Stańczyki Bridges – Stańczyki Viaduct loop from Żytkiejmy
Stańczyki Bridges – Stańczyki Viaduct loop from Żytkiejmy
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Stańczyki Bridges – Stańczyki Viaduct loop from Żytkiejmy
02:07
27.7km
180m
Cycling
Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: April 18, 2026
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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted
After 8.13 km for 119 m
Waypoints
Start point
Parking
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6.30 km
Oaza Mujelak Nature Reserve
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8.19 km
Stańczyki Bridges
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These are elements of the disused infrastructure of the railway line connecting Gołdap with Żytkiejmy. Sometimes called the Aqueducts of the Romincka Forest.
The bridges are among the highest in Poland. The structure has 5 spans, is 180 m long and up to 36.5 m high. The Błędzianka River flows under the buildings. First, the southern bridge was built (1912-1914, completed in 1917), and later, in 1918, the northern bridge. Both buildings are parallel to each other, and the architecture resembles the Roman aqueducts in Pont du Gard. In the spring of 1917, the construction of the so-called the third transport corridor from Chojnice through Czersk, Smętowo, Kwidzyn, Prabuty, Myślice, Morąg, Orneta, Lidzbark Warmiński, Bartoszyce, Kętrzyn, Węgorzewo, Gołdap, Pobłocie, Kalwaria to Alytus in Lithuania. Most of the mentioned sections already existed at that time, so this huge investment consisted of, among others: to widen the embankments along the entire route for the second track. Since the construction of the Botkuny-Popowiedzie section was already quite advanced before the outbreak of World War I, it was decided to build twin bridge structures and new viaducts at the intersections with road roads on this route. This investment could not be completed by the end of World War I and most of the sections remained single-track.
In the face of the new political situation, there was no point in building a main line to Lithuania, so in the 1920s it was decided to complete the construction of the line as a local single-track route 35 km long from the Botkuny station, through Dubeninki, Stańczyki, Pobłocie to Żytkiejmy. Track was laid on only one of the bridges, and on October 1, 1927, trains started running on the entire route. Initially, there were three pairs of passenger trains, later, for the numerous tourists visiting these areas, a fourth pair was launched on Saturdays and Sundays. At that time, fishermen, mushroom pickers, and in winter also skiers came to the area of Błędzianka. There were also freight trains on the route, carrying mainly wood from the surrounding forests, and in the 1940s also stones, among others. for the construction of Hitler's Wolf's Lair headquarters in Gierłoż. The line was dismantled by trophy troops of the Red Army in 1945.
pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosty_w_Sta%C5%84czykach
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8.94 km
Rest Area Stańczyki, Green Velo
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9.23 km
Stańczyki Viaduct
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11.0 km
Wilhelm II's Hunting Stone
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11.0 km
Wilhelm Stone Marker
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23.5 km
Picnic Shelter by the Pond and Creek, Puszcza Romincka Landscape Park
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23.5 km
Shelter by the Pond and Stream
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27.7 km
End point
Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
16.8 km
10.3 km
446 m
105 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
11.6 km
5.88 km
5.34 km
4.82 km
< 100 m
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Elevation
Highest point (220 m)
Lowest point (160 m)
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