Churches and monasteries
a sanctuary with the tomb of St Hedwig and Poland's first Gothic building, dating from the 13th century
a municipal centre with pools, a sauna and a gym, with classes for children, seniors and people with disabilities
Mountains
dome-shaped elevation above Trzebnica with a landscape and recreational park on its slopes
a park on the Winna Góra hill with an exhibition on the oldest traces of humans in Poland
a play room with a playground, a ball pit and a separate zone for the youngest children
Museums
archaeological exhibitions in Trzebnica's town hall, with exhibits from half a million years ago from Winna Góra
Museums
liturgical vestments, Romanesque sculptures and sacred art in three parts of the Sanctuary of St Hedwig
indoor play centre in Trzebnica with birthday party rooms and a parents' corner
Churches and monasteries
16 baroque Stations of the Cross chapels in the forest, founded by Cistercian nuns in 1734
a municipal library operating since 1946 as part of the Municipal Centre of Culture and Art, with a MAK+ catalogue
Things to do in Trzebnica: the Sanctuary of St Hedwig, a Baroque calvary, two museums, a water park and indoor play centres for children in one place.
Begin with the Sanctuary of St Hedwig. It is a monastery complex with a basilica dedicated to St Hedwig and St Bartholomew, which holds the tomb of St Hedwig. Duke Henry the Bearded founded the convent in 1202, creating the first community of nuns in Poland. Pope Innocent III confirmed the foundation with a bull dated 22 November 1202, and Benedictine nuns from Bamberg arrived on 13 January 1203. In 1218 the community adopted the Cistercian rule. Visitors enter a Romanesque, three-nave brick church and a Gothic chapel from the 13th century.
Right next door you will find the Museum of the Cult of St Hedwig of Silesia. It was founded in 1964 on the initiative of the Salvatorian order, and its sacred art collection fills three rooms: the sacristy, the crypt and the Pilgrim’s House. The second museum is the Regional Museum of the Society of Friends of the Trzebnica Land, with historical and archaeological displays. Its roots go back to 1979, when a Memorial Room was set up in the town hall, turned into a museum after 1990.
The Trzebnica Calvary is a set of 16 brick Stations of the Cross chapels in a beech forest, in the area called Pustelnik. Abbess Zofia Korycińska began the building in 1734, and every Baroque chapel is 3.5 metres tall with a gabled roof. The chapels show the successive scenes of the Passion and are still being renovated.
On the other side of town rises Winna Góra, a hill 219 metres above sea level, about 1.1 km north-east of the centre. A landscape and leisure park covers its slopes, and entry is free. On the hill you will also find the Trzebnica Winna Góra Park, with an exhibition on geology: erratic boulders, loess and a rhinoceros skeleton. Traces of settlement about 500,000 years old, left by Homo erectus, were discovered on Winna Góra.
Families have three addresses. Dodolandia on Obornicka street has a separate zone for the youngest and a playground with climbing frames, a slide, a ball pit and a trampoline. HopSiup on Świętej Jadwigi street offers slides, trampolines, a dry ball pool, a “monkey grove” climbing wall, an obstacle course and three birthday rooms: underwater world, space and jungle. Dodolandia’s opening hours have not been confirmed, so call before you visit.
If you want to swim, choose the Municipal Water Park at Leśna 5, with pools, a sauna and a gym. The programme includes aqua aerobics, “FIT WOMAN” classes and swimming lessons, also for children with mobility disabilities. For a quieter break, try the public library, open since 1946 and using the MAK+ catalogue system. More ideas for bad weather are on our page Trzebnica in the rain, and outings on your own are on Trzebnica solo.
Want to see more? Next door lie Żmigród and Oborniki Śląskie.
