Heritage of the Barycz Valley
Palaces, churches, castles and mills — with audio stories in the app.
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“Bronisław” Windmill and Miller's Cottage, Duchowo
A wooden post mill with four sails and a half-timbered Miller's Cottage housing a small village museum, just outside Milicz.
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Christmas Bauble Museum, Milicz
About 6,000 hand-decorated baubles from Milicz's former Christmas-ornament factory, shown in the KOM cultural centre.
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Church of St Charles Borromeo, Radziądz
A late-Baroque gem of 1727–1735 with an oval interior, founded by the Hatzfeldt family, on the Żmigród–Milicz road.
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Church of St Michael the Archangel, Milicz
A Neoclassical parish church built in 1817–1821, with a Palladio-inspired façade, on ul. Kościelna in Milicz.
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Church of the Assumption, Cieszków
“The pearl of Silesian late Baroque” – a former manor church completed around 1753, founded by Princess Katarzyna Sapieha.
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Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Wierzchowice
A half-timbered church from 1769–1773, once Lutheran, with a richly decorated Rococo interior and a Baroque tower.
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Former Border at Przywsie (1920–1939)
Traces of the 1920–1939 Polish-German border: barrier abutments, a former border post and stone boundary markers.
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Former Narrow-Gauge Train Display, Milicz Wąsk.
A historic narrow-gauge train on the former Milicz Wąsk. station (1894–1991), next to a cycle path along the old railway embankment.
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Half-Timbered Churches of Sułów
Two 18th-century half-timbered churches: Sts Peter and Paul (1731–1734) and the octagonal Our Lady of Częstochowa (1765–1767).
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Hatzfeldt Castle and Palace Ruins in Żmigród
A tower from 1560 and the ruined palace where, in 1813, the plan to defeat Napoleon was drawn up.
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Holy Trinity Church, Żmigród
A brick basilica from around 1600 with a Renaissance Schaffgotsch portal, a Baroque interior and a Neo-Gothic chancel.
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Krośnice Narrow-Gauge Railway
A park narrow-gauge railway in Krośnice: almost 3 km of track, 5 stops and a vintage Px48 steam locomotive from 1955.
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Krośnice Palace
The former residence of the von der Recke von Volmerstein family, remodelled in 1927–1929, now the Krośnice municipal office.
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Maltzan Family Grave and Black Gate, Milicz Palace Park
Hidden corners of the Milicz palace park: the grave of Count Andreas von Maltzan and his wife, and the bog-iron Black Gate.
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Maltzan Palace in Milicz
A neoclassical palace set in a landscape park.
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Manor Gate in Milicz
A neoclassical arch inscribed “Semper bonis patet”, commemorating Tsar Alexander I's visit in 1813.
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Milicz Castle Ruins
The brick ruins of a medieval castle in the palace park – a stronghold stood here as early as 1136.
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Milicz Market Square
The heart of the town on the Barycz – the starting point for a walk around Milicz and a story of the town, its ponds and its nature.
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Museum of Fishing Traditions of the Milicz Ponds
A free museum of pond fishing at CET Naturum: 106 historic fishing tools and the story of the Stawy Milickie fish farm.
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St Andrew Bobola Church (Church of Grace)
A half-timbered Church of Grace from 1714 – one of six in Silesia, with three tiers of wooden galleries.
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Sułów Watermill
A former watermill on the Młynówka Sułowska millrace – by the bridge where many Barycz kayak trips end.
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Wooden Church of St Matthias, Trzebicko
A shingle-roofed wooden church from 1672 surrounded by covered arcades – one of the finest timber churches in Lower Silesia.
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