Warthelager Military Training Area: Nature and Culture in Biedrusko
Accommodation in Warthelager Military Training Area
Biedrusko offers several ways to plan your trip: nature education at Łysy Młyn, self-guided activities, cycling routes, and the palace and park. The offerings vary in form and subject. You can decide whether to include an educational trail, an independent exploration, a cycling tour, or architecture and local history in your plans.
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Nature education at Łysy Młyn
At the “Łysy Młyn” Forest Education Centre in Biedrusko, the “Rola wody w przyrodzie” educational trail circles the pond. Its subject is water in nature. The “Łysy Młyn” watermill building also houses a forest laboratory. These are two distinct offerings: an outdoor educational trail by the pond and a laboratory inside the mill building. If you are interested in nature, you can consider these two forms of education separately when planning, rather than treating them as a single offering.
Cycling the section to Biedrusko
The connected cycling routes make it possible to ride the Chludowo–Suchy Las–Biedrusko section without entering the military training area. This gives you a specific section to consider when planning your route. Check local route conditions before setting off. The cycle route is a different way to include Biedrusko in your trip than visiting a fixed location such as Łysy Młyn.
Self-guided discoveries
The outdoor family game “Biedrusko. W cieniu poligonu” can be played independently at any time. Another option is the quest “O niepodległości i wojskowości w Biedrusku,” a tour through Biedrusko. It covers the Poles’ battles during the Greater Poland Uprising, as well as the history of numerous local buildings and monuments. Both activities can be undertaken independently, but their themes differ considerably. The family game evokes the shadow of the training area in its title, while the quest focuses on the history of the uprising and local buildings.
Palace, museum and park
Biedrusko Palace was built between 1877 and 1880 for Albrecht Otton von Treskow by Ludwik Huhn in the Neo-Renaissance style. The Palace of Biedrusko houses the Museum of Military History and Interior Design (Muzeum Wojskowe i Architektury Wnętrz). This brings architectural history and a museum together in one named building.
The park surrounding the palace includes an amphitheatre, a lovers’ gazebo, ponds and a fountain. These features give the park variety: as well as bodies of water, the description includes an amphitheatre and the distinctive gazebo. Together with the Neo-Renaissance palace, they create a cultural and historical focus that differs in theme from the nature activities at Łysy Młyn and the self-guided tours.
More destinations
Luboń, Mrowino, Strykowo, Ceradz Kościelny, Owińska, Sapowice, Lusowo, Promienko
For the overview of the wider area: Poznań.
