The best walks and hikes around gmina gmina Końskie

The ponds in the Browary district in Końskie are now a popular place for walks and relaxation. The renovated reservoirs, fed by clean streams, are surrounded by well-kept greenery, and the area has gained new recreational functions. You can walk here, fish, light a bonfire or take part in cultural events, such as KGW tournaments or Kupala Night. There are paved paths around them. It is worth remembering that swimming in the ponds is not allowed.

Only 1.5 km up to Heaven.

Rest area, you can play chess. More benches and shelters further along the lake, after crossing the bridge.

Until 1830, the village was called Iwasiów, at that time there were 3 taverns and inns. In 1827, the village was inhabited by 27 people in 4 houses, in 1880 there were already 12 houses and 62 inhabitants. Until World War I, Piekło was a center for the production of nails. During World War II, during a raid in 1940 aimed at capturing Major Henryk Dobrzański "Hubal", an SS unit murdered all the men here.

Lake Sielpińskie (Zalew Sielpia) – an artificial reservoir with an area of 57.41 ha located in the north-western part of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship between Kielce (approx. 35 km) and Końskie (approx. 10 km) in the town of Sielpia Wielka on the Czarna Konecka Reservoir. There are two islands on the reservoir. The reservoir was created in the 1960s. It is one of the largest recreational reservoirs in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship.

Lake Sielpińskie (Zalew Sielpia) – an artificial reservoir with an area of 57.41 ha located in the north-western part of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship between Kielce (approx. 35 km) and Końskie (approx. 10 km) in the town of Sielpia Wielka on the Czarna Konecka Reservoir. There are two islands on the reservoir. The reservoir was created in the 1960s. It is one of the largest recreational reservoirs in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship.

The monument is a joint work of sculptors Leonard Marconi and Antoni Popiel. It was made of bronze in 1900 on the initiative of the Tadeusz Kościuszko Society. This is an equestrian monument. In 1921 it was placed on Wawel Hill, but it did not survive the war - on February 17, 1940 it was destroyed by the Germans. In 1960 it was reconstructed by the Germans as the only monument in Poland and returned to its original location as a gift from the people of Dresden to the city of Kraków.

In 2017, the city park and other places were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The park now includes a pond with a fountain, a viewing tower on a hill, an arcade, a bar, a playground, stone flower pots (including those from Repten Castle), a bandstand with a football pitch, tennis courts, a toboggan hill, a wooden sales pavilion, as well as an old mining shaft and the embankment of the former narrow-gauge railway.