Still - Ociąż

Still is a village in Greater Poland Voivodeship, In northern part Ostrów County, in the western part of the commune Nowe Skalmierzyce.

Information

It has about 1,000 inhabitants. Still, it was first mentioned in 1402 as Eyes.

Drive

It is situated by the district road Fabians-Kotowiecko, about 11 km north-east of Ostrów Wielkopolski. The easiest way to get there is by taking the national road no 25 and then take the turn to the district road in the village Fabians. There is also a railway station in Oiąż, where passenger trains on the route stop Ostrow Wielkopolski - Kalisz.

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Worth seeing

Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

• It is worth visiting the wooden one Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary from 1785-86, covered with shingle. There is a polychrome inside Wiktor Gosieniecki from 1929, and the main painting in the Rococo cabinet-like altar Our Lady of the Snow from 1637, by a painter with the initials A.S. In the presbytery, however, we have a picture of a priest Władysław Mączkowski (1911-42), martyred in the Dachau concentration camp. Next to the church, it is worth paying attention to the wooden one belfry from 1948.
• In the eastern part it is located courtyard park (area 11.4 ha) with two ponds and old trees. Two oaks and Norway spruce are monuments of nature, moreover, 45 species of trees and shrubs grow here, including white trees, mountain elm, red beech and black walnut. Next to mom farm buildings, including the steward's house from the second half of the 19th century.

Lisia Góra stronghold

• Two kilometers north of the village, on the road to Kotowiecka and housing estates Moravinin the valley of the river Dark there is an early medieval (9th - 11th century) two-part structure The settlement "Lisia Góra" 120 x 60 m, up to 3.5 m high. It was a stronghold with a borough, both fortified.

Descriptions of the village and the above-mentioned objects come from the Natural and Sightseeing Map "Powiat Ostrowski" (author: Paweł Dolata) and from the website of Galeria Wielkopolska p. Aleksander Lieberta [1].

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