Historic sites
ruins of a royal castle from the 13th-14th century on the Trail of the Eagles' Nests, with a cylindrical keep and the Starost's Tower
Parks and nature
an inanimate-nature reserve on a limestone hill with a cave and rocks for climbing
Places with character
Parks and nature
limestone hills with bat caves, trails and climbing rocks near Olsztyn
Churches and monasteries
late Baroque church from the 1720s built of stone from a dismantled castle
Places of remembrance
cemetery of the victims of executions of 1940-1945 in the forest near Olsztyn
Places with character
square with an 18th-century layout, the sculpture “Into Infinity” and a model of the castle in a glass case
Things to do in Olsztyn near Częstochowa: castle ruins, a market square with a castle model, and the Sokole Góry and Zielona Góra reserves.
This Olsztyn sits on the Jura upland north of Kraków, in the Silesian Voivodeship, and should not be confused with towns of the same name elsewhere in Poland. The main sight is the castle, but the surroundings are just as interesting: limestone hills, reserves and a former quarry with an educational trail.
The castle is the ruin of a medieval stronghold belonging to the Eagles' Nests system; the monuments register dates it to the fourteenth century, although its first elements are older. On the way, stop at the market square, about 115 metres long and also called Marshal Józef Piłsudski Square. It existed as early as the fourteenth century, and the eighteenth gave it today's outline. It holds a sculpture and a model of the castle.
Two articles relate to the castle: one on Casimir the Great's castle, its sieges and Neanderthals in the cave and one on legends of the castles of the Jura.
The Church of St John the Baptist is a late Baroque church of the eighteenth century, built outside the town after a fire, largely from stone taken from the dismantled castle. The earlier wooden church burned down together with the town. The crypt holds mummified remains.
The Cemetery and Mausoleum of Martyrdom lies in a forest by the road from Olsztyn to Kusięta, at a spot called Szubienica. It is a war cemetery where people executed by the German occupiers between 1940 and 1945 are buried. Gravity and silence are expected here.
Yes. The castle and the square take half a day, and the rest can go to the Sokole Góry reserve or the Kielniki quarry.
Yes, Sokole Góry and Zielona Góra are free. Keep to the trails and do not enter areas under strict protection.
Yes, the cemetery-mausoleum in the forest by the road to Kusięta, where seriousness and silence are expected.
To the square, the Kielniki quarry or for a walk among the rocks. Take care by the steep walls of the pit.
