Attractions and Places To See around Oporów - Top 20

the castle from 1453 is basically a castle

The castle, or rather, a small castle. Tickets cost 23 złoty. I recommend stopping by, even if only for a moment. It's worth seeing.

The history of the parish of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary dates back to the 13th century. The last wooden church burned down in 1660, probably after being struck by lightning. The owner of Suserz, Jerzy Skarżyński, fulfilling the will of his uncle Józef Skarżyński, built a brick church and placed the painting of the Virgin Mary with Child, "gloried in graces throughout the entire area", in the main altar. The painting, painted on a board in tempera in the style of Italian painting, is covered with a silver dress. Angels support two crowns, and the little Christ blesses with one hand and holds a cobalt globe in the other. When a dangerous cholera epidemic appeared in 1852 and entire families were dying, and doctors were helpless, the residents of Żychlin came on a pilgrimage to the painting of the Virgin Mary of Suserz, begging on their knees for the averting of this terrible plague. They then made an oath: "If the Mother of God intercedes for God's salvation, they will come here continuously for 100 years on foot on August 15th, to give thanks, praise God and bear witness to the truth." The epidemic soon died out. Even the dangerous times of the Nazi occupation did not stop the pilgrims from making the pilgrimage to Suserz. They prayed in front of a closed church converted into a warehouse. The parish priest, Józef Chyczewski, was arrested by the Germans, taken to the concentration camp in Dachau and murdered there.

The Natura 2000 Special Protection Area for Birds established in 2012 in central Poland, on the border of the Łódź and Mazovian Voivodeships. It covers an area of 3980.66 ha. It includes small valleys of the Słudwia River and its left tributary Przysowa, located in the Kutno, Łowicz and Gostynin counties. A bird sanctuary has also been established in this area, designated in the IBA nomenclature as sanctuary no. 145, with an area of 3284 ha. The Przysowa Valley (apart from the estuary section to the Słudwia) is also part of the Przysowa Valley Protected Landscape Area. In the northern part of the sanctuary there is the "Szczawińskie Lake" reserve.

The original parish church of St. Martin mentioned in 1399 was made of wood. The brick church in the Gothic style was built in the first half of the 15th century, and its construction was started before 1425 by Mikołaj Oporowski, the voivode of Łęczyca. The construction was completed by his sons Władysław Oporowski, after taking over the family estate in 1428, Władysław was the bishop of Włocławek from 1434, later the archbishop of Gniezno and primate of Poland, and Piotr Oporowski - the voivode of Łęczyca. The single-nave church with an unseparated presbytery and a burial crypt was built on the plan of an elongated rectangle, with a porch on the southern side. The interior was covered with a wooden ceiling. The modest decoration of the external elevations consisted of white plastered pointed arch panels, a brick frieze made of squared timber crowning the walls of the nave and rhombuses made of zendrówka bricks. The western elevation was most likely crowned with a decorative gable, as evidenced by two half-peaks preserved under the roof by the tower. In 1453, the Oporowskis - Władysław and Piotr donated the church to the Order of St. Paul the First Hermit, the rule of St. Augustine. The motive was the desire to honor the memory of Krystyna and Mikołaj Oporowski's parents, buried in the church's basement. The church building is connected to the monastery building.

A brick castle in the Gothic style built in the years 1434–1449 by the bishop of Kujawy, Władysław Oporowski. Formerly, it was the centre of the extensive landed estates of the Oporowski family of the Sulima coat of arms. In 2007, it was entered into the State Register of Museums. The beginning of the castle complex was a knight's residential tower, built at the beginning of the 15th century on an artificial island, built in the middle of one of the branches of the Słudwia River. Later, residential buildings were built surrounding a small cobblestone courtyard, defensive walls and a semicircular tower with a chapel on the first floor. The castle is dominated by the north-west corner tower decorated with a Gothic dagger. Despite many reconstructions made in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, only minor changes were made. They left behind Renaissance ceilings, Baroque window openings on the first floor, and Classicist stucco. The annex in the courtyard, the so-called "cupboard", as well as the neo-Gothic portal of the entrance gate and the terrace in front of the bridge, date from around 1840. The castle is surrounded by a landscape park established in the first half of the 19th century.

A brick castle in the Gothic style built in the years 1434–1449 by the Bishop of Kujawy, Władysław Oporowski. Formerly, it was the centre of the extensive landed estates of the Oporowski family of the Sulima coat of arms. In 2007, it was entered into the State Register of Museums. The beginning of the castle complex was a knight's residential tower, built at the beginning of the 15th century on an artificial island, built in the middle of one of the branches of the Słudwia River. Later, residential buildings were built surrounding a small cobblestone courtyard, defensive walls and a semicircular tower with a chapel on the first floor. The castle is dominated by the north-west corner tower decorated with a Gothic dagger. Despite many reconstructions made in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, only minor changes were made. They left behind Renaissance ceilings, Baroque window openings on the first floor, and Classicist stucco. The annex in the courtyard, the so-called "cupboard", as well as the neo-Gothic portal of the entrance gate and the terrace in front of the bridge, date from around 1840. The castle is surrounded by a landscape park established in the first half of the 19th century.

Beautiful old church. Too bad it was closed when I was in the area. But you can walk around the grounds and look through the grate in the vestibule.