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Garbocz Ponds – Gichta Pond loop from Rybnik Paruszowiec

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Poland

Silesian Voivodeship

Rybnik

Garbocz Ponds – Gichta Pond loop from Rybnik Paruszowiec

Moderate

4.8

(12)

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Garbocz Ponds – Gichta Pond loop from Rybnik Paruszowiec

02:25

37.2km

190m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 26, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Park Krajobrazowy Cysterskie Kompozycje Krajobrazowe Rud Wielkich

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.51 km

Roller skating track

Highlight • Structure

One of the few places in the region where you can skate in such comfortable conditions.
The asphalt concrete track has an irregular, oval shape with a total length of 400 meters.

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12.4 km

The areas between Żory and Orzesze are among the most picturesque in Upper Silesia. The luminous forests hide the blue eyes of the ponds, arranged in ancient centuries by the human hand on the Ruda River. Hence, this area is often called Palowice Lakeland - from the town of Palowice, located in its very center. The lake district is part of the Cistercian Landscape Compositions of Rudy Wielkie Landscape Park.
slaskie.travel/poi/2976/gichta-huty-waleska-w-palowicach

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13.1 km

Garbocz

Lake

13.6 km

Gichta Pond

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A charming pond in the Palowice Lakeland.

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13.7 km

Palowice Lake District

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13.8 km

Gichta Tower of the Former Waleska Ironworks in Palowice

Highlight • Monument

A few kilometers north of the center of Żory, in the forest, by the Gichta pond, there is a brick hoist tower operating here in the first half of the 19th century, the "Waleska" smelter. The tower, called the gichta, was used to pull the charge - i.e. bog iron ore, charcoal and fluxes - to a considerable height with a manual crane, in order to cover a nearby cylindrical blast furnace. The building was built in the 1830s on a plan similar to a square. It is 15 m high, the interior dimensions are 610 by 775 cm. The walls are almost a meter thick.
slaskie.travel/poi/2976/gichta-huty-waleska-w-palowicach

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17.4 km

Market Square in Żory

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At the time of the formation of the Polans state, the lands of today's Żory were inhabited by the Golęszyce tribe, and these lands were within the borders of the Great Moravian state, and then, around 921 - the Czech state.
The name of the village of Żory appeared for the first time in 1258. On February 24, 1272, Władysław, the Duke of Opole and Racibórz, signed an agreement containing a decision on the transfer of the village to his authority and on the location of the city (under Magdeburg law). It had the oval shape, which is valid until today, with a rectangular market square, two gates (one in Kraków and one in Cieszyn) and walls. Probably already in 1292, the prince of Racibórz, Przemysław, became a supporter of the Czech king, but it is assumed that the fief period begins in 1327. In 1336 the principality passed into the hands of the Přemyslids. In the years 1345, 1433 and 1473 Żory was besieged by Polish, Hussite and Hungarian troops, respectively. In the years 1521–1532, the principality was for the last time ruled by the rulers of the Silesian Piasts, who were followers of the Czech crown, and then the Hohenzollerns took power for 20 years.
pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BBory

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28.0 km

Motocross Track NOK

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31.4 km

Rybnik Airfield

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An airport where you can see small planes and gliders.

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37.2 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

16.4 km

8.25 km

6.92 km

5.44 km

121 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

14.6 km

13.6 km

2.85 km

2.79 km

2.42 km

987 m

Elevation

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Monday 31 August

23°C

14°C

30 %

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Garbocz Ponds – Gichta Pond loop from Rybnik Paruszowiec

Roller skating track

Garbocz Ponds

Gichta Pond

Palowice Lake District

Gichta Tower of the Former Waleska Ironworks in Palowice

Market Square in Żory

Motocross Track NOK

Rybnik Airfield

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