The best running trails around Siedlce

There is a grill, gym and DDR

wooden bridge over the reservoir

The main idea of the project was to create a diversified space that would encourage outdoor activity regardless of the season, with users of all age groups in mind.

During his first stay in Siedlce, Tadeusz Kościuszko was a guest of Princess Aleksandra Ogińska and met with Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz. Kościuszko stopped in Siedlce for the second time during a trip to review the troops stationed in the vicinity of Wiśniewo under the command of General Sierakowski.

Erected in 1917 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the death of Tadeusz Kościuszko and his two stays in Siedlce in September 1794. On the column is an inscription "To Tadeusz Kościuszko - Podlasie 1817-1917", and below are the names of towns and dates of battles fought under his command.

From the beginning of World War II until 1944, the palace was the headquarters of the Wehrmacht. In 1944, it burned down and lay in ruins. It was rebuilt in 1950, transforming the interiors into public utility rooms. Currently, the walls of the Ogiński Palace house a university - the University of Natural Sciences and Humanities. In addition to the former Ogiński Palace, the cathedral and churches, Siedlce can boast another curiosity: the painting "Ecstasy of St. Francis" in the Diocesan Museum. It is the only work in Poland by the famous 16th-century painter El Greco.

The Second World War was a time of complete destruction for Siedlce. The front swept through the city twice, in 1939 and 1944, leaving ruins and conflagration. During the war, 1/3 of the inhabitants lost their lives, including 17,000 Jews who were murdered in nearby Treblinka. Before the war, the Jewish population, similarly to Warsaw, constituted a significant group of residents, as much as 37%. The war period also brought enormous destruction to the city's buildings. The city center was destroyed. Almost half of the buildings lay in ruins. The Ogiński Palace was damaged, the "Jacek" City Hall was destroyed, and the synagogue was demolished. The Germans located a POW camp (mainly Soviet) in Siedlce, Stalag no. 366, where no fewer than 9,000, and perhaps even 12,000 out of 20,000 prisoners, died. There were also four forced labour camps with a total of 12,000 people, of whom approximately 10,000 were taken to the extermination camp in Treblinka, and the rest were shot.

In the second half of the 19th century, the expansion of the city was directed southwards due to the railway construction in 1866-1867 and another fire in 1865, which destroyed over 100 houses in the city centre. This resulted in the development of a new regulation of the city plan and the connection of the planned railway station with the city. The new district was connected to the city centre by Alejowa Street (currently J. Kilińskiego), which harmoniously connected both parts of the city. From the time it was granted city rights in 1547 to 1807, the city of Siedlce was initially privately owned by the Gniewosz Siedlecki family, in the first half of the 17th century it was the property of the Olędzki family, and from the second half of that century to the beginning of the 19th century it became the property of the Czartoryski family and the related Ogiński family. After the death of A. Ogińska in 1798, the Siedlce estate was inherited by the Czartoryski family, who exchanged it with the Austrian government for state property in the Lublin region in 1807. From that time on, the city ceased to be private property.