The best walks and hikes around Działdowo

Bismarck Towers (German: Bismarckturm) – simple tower- or column-shaped structures built in the years 1869–1934 (the first tower was built in Lower Silesia, near the village of Ober-Johnsdorf, today Janówek), glorifying Otto von Bismarck and expressing German national pride. The first structures of this type were built during Bismarck's lifetime, and the last tower was put into service in 1926 in Polanów. There are 17 of the probable 40 Bismarck towers in the territory of present-day Poland (sometimes it is impossible to find documents confirming that a given tower was originally a "Bismarck tower"). https://odtur.pl/atrakcje/dzialdowo-wieza-bismarcka-w-dzialdowie-49857.html

The tower in Malinowo, commonly called the "Bismarck Tower", is located in the forest near Malinowo in the Lidzbark Forest District. It was built in 1915 according to the design of Philipp Kähm on the site of a grave of German soldiers and was to be transformed into an obelisk in tribute to soldiers who died during World War I. It is built on a square plan 10-12 m high with internal, wooden stairs, currently destroyed. In the interwar period, the Polish authorities changed its name to the Freedom Tower. It is currently in very poor technical condition. Without appropriate protection, it may be completely and irreversibly destroyed. The development of technical documentation for its renovation is the first element of work related to securing and protecting it from further devastation and destruction. https://powiatdzialdowski.pl/ratujemy-kolejny-zabytek-przed-calkowitym-szkodeniem/

A bridge over a small lake, accessible on foot, by mountain bike or gravel.

Castle 🏰 Teutonic courtyard still needs some work

On December 25, 2020, an unknown perpetrator set fire to the Oak, which collapsed weakened. I have attached pics from 2019 when I last saw him grow. I feel a special sentiment for this place, because as a few years old I listened to stories about this tree and its importance for the local residents from the mouth of my saint. in memory of my grandfather, who was a forester in nearby Klonów. The first four years of my life I grew up with him in a forester's lodge, and as a child I spent hours wandering around this area. And I will say this - you have to be a completely dull and limited pitcher to mindlessly burn a tree that has not bothered anyone for 500 years, where soldiers swore an oath of allegiance to their homeland, where young couples confessed their first love. Perhaps the realization of the hopeless stupidity, senselessness and irreversibility of the consequences of this act - if the perpetrator ever matures - will be some kind of punishment for him.

Exhibition inside made in a surprisingly interesting and modern style. Free entry, as of September 2022. See www.muzeum.dzialdowo.pl.

Teutonic castle. According to the rule of the order, a knight on horseback should move from castle to castle during the day, so as to spend the night within safe walls. There is a museum in the castle area. Part of the castle has been rebuilt in recent years.

Here grows the largest natural monument of the Górznieńsko-Lidzbarski nature reserve, the oak "Dąb Rzeczpospolitej".