Międzychód poviat - poviat in Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship), created in 1999 as part of the then administrative reform. Its seat is in the city Between.
Information
The national road No. 24 runs through the southern part of the poviat Pniewy–Kostrzyn.
Geographical coordinates of the district capital: 52 ° 36′03.60 ″ N 15 ° 53′23.58 ″ E
The area of the poviat was 736.44 km² (data from the Central Statistical Office on January 1, 2011)
The poviat consists of:
- 2 urban-rural communes: Międzychód, Sieraków,
- 2 rural communes: Chrzypsko great, Kwilcz,
- 2 cities: Międzychód, Sieraków.
According to the data from December 31, 2010, the poviat had 36,704 inhabitants, so it is the poviat with the smallest number of inhabitants in the Greater Poland Voivodeship.
Urbanization is 46.39%. The towns of the poviat are inhabited by 16 986 people, of whom 8 786 women, i.e. 51.7%, and 19 629 people live in villages, of which 9 783 women, i.e. 49.8%.
The seat of the poviat, Międzychód, is the demographically smallest town with the poviat seats in the voivodship.
Natural values
The Międzychód County is one of the most attractive natural regions of Wielkopolska. Located in the western part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship, in the Poznań Lake District, its northern part enters the Gorzów Basin. The poviat and the areas to the west of it are referred to as the Międzychodzko-Sierakowski Lake District. It is a region with a rich relief, rich in forests covering 45% of the area and lakes (over 100 reservoirs, flooding about 5% of the area, which is why it is often called "the land of 100 lakes"). It flows through the center of the district Guard, south facing with some small tributaries.
Due to its natural aspects, its area has been covered by numerous forms of nature protection.
There are 7 nature reserves here, incl. ornithological "Herons of the Island" on Lake Kłosowskie, forest "Cegliniec", peat bog "Mszar on Lake Mnich", forest "Beeches on Lake Lutomskie", landscaped "Bukowy Ostrów". In the northern part, north of Worth it, there are vast forests of the Noteć Forest (Czarnków-Trzcianka poviat). More than a half of the poviat is covered by landscape parks: Sierakowski and the Pszczewski enclave.
The communes of Sieraków, Chrzypsko Wielkie and the northern part of the commune of Kwilcz lie within the Sieraków Landscape Park, which protects unique elements of postglacial relief Międzychodzko-Sierakowski Lake District.
The lakes of the Lakeland are very diverse: from gutter - long and narrow, such as Lake Lutomskie (173 ha, length 5.8 km, width 0.5 km), to oval, such as Lake Chrzypskie (304 ha, length 2 , 9 km, width: 2.2 km). Several lakes exceed the depth of 30 m. The deepest is Lake Śremskie (118 ha, 45 m deep), thanks to which it is the only one cryptodepression in Greater Poland (its bottom is 6 m lower than sea level).
There are numerous natural monuments, viewpoints and 5 nature reserves in the park. On the other hand, the eastern-southern part of the Międzychód commune covers a small area of the Pszczewski Landscape Park, which mainly protects the natural values of the Kamionka Valley. The Noteć Forest. As a result, these communes are characterized by high forest cover (over 50%).
An important element of cognitive tourism are also the historic towns of the region - Sieraków and Międzychód.
Historical monuments
In Międzychód
- Church of The martyrdom of St. John the Baptist from the 16th century. Mentioned for the first time in 1404, in the years 1555-1589 in the hands of Lutherans. In 1591, a new church was built of burnt brick, which still exists today (now the part between the choir and the pulpit), which in 1635 burned down together with the town. The present transept and presbytery were added to the earlier building in the years 1902-1904. The church tower was damaged twice by weather conditions - in 1672 it suffered from a hurricane, and in 1706 it was struck by lightning,
- The church's historic cemetery with baroque tombstones from the 18th century (at the post-Evangelical Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, today the seat of the Roman Catholic parish, including the tombstone of Krzysztof Unruh from the 17th century)
- "Laufpompa" - a deep artesian well in the city center enclosed in a decorative cast iron pump from 1912,
- Regional Museum in Międzychód.
In Sieraków:
- Historical urban layout from 1416,
- Bernardine monastery complex:
- Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception - known as the Pearl of Sieraków. The parish church built in the years 1624-1639 with a richly decorated baroque interior,
- monastery wing from 1819, now a rectory,
- Evangelical Church - the Evangelical commune was founded in Sieraków in 1750. The church of half-timbered construction was erected in the years 1783-1985. The closed building, formerly in the management of the Sieraków parish, in November 2010 suffered a construction disaster (the southern part of the temple - the tower collapsed). It was one of the two original (not rebuilt) Evangelical churches of the half-timbered construction that survived in Greater Poland,
- Synagogue - building from the end of the 19th century,
- The remains of the Opalinski Castle - the restored left wing of the castle existing since the 14th century, where a museum was opened in the castle in June 1995. The sarcophagi with the ashes of the Opaliński family, found in 1991, in the basement of the post-Bernardine church, were moved to the castle cellars, transformed into a crypt with an altar.
- The complex of buildings of the stallion herd from the first half of the 19th-20th centuries,
- The former hospital of St. Ducha - now a residential house,
- House from the first half XIX century (ul. 8 Stycznia 7).
Tourism
When visiting the area of the Międzychodzko-Sierakowskie Lakeland, you can get the Regional PTTK Badge "Tourist of the Międzychodzko-Sierakowski Lakeland". The badges are awarded by the Board of the PTTK Branch in Szamotuły.
The poviat is crossed by a dense network of a dozen or so hiking trails, educational, nature and educational paths, and a network of bicycle routes, mapped out in 2006, with a total length of 105 km. There are also water (canoe) and horse trails (the "Wolf trail" horse trail, 143 km long).
Large holiday centers are located in Sieraków and Międzychód Ustroń, and there are also several smaller ones. There is a rich accommodation base as well as several equestrian centers and fisheries.
About 2 km in the "Trail of Famous Międzychodzians" in Międzychód, you can learn about the history of 11 famous and distinguished people for this city.
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