Attractions and Places To See around Człopa - Top 20

The first church on this site already stood in the 14th century, but it was probably a wooden structure. At the beginning of the 15th century, the construction of the current church began, and it was completed in the 16th century. In 1581, the church burned down, but it was rebuilt. In 1636, the tower collapsed, and a few years later, in 1640, during a great city fire, the church burned down again and was rebuilt again (with a new tower). Since then, the church has stood in almost unchanged form. It even survived World War II without damage.

Ruins of a church from the 18th century. The church survived the last war and masses were held here until 1962. Later it was abandoned and fell into ruin. Today only the external walls remain. There is no roof and no tower. Next to it are the remains of an old, post-German cemetery. The gravestones are destroyed. The gravestone with blacksmith's insignia draws attention.

A small settlement of Ostrowite located in the heart of the Drawieński National Park. It was founded in 1588 by a representative of the Wedel-Rüdiger family from Drawno. In 1820, the village became the property of the von Sydow family from Głusk. There was a forge here, and a water mill on the Płociczna. The settlement has preserved 4 half-timbered buildings built for forest workers. A beautiful, historic maple alley leads through the center of the settlement.

The church in Ostrowite was built in the 18th century. However, the first temple existed here already in the 16th century, as evidenced by the remains of the floor from that period. The last masses were celebrated here in 1962. Inside there was an 18th-century altar with older figures of saints and the Virgin Mary with Child, which was moved to the parish church in Dobiegniew. The remains of the church were subjected to conservation in the early 21st century and secured as a permanent ruin. The brick and stone walls were reinforced with concrete bands.

The historic settlement of Ostrowite at the Ostrowite lake (Ostrowskie lake). Charming half-timbered houses, a path, the remains of a church and a church cemetery. Two shelters, it's worth taking a break in this place.

One of the oldest hydropower plants in Poland and Europe. In 1896, only 5 years after the construction of the first hydroelectric power plant in the world, the first works on the construction of a power plant on the Drawa River were undertaken. The beginning of the industrial operation of the power plant dates back to 1903. In 1921, the hydro power plant was included in the German national network. Until 1941, as part of the "Kaskady Drawa" project, it was planned to expand the existing power plant and build new ones in Barnim, Zatom, the former settlement of Springe (Dąbrowa) and in Mostniki. These plans were not implemented.

Within the Drawieński National Park, we can find five interesting closed Evangelical cemeteries. They are usually located near non-existent settlements such as Zietenfier (Sitno), Steinbuscher Glashütte (Podszkle), Springe (Dąbrowa), Lüdertswalde bei Mariental and one in still inhabited Ostrowite. They are characterized by unusual stone tombstones in the shape of a tree trunk, symbolizing the cut down tree of life. They are so precisely reproduced that after years, when they are partially covered with lichen, it is difficult to distinguish them from real trunks. In Springe there is also an interesting tombstone in the shape of an open book. Since 2014, the DPN has started to renovate the cemeteries, the area of the necropolis has been cleaned, fenced and information boards have been set up, on which we can read the history of a given place. And so we will learn that the village of Spinge was founded after the Thirty Years' War as a grange and a sheepfold. There was a watermill and a brickyard here. An industrial railway with a length of 22 km was even built here, which was used to transport milk, cheese and bricks from the village. In its heyday, the village was inhabited by 212 people. On the other side of the road, opposite the cemetery, there was a school, and a bit further an inn. The village became depopulated in 1932. Today, the site of the village is located near the hamlet of Moczele.

The town church dates from the 15th century.