiatlidzbarski.pl
• starosta.nli_at_powiatypolskie.pl