The best city hikes and walks around Park Krajobrazowy Beskidu Małego

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The Cygański Forest is a remnant of an old forest stretching from Mikuszowice to Kamienica. It was mentioned in a document from 1312, in which Mieszko of Cieszyn grants the forest to the citizens of Bielsko. This document is the oldest written mention of the city of Bielsko.

The appearance of these symbols on the square is a curiosity. Wojska Polskiego is somewhat controversial. The frogs on the tenement house (the tallest building in the photo) were placed at the beginning of the last century (the tenement house was a winery at the time) not for the joy or amusement of the residents, but... They were a symbol of religious intolerance aimed at evangelicals. They decorate the northern façade, facing directly towards the evangelical church located a few meters away. Now the city authorities want to use these "politically incorrect", yet very nice frog images to promote the city.

Here you can take a lovely walk in the forest, always along the cool, rushing mountain stream, and there are rest areas where you can linger and have a picnic. Please note: when the weather is good there are a lot of mountain bikers out and about, as the path partially crosses mountain bike trails.

More information at the following link: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_Bielsko-Bia%C5%82a

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The castle rising in the center of Bielsko-Biała is the oldest and largest historic building in the historic city of Bielsko. According to legend, in its place there used to be a stronghold of robbers attacking traveling merchants. The Duke of Opole, Kazimierz († 1229/30), was to capture this fortress and exterminate the robbers, and erect a hunting manor in this place, which was later expanded into a magnificent castle, next to which the city developed. There is a grain of truth in every legend. Archaeological research confirms that there was probably a wooden castle in the place of today's castle in the 13th century. It acted as a watchtower guarding the crossing over the Biała River and the intersections of important trade routes: the salt route from Kraków to Cieszyn, to Moravia and the Czech Republic, and the route from Upper Silesia through Żywiec to Hungary. In the second half of the fourteenth century, the watchtower, destroyed by fire, was replaced by a brick castle, erected by the Duke of Cieszyn, Przemysław I Noszak († 1410). The building, from the beginning included in the Bielsko fortification system, being the strongest element of its fortifications, represented the type of the so-called city castle. At the same time, it played an important role as a Silesian border fortress: the nearby Biała River divided the district principalities of Cieszyn and Oświęcim from 1316, it became the Czech-Polish state border in the mid-15th century, and in the years 1526–1772 it separated the Austrian Habsburg monarchy from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The castle in Bielsko, gradually expanded and transformed over time, served as one of the seats of the Cieszyn Piasts for over two centuries. In 1572, it became the administrative and economic center of the independent Bielsko state state (Latin status minor), ruled by representatives of the noble families of Promnitz (1572-1582), Schaffgotsch (1582-1592), Sunnegh (1592-1724), Solms (1728- 1742) and Haugwitz (1742–1752). From the end of the 16th century, it was more and more transformed into a noble residence, without losing its defensive values: despite being burnt by the Swedes at the end of the Thirty Years' War (1646), it was still considered one of the most important in Silesia in 1689. https://muzeum.bielsko.pl/pl/historia-muzeum-zamek https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzeum_Historyczne_w_Bielsku-Bia%C5%82ej_%E2%80%93_Zamek_ksi%C4%85%C5%BC%C4%85t_Su%C5%82kowskich

Fairy Tale Bielsko-Biała has a new sculpture - the Wawel Dragon and the cook Bartolini Bartłomiej of the Zielona Pietruszka coat of arms. On December 3, the monument was officially unveiled. See where you can find the heroes of "Abduction of Baltazar Spąbka". The Monument to the Dragon of Wawel and Bartholomew Bartolini was erected at ul. On November 11, at the Polish Army Square. The youngest ones will surely like the car of the heroes, which you can get into. This is the fourth sculpture on the fairy tale trail of the Cartoon Film Studio in Bielsko-Biała. The author of the monument models is the sculptor Lidia Sztwiernia. The sculpture refers to the series "Abduction of Baltazar Gąbka", based on the novel by Stanisław Pagaczewski. The Wawel Dragon and Bartolini the cook are standing by the car in which they traveled through the Land of the Rains in search of the lost scientist Baltazar Gąbka. We will also find the figure of Don Pedro, a spy from the Land of Rainforests. https://silesiadzieci.pl/artykul/8862/bartolini-bartlomiej-i-smok-wawelski-w-bielsku https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdBzZTiyIhI