Trail of Marian Raciborski
Practical Information
- Detailed InformationZwińRozwiń
- Object type:
- Bicycle
- Difficulty of the route:
- Beginners
- Route route:
- Ostrowiec
- Locations on the route:
- Bałtów - Bałtów "Girczakówka" - Lemierze - Podgórze - Stoki Duże - Ruda Kościelna - Borownia - Smyków - Podgrodzie -Skała - Przepaść - Ćmielów (Rynek - Urząd Miasta i Gminy Ćmielów) – Brzóstowa
- Attractions on the route:
- Bałtów Jurrasic Park, Palace of Drucki-Lubecki, Church of Mother of the Sorrow, Parish Church in Ruda Kościelna, Museum of Live Porcelain in Ćmielów
- Route length:
- 26,9km
- Tourist region:
- Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski Region
- Organizer name:
- PTTK Branch of Stanisław Radwan in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski
- Organizer data:
- 27-400 Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, ul. 3 maja 8
- Phone:
- +48 505 444 874
- E-mail:
- www.ostrowiec-radwan.pttk.pl
Description
Trails in the vicinity of Bałtów mainly leads through the asphalt roads, but all routes are suitable for cycling with the family, of course, in the footsteps of dinosaurs.
Course: Bałtów - Bałtów "Girczakówka" - Lemierze - Podgórze - Stoki Duże - Ruda Kościelna - Borownia - Smyków - Podgrodzie -Skała - Przepaść - Ćmielów (Market Square – Municipal Office in Ćmielów) – Brzóstowa
Lenght: 26,9 km
Colour: red
Difficulty: easy
Bałtów - millions years ago dinosaurs roamed through the Kamienna River valley and left there their well-visible trail on the lime bedrock. The JuraPark Bałtów was set up nearby and it attracts lots of tourists every year. Touring the park is like traveling throughout our planet"s history from the Cambrian period till the present times. Reconstructed dinosaurs and other animal groups are the greatest attraction of the park. Worth to see the Stary Młyn (Old Mill) powered by water and still functioning. All elements of the mill equipment are in perfect operational state. An old miller who knows all secrets of the facility takes visitors around. The neoclassical palace (119th c.) of the Drucki-Lubecki family is surrounded by a park arranged in the 18th century and containing many old trees recognized as nature monuments. Prince Aleksander Drucki-Lubecki lived in the palace before WWII. The list of historical monuments in Bałtów can be supplemented by a wooden chapel of Saint Jan Nepomucen (19th c.) and a cemetery (19th c.) with a mausoleum of the Drucki-Lubecki princely family.
Ruda Kościelna – the village is located at Trail of Timber Architecture. One can see the parish church of the Marriage of the Virgin Mary from the late 18. century. Father Wisniewski"s own preferences, in the middle of the church was formerly the entrance to the tombs. Near stands the 20th-century belfry, built by the judge Czeslaw Tarnowski.
Ćmielów - The little town of is located some 10 km east from Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, on the boundary of the
photo Municipal Office in Ćmielów Iłżeckie Foothills and the Sandomierz Plateau. It sits on the Kamienna River with a tributary of River Przepaść. Ćmielów is famous for the production of the highest quality porcelain. The Porcelain Factory AS Ćmielów produces porcelain ware with the use of original models and moulds that survived together with the worldwide known traditions of the Ćmielów porcelain products. A logo of Ćmielów Exclusive is now found on the newest products of the Ćmielów factory: porcelain jewelery items. They are all hand-made and hand-decorated. The Live Museum of Porcelain was established on the factory premises in 2005. This unique institution not only displays the factory products, but also let visitors participate in the process of production as well as offer them a chance of making a finished items themselves.
More information: www.sejmik.kielce.pl