Attractions and accommodation in Mrągowo
For 20 years, Cezary Makiewicz has been singing that "all roads lead to Mragowo, to Mrągowo - to Czos Lake" and with each subsequent year it turns out that the words inspired by country music created for the needs of the nationwide song competition are more and more current. This is because every next spring is welcomed in this small town, which is expanded by a number of diverse and able to satisfy even the most demanding amateurs of entertainment attractions. Some of them are related to the spectacular location of Mrągowo, which is located on one of the greenest regions of Masuria - Mrągowo Lake District, near several lakes, not only Czos, but also Juno, Czarne, Głębokie, Średnie, Magistrackie, Sołtyskie, Sutapie Małe and Sutapie Great. This extraordinary location, the presence of two ski lifts of the Four Winds Mountain and a large number of diverse, cyclical events made famous abroad are invaluable assets that contributed to the fact that Mrągowo is one of the most visited towns in the north of Poland with a rich base of tourist destination equipped with comfortable accommodation offer.
Mrągowo's modern name came from Krzysztof Celestyn Mrągiusz, a popularizer of the Polish language, author of Polish-German textbooks and dictionaries. One of the characteristic features of Mrągowo is the fact that the town has never had defensive walls, because of the original settlement, (where the historical part of the city is located today), from the east, south and west, was protected by the lakes. Choosing a walk around Mragowo you can see, among others eclectic tenement houses from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, numerous buildings with Art Nouveau decorations, low cottages with characteristic, hipped roofs, founded in 1819 and the now functioning "Under the Eagle" Pharmacy located in the building of the former synagogue, the Orthodox Church, Church Evangelical-Augsburg, neo-gothic church. St. Wojciech, neo-Gothic courthouse, built in the Neo-Renaissance style of the Dutch municipal building, Bismarck Tower, Strzegnica Bosniak or the town hall from 1825, in whose walls there is a branch of the Olsztyn Warmia and Masuria Museum worth visiting. A visit to this unique place will allow not only to get acquainted with the history of the city, but also to become acquainted with the extraordinary fauna and flora of the region and the figure of Ernst Wiechert, born near Mragowo, who praises the beauty of the Masurian lands in German.
In addition to the unusual location, interesting history and many tourist facilities providing diverse accommodation, Mrągowo offers a number of iconic events to its guests. The best-known of them is continuously organized since 1981 at the turn of July and August Piknik Country & Folk. This multi-day fete for music lovers and fun not only attracts tens of thousands of people every year, but also promotes them outside the country. The great popularity of the Picnic has contributed to the creation of the Mrongoville western town located on the Mrągowo ramparts, which is one of the few places of this type in Poland. In addition to country music, Mragowo also contributes to the popularization of borderland and Roma cultures and good humor while co-organizing events such as the 1995 Kresowa Festival organized since 1995 at the Amphitheater on Lake Czos, an extremely colorful spectacle "Gypsy Carnaval of Music and Dance Roma "or the unique Mazurian Cabaret Night. This diversity makes absolutely everyone feel in Mragowo like at home to whom often one of the many, apparently over one hundred leading in his hospitable roads, is returning. Browse accommodation in Mragowo on the Visiton portal and find a place to relax for yourself.
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