Top 5 Natural Monuments around Łysomice

The Leszcz stronghold is a remnant of a former fortified settlement, dating back to the times of the pagan Prussians and Teutonic Knights (13th and 14th centuries). It is likely associated with the legendary Prussian Pipin – a leader from Pomesania who, in 1231–1232, at the very beginning of the Teutonic Knights' conquest of Prussia, successfully repelled the Teutonic Order's attacks, paralyzing their operations in the Chełmno Land region. An additional attraction is the impressively steep cliffs of the stronghold (photos don't do it justice – you have to see it for yourself) and the depth of the surrounding ravine, commonly known as "Pipin's Ravines," which impede access from the north, west, and south. Access to the stronghold from the north - https://www.komoot.com/pl-pl/tour/2831909748 - along the stream, approximately 900m south of the stone bridge over Struga Papowska Mała (in the Leszczyński Gorge). White arrows on trees make the route easier. Note: the stronghold is separated from the west and south by a high fence. ---- Source: [https://maksencjusz.wordpress.com/2014/10/04/grodzisko-leszcz/]

Piwnicki Forest Nature Reserve - a forest nature reserve with an area of 36.95 ha in which oak-hornbeam forest with 300-year-old oaks and 160-year-old pines are protected. The Piwnicki Forest is one of the oldest nature reserves in the Chełmno region. Its protection was initiated in 1924 by prof. Adam Wodziczko.

Road to the Forester's Lodge 200m: https://www.komoot.com/pl-pl/highlight/6677893 Piwnicki Forest Nature Reserve - a forest nature reserve with an area of 36.95 ha in which oak-hornbeam forest with 300-year-old oaks and 160-year-old pines are protected. The Piwnicki Forest is one of the oldest nature reserves in the Chełmno region. Its protection was initiated in 1924 by prof. Adam Wodziczko.

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Solar clock (monument) was designed by Henryk Siwicki and Ewelina Szczech-Siwicka and unveiled on the occasion of the Copernican Year in 1973

St Barbara's Grotto. The stone grotto is associated with a legend about the life of Saint Barbara. According to this legend, Barbara was the daughter of a wealthy pagan named Dioscorus of Nicomedia. When the girl grew up, he placed her in a tower so that she would not have contact with her peers and Christians. The former he considered corrupt, the latter he simply hated. Despite her father's objections, Barbara accepted the Christian faith and was baptized. When Dioskur found out about this, he was furious. He ordered her to stop religious practices, and when she refused, he began to torture her. Barbara somehow managed to escape and found shelter in a stone grotto. There a shepherd saw her and handed her over to Dioscour. The cruel father gave Barbara to the Romans. The poor girl was tortured and when she remained adamant she was beheaded. Supposedly, the sentence was carried out on December 4, 305 by Dioscour himself.

The monuments commemorate the crimes of genocide committed by the Germans against at least 600 Poles, residents of Toruń, representatives of the intelligentsia, political and economic elites, from October to December 1939.