The best gravel rides around powiat żagański

The building dates back to the turn of the 14th and 15th centuries. It has been rebuilt many times. Its original interior features a Renaissance portal, decorated with a mosaic in 1929. A brick tower from 1700 replaced the previously existing wooden tower.

The remains of an extraordinary, "model" settlement of forest workers, built here in 1932 by a German tobacco company. It was built on a circular plan, on the ruins of an earlier village. At first, we approach a distinct forest road to a stately gate. Beyond, the road disappears. Traces of the village are completely swallowed up by the beech forest, where only fragments of brick houses can be found in the dense thicket.

Monument to a World War II pilot and second lieutenant. Born on October 27, 1919, in Szprotawa. Died on February 28, 1942, in Shabelkivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

Monument to a World War II pilot and second lieutenant. Born on October 27, 1919, in Szprotawa. Died on February 28, 1942, in Shabelkivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

The fastest route is from Leszno Górne. A little further from Przemków. Whichever route you choose, you'll still be riding on excellent gravel road.

The Kozłowska Desert is an area of exposed sand dunes located in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, within the Lower Silesian Forest, approximately 17 km southeast of Szprotawa. The formation of the Kozłowska Desert was influenced by the activities of a German, and later Soviet, military training ground, which operated until 1992, when the dune served as a shield for rockets and artillery shells. At that time, the bare areas of exposed sand covered over 100 hectares. After 1992, vegetation succession occurred, but a section of the desert is undergoing conservation efforts to preserve its existing terrain.

The Silesian Ramparts are the longest archaeological site in Poland. This medieval structure is considered the equivalent of the famous Great Wall of China. These are the until-recently-mysterious Silesian Ramparts, built in the 14th and 15th centuries on the border of the former Duchy of Głogów. The medieval Szprotawa District (districtus sprotaviensis) bordered the Duchy of Żagań to the west and the Duchy of Jawor to the south. The structure was enormous considering the local conditions. A system of ramparts and ditches was painstakingly constructed over several dozen kilometers, terminating at rivers or marshes. Sometimes the fortifications were so strong that they consisted of up to four adjacent ramparts. Hedges were planted and maintained on their crests to prevent sudden intrusions into the duchy. To give you an idea, at some sites the fortification system was over 40 meters wide with the height of the ramparts being about 2.5 meters!

The dunes were formed after the last ice age receded (approx. 10,000 years ago), as a result of wind action — this is a natural, inland fragment of the aeolian landscape of the Lower Silesian Forests. The sand was exposed in the 20th century thanks to intensive artillery exercises — first German, and after World War II also Soviet — including rocket and missile tests, which led to fires and burning of vegetation. The training ground operated until 1992, which completely changed the structure of the terrain — bare sand fields were created