Atrakcje: Lipie

Things to do in Lipie: the Szachownica reserve with its cave, the smallest reserve in the voivodeship, oaks at Stawiska and an eighteenth-century timber manor.

The Lipie commune in the Kłobuck district is a target for visitors who want quiet and nature at no cost. Three of the four places on the list are nature reserves, and the fourth is a historic manor in a park.

Which nature reserves in Lipie are worth seeing?

The Szachownica Nature Reserve, created in 1978, covers 12.7 ha and protects the limestone Krzemienna Góra and the cave system of the same name, a bat hibernation site. It lies in the buffer zone of the Załęczański Landscape Park. Bukowa Góra is the smallest reserve in the Silesian Voivodeship: a strict forest reserve with acidic lowland beech forest and a karst spring, created on 5 May 1959, the only strict one within the park.

The Stawiska reserve near Parzymiechy was established on the same day and protects lowland oak-hornbeam forest, riparian woods and 85 monumental pedunculate oaks with trunk girths of 380 to 674 cm, aged from about 200 to 500 years. Entry to all three is free. Overviews of reserves and parks are on the pages parks and nature in Lipie and free attractions in Lipie.

Is there a historic manor house in Lipie?

The manor house in Lipie is a timber single-storey building of the eighteenth century with a portico and a mansard roof, in a park with ponds. It belonged to the Poniński family, and at the turn of the nineteenth century to Count Klemens Poniński. Today it is private property, so it cannot be toured and is best looked at from outside.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Szachownica reserve protect?

The limestone Krzemienna Góra and the Szachownica cave, where bats hibernate.

Can you enter the manor in Lipie?

No, the manor is private property. From outside you can see a timber building with a portico in a park with ponds.