Attractions and Places To See around Jeziorany - Top 19

Easy access 24/7. A plaque commemorating the residents of Najdymov murdered by Red Army soldiers in 1945

sharp turn, sometimes lack of grip

interesting railway structure, entry is not as easy as it seems

In this village founded on November 18, 1349 by the Bishop of Warmia, there are around 330 inhabitants. The place is surprising, because it also houses the sanctuary of Our Lady of Peace. Before the construction of the imposing church, there was only a modest chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The title of minor basilica was awarded to the church by Pope John Paul II on May 19, 1987.

Stoczek Warmiński - the first place of imprisonment of Primate Stefan Wyszyński (September 25, 1953 - October 6, 1954)

At the latest since the beginning of the 17th century there was a Marienkapelle with a statue of Mary near Springborn, which was visited by pilgrims. Bishop Szyszkowski had a round stone church built on the site of the chapel in 1639-1641 as a votive offering after the end of the First Polish-Swedish War. The church was handed over to the St. Bernards from Wartenburg. Initially, the monks lived in wooden buildings until 1666, when Bishop Jan Wydżga donated the stone monastery buildings. From 1708 onwards, under Bishop Zaluski, a cloister with four corner chapels was built around the church, based on the example of Saint Linde. The construction was completed under Bishop Teodor Andrzej Potocki. During his tenure, the monastery was expanded, which as a four-wing complex with an inner courtyard adjoins the cloister to the east. In 1716 Bishop Potocki dedicated the church to "Mary, the Queen of Peace" (Regina Pacis). The pilgrimage site experienced its heyday in the 1740s and 1750s, when it almost equaled Heiligenlinde in popularity. After the secularization of the religious orders in Prussia, the state took over the church and monastery (the last religious died in 1826). During the tenure of Bishop Andreas Stanislaus von Hatten (1838-1841), however, the church and monastery were returned to the Diocese of Warmia. In 1870 Bishop Philipp Krementz handed over the monastery to Lazarists from the Rhineland. As a result of the Kulturkampf, they had to withdraw three years later. In 1909 the cloister tracts were increased by one floor, in 1913 the cloister received an extension on the garden side. In 1926 the complex was handed over to the Franciscans. From October 1953 to October 1954 the primate of Poland, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński, was interned in the monastery by the communists. He occupied rooms on the first floor of the monastery and was attended by a priest and a nun. After Radio Free Europe made the primate's whereabouts public, he was taken to Prudnik in Upper Silesia. In 1987, Pope John Paul II gave the church the rank of minor basilica (Wikipedia).

Stoczek Klasztorny, also called Stoczek Warmiński, is an old Warmian village founded in the 14th century. In this small town there is an interesting round church (St. Mary's pilgrimage site), built in 1641 by the Warmia bishop Mikołaj Szyszkowski as a votive offering of gratitude for the victory in a war against Sweden. The church is surrounded by walls and monastery buildings from the 17th and 18th centuries. The monastery was inhabited by Franciscan friars, who looked after it until the beginning of the 19th century. It is currently a monastery of the Marian Order. The interior of the church is richly decorated, in the main altar there is an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary, covered with a silver dress with an amber necklace, a gift from Cardinal Primate Stefan Wyszyński. The wrought iron pulpit from 1738 is remarkable. The expanded organ front from the end of the 18th century makes a great impression. There is a memorial room in the monastery buildings dedicated to Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński. This was set up in the rooms where the cardinal was held prisoner in Stoczek Klasztorny for a year from October 13, 1953 during his arrest. After his whereabouts became widely known, the cardinal was transferred to Prudnik in southern Poland.

A beautiful baroque sanctuary from the 17th century. https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bazylika_Nawiedzia_Naj%C5%9Bwi%C4%99tszej_Maryi_Panny_w_Stoczku_Klasztornym