Category Archives: Northern Mazovia

Siedlin

The village mentioned in 1398 r., situated on the slope of the moraine hill of the Płock Upland. During World War II, there was a penal labor camp in the building of the local school, in which there were approx. 250 prisoners.

Szczytno

A village on the Naruszewka river, right tributary of the Wkra river. W 1958 r. thermal brine springs have been discovered near Szczytno (ok. 400°C), which have not been exploited so far.

Wood, plastered mansion erected in the 18th century. Built on a rectangular plan, one-story with outbuildings …

Załuski

Village, seat of the commune office.

2 km and zach. – the village of Zdunowo. Palace erected in patches 1905-10 for the Jaworowski family. Neo-baroque with elements of Art Nouveau. Made of bricks, plastered, an extended and irregular plan, partially one-story, partly two-story. Art Nouveau decoration in the living room on the axis …

Kroczewo

The village mentioned in 1414 r. The vicinity of Kroczewo is famous for the cultivation of fruit bushes, mainly raspberries and currants. In the village there is a parish church. pw. Our Lady of Sorrows, probably erected in the middle of the. XVI w. (Presbytery with apse from that period, sacristy and chapel) …

Słupno

SLUPNEL – A village on the Słupianka river (right tributary of the Vistula). The seat of the commune office.

Former property (from mid. XII c.) of the Order of Norbertines from Płock. During the Polish-Russian war 20-23 September 1831 r. Polish troops were stationed here.

21 September 1831 r. took place …

Borowice

BOROWICE – In the village, a manor house built in 1918 r. for Turski. Renovated in 1995 r. It has features of neo-renaissance and neoclassicism. Made of brick and plastered. Built on the plan of an elongated rectangle with three avant-corps. The extreme ryzites are slightly higher than the body …

Bialobrzegi

3 km to the south. from the road junction – Bialobrzegi. In the village there are nature monuments - English oaks: "Chrobry" with the circumference of the trunk 870 cm and the second about the circumference of the trunk 380 cm, mountain elm with a circumference of the trunk 380 cm, "Last" black poplar with a circumference …

Carpenters

A village on the Mołtava River.

A brick manor from the end of the 19th century., resembling Swiss buildings. One-story from the front, two-storeyed from the garden side. Nearby, brick farm buildings from the end of the 19th century., granary and pigsty. Landscape Park with 2 half. XIX w., rearranged …

Zakrzewo Kościelne

At distance 2 km from Kępa Polska – Zakrzewo Kościelne. Village. A traditional center for weaving wicker baskets. Mentioned in 1400 r. as Zakrzewo Major. Wooden parish church. pw. st. st. Peter and Paul, erected in 1619 r., rebuilt in the 19th and …

Kępa Poland

5 km to the south. from the road junction – Kępa Poland. A village situated at the mouth of the Mołtawa River to the Vistula River. Mentioned in the 14th century. as Kępa, then in the 18th century. Jako Kępa Nakwaska.

Parish Church. pw. st. Clement, brick, late baroque, erected in 1785 …