Attractions and Places To See around gmina Ostrzeszów - Top 20

The Church of the Holy Trinity in Mikstat is the town's main parish church, dating back to the 14th century, when the first residents built a wooden church on the so-called Church Hill. Over the centuries, the church was rebuilt several times after fires and destruction, until the current brick church in the neo-Baroque style, designed by Marian Andrzejewski, was built in 1914. It was consecrated by Cardinal Edmund Dalbor in 1918, an event not only religious but also patriotic – the streets of Mikstat were decorated with white and red banners, and young people welcomed the distinguished guest in national costumes. The church is impressive in its architecture – the three-nave main body is enclosed on the eastern side by a semicircular apse, while a tall tower with a ground-floor porch, topped by a metal dome with a lantern and a cross, dominates the west. The entrance portal is adorned with sculptures of angels and flanked by columns, giving the building a monumental character. The church interior is divided by arcades, the vaults of which are adorned with rich polychrome and stucco decorations. In the western part is a brick choir loft with an organ case, supported by three arcades. The organ, built by Józef Bach in 1939, is unique in Poland. The church's furnishings are in the spirit of neo-Baroque – the main altar features a bas-relief depicting the Holy Trinity, flanked by scenes of the Annunciation of the Archangel Gabriel and the fight of the Archangel Michael with the dragon. The side altars are dedicated to St. Agatha and the Virgin Mary with the Infant Jesus. A canopied pulpit, the Stations of the Cross, and numerous stained glass windows from 1914 complete the interior's sacred atmosphere. In the church cemetery stands a 19th-century wooden cross, the work of Paweł Bryliński, decorated with sculptures of the Virgin Mary, saints and a pelican feeding its chicks – a symbol of Christ.

The Hunting Palace of the Radziwiłł Princes in Antonin is a unique monument in southern Wielkopolska, known for its characteristic wooden architecture and picturesque location. Surrounded by a large park with a fountain, it originally served as a hunting residence for the Radziwiłł family. Today, it houses a museum and cultural center, and its interiors are used for concerts, exhibitions, and cultural events.

The Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary for the Evangelical community was built in the second half of the 19th century with funds provided by the Foundation of Princess Ludwika Radziwiłł of Hohenzollern, which is why the coat of arms of the Hohenzollern dynasty is visible in the stained glass window above the main altar. It is a monumental building in the eclectic style (fashionable in the Romanticism era), with an interior in the Neo-Romanesque style. The church tower is built on a square plan. The original color of the walls in red-brown tones is the result of the building material used - bricks from bog iron ore.

Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary from 1746. Renovated in 1974-75. In 2018, the roofs were covered with shingles. The temples were placed above a spring, which causes dampness of the floor. Wooden church, single-nave, log construction. Oriented. Smaller chancel from the nave, closed on three sides with a side sacristy. Porch on the side of the nave. Tower at the front, post-and-beam construction with walls sloping upwards and a porch in the ground floor. Topped with a Baroque, sheet metal dome with a double octagonal lantern and a cross. Double-ridge roof, covered with larch shingles with a wide eaves with a hexagonal turret for a bell tower. Topped with a pyramidal sheet metal dome with a lantern and a cross. Inside, apparent barrel vaults, slightly flattened in the chancel. On the wall, the Crucifixion Group with the date of construction of the church "1746". The choir is supported by two wooden pillars with a balustrade of a straight line, decorated with three figures on consoles. Pipe organs liquidated in 2009. The main altar and two late Baroque side altars from around the mid-18th century. Baroque pulpit with a canopy and baptismal font from the mid-18th century. Gothic figure of the Madonna and Child from the end of the 14th century. Baroque-folk processional crucifixes.

A treat for history and architecture lovers. I also recommend summer Chopin concerts every Sunday. A wonderful place surrounded by a beautiful palace park.

The Hunting Palace of the Radziwiłł Princes from the 19th century. Currently a hotel.

The residence was built in 1852, funded by Wilhelm, Duke of Brunswick-Olesno, according to the design of the Polish architect and engineer Karłowski. The palace's facade is clad with rectangular sheets of cork oak bark imported from Portugal. The building was expanded in 1895 to include a southwestern section with a dining room, and in 1902-1903 to include a brick tower and a two-story northeastern wing. The facades of the added sections were clad with native oak bark. During the fighting for Wrocław in 1945, the palace served as a front-line hospital. After the war, it housed the Forestry Workers' Training Center (1949-1950), and then the Forestry Vocational Training Center (1950-1951). In 1951, the first women's Forestry Technical School in Poland, named after Bolesław Bierut, was established here. In mid-1975, the school was closed. That same year, the building was added to the register of historic monuments. Since then, it has operated as a Forest Training Center at the Antonin Forest District, and later as a hotel for forestry workers. Currently, it is privately owned. Unfortunately, the building is in poor condition.

Truly remarkable Neoclassical hunting lodge built in 1822-1824 for Antoni Radziwiłł, a member of one of the leading Polish magnate families. It sits on an octagonal base and has a mainly wooden construction with a distinctive yellow ("Keisergeld") exterior. Inside there is a huge three-storey hall with galleries and a doric column in the middle, housing a fireplace and adorned with hunting trophies. The palace is famous for having been twice visited by Frederic Chopin, who composed a couple of his musical pieces there. Presently it houses a hotel and a restaurant. Well worth a visit.