The best hikes from bus stations around gmina Wąchock

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A must visit on Sieradowicki

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Wykus was the base of Polish partisans. During the January Uprising, insurgents commanded by Marian Langiewicz were stationed here. During World War II, camps of Polish underground soldiers were located here, first under the command of Maj. Henryk Dobrzański "Hubal", later the Home Army Partisan Groups "Ponury" - lieutenant cc. Jan Piwnik "Ponury". On On September 15, 1957, in the place of the former camp, a chapel with the image of Our Lady of Sorrows was unveiled, commemorating those who died in the fight for the homeland. On its walls there are 123 nicknames of soldiers who died during the war. The shrine is surrounded by a wall, on which there are several hundred plaques with the names of the dead soldiers of the "Ponury" and "Nurt" groups. The chapel with the surrounding area within a radius of 30 m is the "Wykus" National Memorial Site and is entered in the register of immovable monuments. Every year, on the second Saturday of June, ceremonies commemorating the fallen soldiers of the Partisan Groups of the Home Army "Ponury" are organized in Wykus. Wykus (326 m above sea level) is also a nature reserve.

Polana Langiewicza is commonly regarded as a campsite for insurgent troops led by General Marian Langiewicz during the January Uprising in 1863. However, there is no evidence that the insurgents were stationed in this exact place and that General Langiewicz himself stayed there. This place was indicated by Capt. Wojdacki, writing that "there was a spring and an oak grew, where General Marjan Langiewicz sat as if on a stool". The place was marked for the first time in 1925, during the convention of veterans of the 1863 uprising. Then, after the holy mass in Wąchock, the participants of the reunion went to the clearing, where a commemorative plaque was consecrated. The plaque was made in a foundry in Skarżysko, owned by Kazimierz Jan Witwicki, son of Jan Witwicki, an insurgent. At that time, the plaque was hung on an oak - today it is hung on a pine.

Where is the most famous mayor in the country? It's of course - Wąchock! This respectable position has even received a monument. The monument is located near the Cistercian Abbey, right under the windows of the Police building. The initiator of the creation of the monument was Feliks Januchta - president of the Association of Mayors of the Kielce Region. Sławomir Micek, an artist from Kielce, was the contractor for the project. The ceremonial unveiling of the bronze monument took place on June 28, 2003. On the plinth there is an inscription: "Sołtys on the homestead equal to the voivode". The figure, on the other hand, shows the mayor sitting on a stone with his hat slightly tilted. He rests his right hand on a wooden cart wheel, while in his left hand he holds a mobile phone to his ear. The first gadget did not end up on the monument by accident. The circle refers to one of the jokes about the method of electing the mayor in Wąchock. Well: "the wheel from the wagon is released from the highest hill, and whose cottage it hits - he becomes the mayor". It is worth mentioning that Wąchock is currently managed by the mayor. The city itself has about 2,800 inhabitants and is situated on the Kamienna River.

Mayor of Wąchocka - a character from jokes about Wąchock. A monument was erected in his honor on June 28, 2003. The president of the Kielce Land Association was the originator of the erection of a monument to the village leader in Wąchock. The idea was accepted and the monument was placed in front of the Police and Post Office building. In 1994 Wąchock regained municipal rights and the office of the commune head was replaced with the office of the mayor. The Society of Wąchock's Friends came up with the figure of the honorary mayor of Wąchock, who has been traditionally elected since that year.

In this place there is a monument commemorating the soldiers of the Home Army (Polish independence underground) from groups operating against the Germans in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains under the command of the legendary Jan Piwnik pseudonym "Gloomy". Next to it, there is a place for the Holy Mass and benches for those gathered during the ceremony.