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Lakes
Susiec
Among the pine forests of central Roztocze, the Sopot river widens into a reservoir of about 16 ha. The lake at Majdan Sopocki is the main spot for summer swimming in the Susiec area: there is a bathing area with a sandy beach and a lifegu…
Lakes
Siemiatycze
Siemiatycze does not have one reservoir but three: unnamed lakes on the Kamionka river that the town simply numbered 1, 2 and 3. The first opened in 1975, and today the water is ringed by a lifeguarded bathing area, a beach, sports pitches…
Lakes
gmina Stronie Śląskie
At around 525 m above sea level, in the Morawka valley between the Śnieżnik Massif and the Bialskie Mountains, lies one of the highest artificial reservoirs in Poland. The Stara Morawa reservoir covers only 5.5 ha, but in summer it has a l…
Lakes
Kalety
In Zielona, a forest district of Kalety about 5 km from the town centre, the Mała Panew river spreads into two linked reservoirs. The older one has medieval roots: it formed where local smiths dug ore out of the riverbed. Today it means ba…
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Kluczbork
The newest attraction around Kluczbork is only a little over ten years old. The reservoir on the Stobrawa river opened on 2 October 2012, and by the following summer it already had a bathing area. Today the lake at Ligota Górna is the town…
Lakes
Świerklaniec
Kozłowa Góra Reservoir, also called Lake Świerklaniec, was built in the 1930s as… an anti-tank obstacle. In the event of war it was meant to flood the Brynica valley in front of the fortifications of the Silesia Fortified Area. Today it is…
Lakes
Wadowice
On the Skawa river, a few kilometres from Wadowice, stands a dam that took longer to build than many people's entire careers. The first plans were drawn up in the 1950s, construction began in 1986, and the basin was only properly filled ar…