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The Nowa Wieś Community

The Nowa Wieś Community

The Nowa Wieś Community is one of the biggest in the Pomeranian (Pomorskie) Voivodenship. The population of the commune is over 13 thousand inhabitants who reside on the area of 270,39 km2. The average density is 48 persons per km2 The Community is situated in the north-west part of the Pomeranian Voivodenship, in the central part of the Lębork District. The Community is located in the River Łeba valley between the Kashubian Lake District heights and the Kashubian Shorelad.

In its north part it is surrounded by a vast forest complex which is the part of the “the Slupia Valley” Landscape Park. The region is topographically diverse and hence attractive both in terms of climate and the picturesque scenery.

CHARACTERISTICS

The important communication roads run across the community area : the main road No A6 from Gdańsk to Szczecin, the province road No 214 from Łeba to Bytów via Lębork. There are also two railroads running across the community, the first of them Szczecin-Gdynia, another one from Lębork to Łeba. The main village in the community is Nowa Wieś Lęborska with its population of 2 ,000. Nowa Wieś is the main local service centre, the major offices, public utilities and local government units are situated here. 37 villages in the Nowa Wieś Lęborska Community are divided into 18 smaller administrative units called sołecwo. Due to numerous historical changes and predicaments in the district our community is a kind of a melting pot, mixture of two cultures – the Kashubian one and the borderline culture of the Polish eastern regions. The area comprises 60% of farmland and 30% of woodland. The next 10% is the built-up area. We are a typical rural commune with predominantly agricultural economy.

THE DIVERSE RELIEF

The diverse relief and the vast, open landscape create picturesque scenery and encourage visitors to take part in a variety of recreation activities - hiking, cycling or horse riding. The river network in the area, mainly the Łeba river, creates convenient conditions for going kayaking and equally for other water sports. Anglers are more than welcome to Redkowice and its ponds. Those who are fond of spending their free time in a quiet place by the lake are recommended to visit Lake Lubowidz, full of fish, protected as a zone of silence and, additionally, bordered by a circle of woods rich in mushrooms. This is a real Eden for anglers and dedicated mushroom pickers.

Lake Lubowidz can be also perceived as a tempting offer for those who are keen on active recreation , they can choose from sailing courses, diving trainings and regattas at the end of a sailing season.

CLEAN ENVIRONMENT

Owing to 8,000 hectares of woodland the environment In our community is so clean . Meeting a stork, a heron, a swan or a crane is very frequent in the vicinity. Chocielewko village hosts the reserve of grey heron colony. The peat bog called Black Swamp – Karolinki is situated near Żelazkowo village. The peat and peloid occurring there are claimed to have healing properties. Tourists have a chance to visit 24 registered monuments of nature, e.g. small-leaved lindens in Krępa Kaszubska, Tawęcino and Redkowice, sycamore maples in Janowice and Janowiczki, Swedish whitebeam in Krępa Kaszubska and pedunculate oaks planted in an old park previously belonging to a manor house in Redkowice.

While wandering

in the area an interested tourist should pay attention to some distinctive post-glacial erratic blocks. The stone called “The Wide Stone”, which lies near the road from Kębłowo to Chocielewko, is 2.43 meters high above the ground and its circumference is 16.25 meters. The surface of the block is full of drill holes, witnesses of numerous unsuccessful attempts of splitting it. One of the legends says that there is an enchanted castle underneath and a person to break a spell will indisputably become a ruler of both the castle and the legendary kingdom. That seems to be an ideal place for monarchists!

There is also another erratic block, famous for the black letter inscription “Bismarck” on it. It can be found in a field between Redkowice and Chocielewko. Its circumference is 8.60 metres and it is 3.20 metres wide. Because of its huge size it is traditionally called “The Stone of Witch” and claimed to be a site of sorceresses’ gatherings.

The number of cycling enthusiasts

has been increasing rapidly over the last years and therefore we have decided to prepare a variety of tracks for them . This offer equally involves recreation and visiting places of the unique tourist values.

We recommend following routes:

-1. Małoszyce – Dziechlino – Leśnice.
2. Leśnice – Dolne Chocielewko – Górne Chocielewko – Czarnówko – Nowa Wieś
3. Mosty – Ługi – Zajazd Kaszubski (Kashubian Inn) – Dąbrówka Kamienna – Leśniczówka (Forester’s lodge) Lubonie – Lubowidz

You can go cycling, you can walk or run as well. We invite sportsmen – Nordic Walkers, runners to participate in annual sport events. Each year, in the end of May the Polish National Cross Country Running is organized in Obliwice along with the National Run of Village Administrators (sołtys). On the third Sunday of June long-distance runners from different countries participate in the International Marathon commemorating a great promoter of running Tomasz Hopfer. The route has been set from Lębork to Nowa Wieś Lęborska.

Additionally, we recommend a cycling/walking track,

which is a nature-didactic track founded by Lębork Forest Inspectorate in Leśnice. The length of the track is 3.5km and hiking or cycling along it may give us a unique opportunity of recognising and learning the mysteries of the forest natural richness. The tracks begins next to the Leśnice Primary School and a tourist keen of broadening their knowledge about nature will find 13 didactic boards placed along the path. There is also possibility of taking a rest in a pleasant place arranged for lighting an open fire and what is more, those visitors who cultivate scout principles may acquire some skill points.

We also suggest visiting churches

located in our community as well as various roadside shrines. The churches which may attract tourists and give them a peaceful and quiet moment of rest and calm are situated in Łebień (built in1891), Janowice (1882), Garczegorze (1840), Chocielewko (1918) and in Leśnice and Nowa Wieś Lęborska (both from the beginning of 20^th century). The traces of the not distant past can be found in Krępa Kaszubska. There, in the graveyard lie the former prisoners of the Nazi Concentration Camp in Stutthof – the victims of a cruel war crime : “March of Death”. This episode from the Second World War is commemorated in the Hall -A Tribute to Death March Victims.

A manor house and a baroque park founded at the end of 18^th century are situated in the village of Leśnice. The forest park in Leśnice, which comes from the turn of the 19^th and 20^th century, is definitely worth seeing. Tourists are counselled to visit two manor houses from the 18^th century ( Janowice and Darźewo) .The over two-hundred-years-old Cemetery Chapel is placed in the village of Garczegorze.

Aannually, a variety of events takes place in our community . One can choose from a number of sport, cultural and recreational events The wonderful opportunity to meet other residents of the vicinity are the Great Festival in Garczegorze and the Wilkowo’s May Picnic. Old traditions and customs are cultivated in Redkowice where the Festival of Linden Trees is held as well as the celebration of St John’s Night – Sobótka. Sport and recreational events take place in each sołectwo . Social activities is a merit of local activists and non-governmental organisations and associations. Lately the Circles of Country Housewives have become very popular again with modern housewives who are not only outstanding cooks ( trying their homemade bread and waffles should be obligatory) but they also play a part in tournaments, redecorate clubs and take care of children. They are capable of changing their neighbourhood.

The great local artists live in the district. Janina Muller from Nowa Wieś is a poet and a painter. Krystyna Gabryelska from Janowice paints and sculptures. The biggest wooden ostrich in Poland was sculpted by her. It is located in front of the Community Culture Centre in Nowa Wieś. The place also houses paintings of both artists.