Bugaj (Września County) - Bugaj (powiat wrzesiński)

Bugaj
Hunting Castle "Bażantarnia"
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Country	Poland
Region	Greater Poland Voivodeship
Population	~520
Area code	( 48) 61
Postal Code	62-320

Bugaj - village in Poland, located in Greater Poland Voivodeship, in Września poviat, in the commune of Miłosław; 16 km southwest of September - by the provincial road No. 441. Known for its historic 19th century Hunting Castle "Bażantarnia". It is located in the Żerków-Czeszewski Landscape Park.

Information

History

The name of the town derives from the God's Grove, which used to exist here, a place where people sought refuge from foreign invaders. There was also a pagan temple here. In the years 1975-1998, the town was administratively part of the Poznań Province.

Geography

Bugaj is located on the Września Plain (315.56), a physico-geographic mesoregion in the central-west Poland, constituting the southern part of the Greater Poland Lake District.

Climate

The region is influenced by the oceanic air masses, which contributes to the mild climate. The area is located in the agri-climate district of Wielkopolska and Silesia. The average annual temperature is around 8 ° C. The growing season is one of the longest in Poland. Annual rainfall ranges from 500 to 550 mm. The town can be visited at any time of the year.

Drive

By plane

The nearest airport is in Poznan - 85.6 km from Bugaj. It is the Poznań-Ławica airport. Henryk Wieniawski (IATA: POZ, ICAO: EPPO) [1]. The best access from the airport via the S11 expressway - from the junction Poznań Ławica south to the junction Poznań West, then take the A2 - Wolności Highway to the east to the junction September. From Września along the national road number 15 towards Miłosław. Then there is the DW441 and 1.5 km further there is Bugaj.

By train

The nearest railway station is in Miłosław 1.7 km north of Bugaj, on Dworcowa 1. Unfortunately, the station is located on the route between I am gniezno and Jarocin where passenger traffic is currently suspended.

By car

Bugaj is located between Miłosław and Pyzdry, the provincial road no. 441.

By bus

There is a bus stop in Bugaj, which is located on the left side of the provincial road no. 441 going towards Pyzdra. Access by bus is possible from Nowa Wieś Podgórna, Orzechowo, Pięczków, Środa Wielkopolska and September. The courses are operated by PKS w Gniezno Sp. z o.o. (24h information about the timetable: 703-403-358).

Worth seeing

A hunting lodge - historic hunting lodge in Bugaj, village Września poviat, in Greater Poland Voivodeship. The little castle was built on a small hill among forests in the 19th century. The stone and brick residential building is single-story. It has an octagonal tower on the west side. Partially surrounded by a defensive wall with battlement, loopholes and a tower. There is a wooden hideout in the corner on the wall. The whole thing looks like a medieval stronghold. It is now a private property.

Parties

• Miłosławska Indoor League - every year, for three years, an indoor football league has been held at the sports hall in Bugaj, with players from all over the poviat taking part in it.
• Festival Zgrzytowisko - in 2007, 2013 and 2014, a festival of sounds of all kinds took place at the municipal stadium in Bugaj, attracting the inhabitants of the entire county for 3 days.

Active recreation

There is a municipal stadium in the village, where the capital club MLKS Orlik Miłosław plays its matches. The stadium can accommodate 1000 people, there is a training ground and changing rooms at the main pitch.

Education

There is a Primary School in Bugaj. Spring of Nations. This facility is attended by pupils in primary grades 1-6. In 2011, a sports and entertainment hall was built, which belongs to the school building.

Shopping

There is a grocery store in the village Polish Store.

Food and accommodation

• Darz Bór - Restaurant & Hotel [2]
• Other dining and accommodation venues are located in the center Miłosław at a distance of about 1.5 km.

Security

Health

The nearest center is in Miłosław, at 27 Wrzesińska Street - HIKOMED clinic (family doctor). Contact number 61 438-30-05. The nearest hospital is the County Hospital in Września, ul. Słowackiego 2, tel. 61 437-05-00 [3].

Police

The nearest police station is in Miłosław, at 3 Pałczyńska Street, tel. 61 437-53-40, emergency number 997 and 112. [4]

fire brigade

The nearest fire brigade unit is the County Headquarters of the State Fire Service in Września, ul. Wrocławska 44, tel. 61 222-07-70, emergency number 998 and 112 [5]and the nearest volunteer fire department is in Miłosław.

contact

There is no tourist information point in the Miłosław commune. Matters of promotion are managed by the Department of Promotion and Culture of the Poviat Staroste in Września, ul. Chopin 10, room. 110, phone: 61 640-44-95. You can also use the Youth Tourist Guide Agency, operating at the Gimnazjum im. Juliusz Słowacki in Miłosław, ul. Poznańska 1a, phone: 61 438-20-67 [6].

Where next

In the vicinity of Bugaj there are the following towns, which can be another destination:

• Miłosław - a city known for the biggest battle fought during the Greater Poland Uprising in 1848 (Spring of Nations), the first statue of Juliusz Słowacki in Poland from 1899 and as a place of presenting the Kościelski Prize - Polish literary award, awarded since 1962 by the Foundation. Kościelski, the former owners of the town. Located partly in the Żerków-Czeszewski Landscape Park,
• Czeszewo - a town known for its historic wooden church of St. Nicholas from 1792, a former inn from the 18th century and a forester's lodge from the end of the 19th century; located in the Żerków-Czeszewski Landscape Park,
• Biechowo - a place known for the historic monastery complex of the Philippines (now Pauline Fathers) with the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Sanctuary of Our Lady of Consolation,
• Kołaczkowo - a commune village associated with Władysław Reymont - Polish writer, prose writer and novelist, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature for the four-volume "peasant epic" Peasants who in the years 1920-1925 was the owner of this town. There are two museums in the palace: the Władysław Reymont Memorial Chamber and the Regional Chamber of Banking Cooperatives at the County Cooperative Bank in Września,
• The New Royal Village - a town known for its historic wooden church of St. Andrew the Apostle from the second half of the 16th century,
• September - a district town known for the strike of Września children - a strike of students in 1901-1902, directed against the Germanization of schools, mainly against prayer and teaching religion in German; seat of the regional museum,
• Pyzdry - a royal city, founded in 1257, known from the battle of Poles with the Teutonic Knights in 1331 and the victory of the insurgent troops of the January 1863 Uprising with the Russian army. In the years 1817-1918 the westernmost city of the Russian Empire; seat of the regional museum,
• Winna Góra - a place associated with Jan Henryk Dąbrowski - a general, participant in the Kościuszko Uprising, creator of the Polish Legions in Italy, who died and rests in this town. The baroque palace from 1760-1770 and the baroque church of St. Michael from 1766 with the Dąbrowski crypt,
• Środa Wielkopolska - a poviat town, known for its land assemblies for the former Poznań and Kalisz voivodeships, which took place here from 1419 to the partitions; the preserved historic urban layout of the old town, the late-gothic parish collegiate church from around 1423-28 and the narrow-gauge Średzka Poviat Railway.

Sources

The website uses content from the hunting lodge in Polish Wikipedia. Its authors are listed in editing history. Copyright: under license Creative Commons CC-BY-SA.