Things to do in Pińczów
6 attractions in Pińczów, including Old Synagogue in Pińczów, Church of St John the Evangelist in Pińczów and Regional Museum in Pińczów.
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Old Synagogue in Pińczów
Pińczów
The Old Synagogue in Pińczów is a stone synagogue built in 1594–1609, one of the oldest surviving Jewish houses of prayer in Poland and the only well-preserved trace of the once large Jewish community of the Ponidzie region. It stands on K…
Churches & monasteries
Church of St John the Evangelist in Pińczów
Pińczów
The church on Pińczów's market square is the burial place of Jan Łaski (John à Lasco) – Poland's greatest Reformation figure, who organised Protestant congregations in England and East Frisia. That is the paradox of this building: built fo…
Museums
Regional Museum in Pińczów
Pińczów
The Regional Museum in Pińczów is the best starting point for exploring the Ponidzie region – and a showcase of a town whose history was shaped by the Reformation, the Polish Brethren and its Jewish community. It occupies a baroque former…
Palaces
Wielopolski Palace in Pińczów
Pińczów
At the foot of Castle Hill in Pińczów stands the elegant Baroque-Classicist palace of the Wielopolski family, built in 1773–1799. It was put up instead of restoring the castle on the hill above – a castle of which the medieval chronicler J…
Churches & monasteries
Shrine of Our Lady of Mirów in Pińczów
Pińczów
Pińczów has two faces: its Renaissance market square and Mirów – once a separate little town founded in 1592 by Zygmunt Myszkowski. In Mirów stands the Church of the Visitation with its Franciscan friary, home to the miraculous image of Ou…
Nature
Nida River Kayak Trail
Pińczów
The Nida is the longest river in the Świętokrzyskie region and one of the gentlest kayak routes in Poland. The waymarked trail from Brzegi to Nowy Korczyn is 92.7 km long and runs through the Ponidzie area past the castle in Sobków, Pińczó…