Silna Nowa: Olęder history and trails

Silna Nowa brings together traces of an Olęder settlement tradition and marked trails through the village and its surroundings. This offers two perspectives for your stay: the local architectural history and the routes connecting Silna Nowa with other places. If you are interested in both, you can take the historical details into account alongside your choice of a walking or cycling tour.

Olęder settlement history

Silna Nowa is the present-day name of an Olęder settlement established near Silna in 1743. Surviving half-timbered houses from the Olęder settlement tradition provide a visible architectural trace of this history in the village. In the surrounding area, particularly around Silna Nowa, there are numerous examples of former Olęder buildings in the Miedzichowo Landscape Park. For visitors interested in the cultural landscape, both the houses in Silna Nowa and the buildings in the surrounding area offer points of interest.

Wayside chapel at the road junction

At a road junction in Silna Nowa stands a solid white wayside chapel with a steep roof. Its niches are arranged on three levels. The combination of its structure and articulated façade makes it a distinctive architectural detail of the village. If you are interested in local architectural styles, you can consider this building alongside the surviving half-timbered houses when exploring the settlement’s history.

Hiking and cycling

The blue hiking trail is 56 kilometres long and passes through Silna Nowa. The route runs from Borowy Młyn through the village to Pszczew; through Silna Nowa, the trail continues to Silna. This makes the village part of a longer hiking route. Before setting out, check the latest route information so you can plan according to the intended trail route.

There are also cycling route descriptions under the name “Wzdłuż Obry”. The green-marked cycling route runs from Pszczew to Trzciel and reaches the Miedzichowo municipality at Silna Nowa. A black-marked walking and cycling route, “Wzdłuż Obry”, connects Pszczew, Trzciel and Prądówka and runs in the vicinity of Silna Nowa. The markings and named places help distinguish between the two route descriptions when choosing a tour.

The surrounding forests also contain remains of earth huts and border installations from the time when a state border once ran here. These historical traces offer another perspective on the landscape around Silna Nowa. They add evidence from a different period to the settlement history and may interest visitors who are also drawn to historical landscape features.

Accommodation in Silna Nowa

Agroturystyka “Samotnik” is located at Silna Nowa 12, by a lake. The address gives you a specific point of reference when looking for accommodation in the village. Check the latest accommodation details before booking.

Discover more places

More destinations: Wojnowice, Łęczyce, Pawłówek, Dakowy Mokre, Opalenica, Nowy Tomyśl, Wąsowo, Glinno.

For the broader travel overview: Neutomischl.