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Węgorzewo, Warmińsko-Mazurskie
, 11-600 Węgorzewo

Węgorzewo and nearest areas - perfect spot for holiday

Węgorzewo is called the Masuria Gate - this is where you can start or end your cruise on the Great Masurian Lakes. The city was founded in the 14th century by the Teutonic Knights. A castle stood here, which for many centuries was an important link in the defense system of the Prussian state. Today, heavily rebuilt, it is in private hands. In Węgorzewo we will see a very interesting late Gothic church. Saints Peter and Paul from the beginning of 17th century with late Renaissance equipment from the same time. The oldest monument in the church is the oldest organ in Mazury, constructed by Joachim Thiele from Kętrzyn in the years 1647-1648. Thanks to the 17th-century organ pipes preserved in the majority, the organs still have a beautiful, original baroque sound. The coats of Fryderyk zu Dohna and Andrzej von Kreytzen - founders of the church are placed above the tower's portal. In Węgorzewo there is the Museum of Folk Culture and the Museum of Railway Tradition located in the 19th century building of the former station. The beach on the Mamry Lake with a viewpoint on the pier and the port on the Węgorapa River makes a big impression. It is also worth going for a walk to the city park. Jerzy Andrzeja Helwing, where time is measured by a real sundial. A great attraction are rafting on the Węgorapa and Sapina rivers as well as cruises on the Great Masurian Lakes.

 

Sztynort - nearest and as well interesting region

Sztynort is one of the largest yacht ports in Masuria, hidden on a small Sztynorcki Lake (less than 50 ha) in the Land of the Great Masurian Lakes. Once the lake was connected with the Kirsajty canal running through the park of the Lehndorff palace. Today, the link is a long 170-meter channel Sztynorcki connecting the port and the lake directly with the lake Mamry / Łabap. One of the buildings of the Lehndorff estate now houses a hotel and restaurant. The port is equipped with complete sanitary facilities and a fuel base. Owners of the Sztynort estate from the sixteenth century up to 1945 were representatives of one of the oldest Prussian families - von Lehndorff. They received Sztynort (about 5,800 ha) in recognition of their merits during the last war of the Teutonic Knights with Poland (1519-1525). The family came from an old family of nobles (powerful) Prussians and participated in most of the Polish-Teutonic conflicts on the Teutonic side. Maria Eleonora Donhoff, widow of Ahasverus von Lehndorff built today's palace in 1689-1691. Later, it was rebuilt many times in a characteristic shape. The impressive building, despite its not very good condition (requires immediate renovation) makes an amazing impression today. In the eighteenth century, a visitor in Sztynort visited the Bishop of Warmia, Ignacy Krasicki. Because of family ties in childhood and youth, Marion Donhoff - later editor-in-chief of "Die Zeit" was often here. During World War II, the part of the palace was occupied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Reich Joachim von Ribbentrop. At the same time, his last owner, Heinrich von Lehndorff, lived in the palace - a participant in an anti-Nazi conspiracy and an unsuccessful assassination attempt on Hitler in July 1944. According to earlier findings, he had managed to kill the Hitler and take over the King's District. He was captured and executed on September 4, 1944 in Plotzensee. Heinrich von Lehndorff commemorates today a stone with a plaque in front of his former Sztynort property. Stretching to the north of the palace (to Lake Kirsajty and Mamry), the park is today a nature reserve that protects the beautiful old forest. South of the foundation, between the lakes Łabap and Sztynorcki, there is the former neo-gothic mausoleum Lehndorff from 1830. Access to it is difficult - after passing the section of the historic oak alley you have to wade through a fragment of the forest wet and densely overgrown with undergrowth. Former farm buildings made of brick and stone, the beauty of nature (several hundred years old oaks), interesting history of property owners, large water reservoirs around - all this makes Sztynort a quintessential Mazury. This is complemented by a large number of water sportsmen in the season - then it gets busy and shaky here. Ignacy Krasicki, during one of his visits, was to tell his friend Ahasverus von Lehndorff - "Who has Sztynort, this one has Masuria".

 

Pozezdrze

During World War II, in the forest near Pozezdrze, there was a wartime quarters of Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler, SS and police commander. Heinrich Himmler was one of the closest collaborators of Adolf Hitler. It was he who was responsible for the construction of the genocidal machinery of concentration and extermination camps. The complex with the pseudonym Hochwald (Wysoki Las) was built in 1940-41. It was made up of five shelters, an underground garage, two guardhouses and a special shelter for Himmler. In 1944 Himmler met with the Soviet general Andrey Vlasov, the commander of the Russian Liberation Army. A railway line Giżycko-Węgorzewo-Kętrzyn ran past the quarters, thanks to which it had a railway connection, including with Wilczy Szaniec in Gierłoż. Hochwald's shelters were blown up by German soldiers in January 1945. Himmler's personal shelter, which was originally 21.4x19,3m, was preserved in the best condition. In 1944 it was rebuilt and further strengthened. The ceilings and walls were covered with a special protective jacket. The thickness of the ceiling was about 9m, and the thickness of the walls reached approx. 4m. Two entrances led into the shelter, each 80 cm wide. Then it went to the lock closed with double armored doors. Inside the shelter there were two rooms with their own lighting and ventilation system.

There is a marked educational path leading to the bunker beginning in the parking lot near the Pozezdrze-Węgorzewo road.

 

Lesniewo

In 1911, a project was initiated under which a water canal connection was to be established between the Great Masurian Lakes and the Łyna River, just at its outlet to Pregoła. The resulting route was to be an alternative to the connection of the Śniardwy Lake through the river of Pisa with the Narew and Vistula to the Baltic Sea. The new facility would significantly shorten the route of transporting goods and people. There are 10 chamber locks on the fifty-kilometer channel, which ensure overcoming a 113-meter difference in levels. The First World War interrupted the work - it was resumed in 1934. Already in 1933, the Todt Organization was established (the name from the head of the organization Fritz Todt), which dealt with the construction of highways, airports, war battles, border positions and hydrotechnical objects. In February 1942, the plane with the organization's boss crashed near the airport in Kętrzyn - all on board were killed. Hitler has appointed Albert Speer as the head of the OT. The question whether the event of February 1942 is just an unfortunate accident remains unanswered (Fritz Todt knew all the plans and projects of the most important objects in the Reich). The organization carried out the construction of the Masurian Canal along with reinforced concrete locks before and during World War II, to finally break it in 1940. As part of the work, almost all channel sections were made, parts of locks (eg Leśniewo Górne - designed lift 17.6 m, chamber depth 21m). One lock - Guja-Piaski was completed in its entirety - today it is used to regulate the water level in Lake Rydzówka. After the separation of the former East Prussia, the Polish side was left with a 20-kilometer section of the canal with five locks, and around 30 kilometers with Russia, also with five locks. The easiest way to visit is the Leśniewo Dolne, Górne and Guja-Piaski sluices. The unfinished Masurian Canal is today a great tourist attraction and a testimony of human possibilities - the idea of ​​running such a waterway was born in the seventeenth century. Józef Naronowicz-Naroński - a mathematician and cartographer in Prussia and Samuel Suchodolski - a geometer and cartographer worked on the possibilities of combining Śniardw with Niegocin and further on Lake Mamry with Pregoła and Niemen. The Great Masurian Lakes were interconnected in the 18th and 19th centuries. The channel connecting Mamry with Pregoła has never been completed.

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