Brzesko Region in Poland
Written by Margaret Odrowaz-Sypniewski,
Brzesko district, Poland:
Brzesko is a town in Poland, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship that is 50 kilometres east of Kraków. It is the capital of Brzesko County. As of 2004, its population was 16,912. The town has gone through multiple ownerships since its 1385 founding.
ATTRACTIONS:
- Art nouveau construction in the old part of the town of Brzesko.
- Stone church of St James the Great from the 15th century in Brzesko.
- Statue of St Florian from 1731 in Brzesko.
- Browar Okocim (Carlsberg Okocim SA) in Brzesko, Poland, by Jan Goetz. The Okocim Brewery was founded in 1845 (visits and production process watching) in Okocim Brewery of Brzesko-Okocim. "Okocim" refers to the name of the district of the Brzesko town in the southern Poland hosting the brewery.
- Castle and park complex from the turn of the 19th and 20th century in Brzesko-Okocim.
- Wooden church of St Matthew from 1661 in Biesiadki.
- Stone church of St Anne built by 1732 in Bocheniec.
- Gothic church of St Mary's Birth from 1346 with preserved Roma-nesque style elements and valuable frescoes Via Crucis in Czchow.
- Stone cemetery church of St Anne, built after 1773 in Czchow.
- Ruins of medieval castle from the 14th century in Czchow.
- Fortified castle from 1470-80 in Debno.
- Gothic church of St Margaret from 1500 in Debno.
- Wooden manor from 1845 in Dolega.
- Stone church of St Martin from 1380 in Gnojnik.
- Wooden church of St Ursula from 1697 in Gosprzydowa.
- Larch cemetery church of St Mary's Birth from the 2nd half of the 15th century (polychromes from 1619) in Iwkowa.
- Gothic stone church of St Mary's Assumption from 1436 in Jasien.
- Chapel in a cave from 1904 - a sanctuary of the Virgin Mary of Fatima in Porabka Uszewska.
- Stone church of St Bartholomew from the 16th century in Porebka Spytkowska.
- Gothic church of St Mary Magdalene from about 1470 in Szczepanow.
- Classical church of St Stanislaw from 1781, near the 18th century cemetery, in Szczepanow.
- Eclectic Manor from 1854-1860 in Szczurowa.
- Stone church of St Florian from 1801 in Uszwia.
- Reconstructed Tropsztyn Castle from the 14th century in Wytrzyszczka.
- Wooden church of St Michael from 1649 in Zlota.
- Church of St Mary the Virgin from the 17th century in Bonecin.
- Church of the Angel Virgin Mary in Bielcza, built between 1906 and 1908.
- St Florian's figure in Leki from 1760 in Leki.
- Manor house, surrounded by a park with old trees, from the middle of the 19th century in Przyborow.
- Wooden church from the 16th century in Jurkow.
- Wooden church from the 18th century in Tymowa.
- The Merciful Jesus Church and Centre of Missionary Formation
in Czchow-Kozieniec.
- The 19th century nobility manor in Dolega.
- Church with historical belfry in Zaborow.
THE RIVER BUG:
The river Bug rises in the Carpathian Mountains in the Lviv region (Ukraine). The total length of the River Bug is 772 km, 185 km of which forms the border between Ukraine and Poland, and 178 km forms the border between Belarus and Poland. The river is the main tributary of the river Narew (Poland). In the lower reaches, the river Bug is flowing into the Zegrzynskie Lake, a large reservoir that was built as the main source of drinking water for Warsaw.
The main tributaries of the river Bug are:
- In Belarus - Kopalovka, Pulva, Lesnaya Pravaya, Lesnaya, Muhavets, Ryta, Maloryta
- In Poland - Solokija, Huczwa, Uherka, Krzna, Kamianka, Nurzec, Brok, Liwiec
- In Ukraine - Dumni, Gapa, Luga, Poltva, Rata, Solokiia, Studianka
Within the territory of Poland the river Bug is flowing through the following 3 Voivodeships (administrative regions): Lubelskie, Mazowieckie, Podlaskie. In Ukraine the basin of the river Bug belongs to 2 regions: Lviv and Volyn, in Belarus to the region Brest.
The river Bug itself is not regulated, the depth and width are diversified along the riverbed and the river creates many flood areas and shallow waters.
The river water resources are of significant importance for the population living in the catchment: in Ukraine about 2 million people, in Belarus about 0.5 million and 1.1 million in Poland.
In Belarus, the river is used to discharge waste water, for water intake by industry, for fish farming and irrigation; it is not used for drinking purposes.
In Poland, it is mainly used for waste-water discharge, agriculture and recreation. The intake for the production of drinking water for Warsaw is in the Zegrzynskie Lake, in which the Bug is discharging.
In Ukraine, it is used mainly for waste-water discharge, intake by industry, irrigation, fisheries, recreation and in extreme dry years also for drinking-water production.
The main river is in general undisturbed and supports a high quality ecological system.
