The best cycling routes around Rzewnie

"The history of the town hall dates back to the early 15th century. Bishop Jakub of Płock is said to have funded the seat of the town authorities in 1405. The Gothic tower added to the town hall fulfilled both judicial and penitentiary functions as well as defense. Initially, it reached a height of 15 m and was built on a rectangular plan. During the 15th and 16th centuries, it was gradually raised, with additional storeys built on an octagonal plan. A new town hall was also built - lower, more modern - in the Renaissance style, topped with a crested attic. The 30-meter tower at that time gained a domed spire with a lantern, and a clock was also ordered for it. During the wars in the 17th and 18th centuries, the town hall burned down several times. In 1728, it was rebuilt with funds from Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Kostka Załuski. The two-bay building surrounded the tower in a horseshoe shape from the east. The entrance was located on the north and covered with a wooden arcade. The tower roof was changed to an octagonal one, and the clock was abandoned. In this form, the town hall survived until the end of the 19th century. At that time, in addition to the city authorities, the army was quartered here, and there was a prison and even warehouses for Pułtusk merchants. At the end of the 19th century, a shelter was organized in the ruined building, and from 1880, the ground floor and the tower were put into use by the Volunteer Fire Department. After 1902, a new, smaller building was erected on the site of the former building, in the neo-Gothic style, only for the use of the fire department. The tower was deprived of its roof, replacing it with an uncovered platform. It turned out to be completely non-functional and the original roof covering of the tower top was quickly restored. Also at that time, a clock was placed on the north side, on the seventh floor." Source: https://arch.pultusk.pl/wieza-dawnego-ratusza-gotycko-renesansowa/

As shown by an old photo from over 100 years ago, taken during the Russian partition (the photo shows the word Pułtusk written in Cyrillic), originally Saint John of Nepomuk stood on the other side of the canal, closer to the bridge and at the edge of the then paved Świętojańska Street. Both the pedestal and the sculpture itself were significantly different from those exhibited 15 years ago. In addition, the approximately 3-meter high pedestal and the approximately 2-meter figure of the saint were surrounded by a metal fence. On the current pedestal there is a plaque with the following text: "MONUMENT DESTROYED BY THE GERMANS DURING WORLD WAR II RESTORED TO THE CITY AS A VOTE OF THE RESIDENTS OF PUŁTUSZ LAND IN THE JUBILEE YEAR OF 24 SEPTEMBER 2000" Near the city (a few kilometres from the market square) on the Narew River, people interested in the figures of St. John of Nepomuk will find four other sculptures depicting his image. They stand in the following villages near Pułtusk: Lipniki Stare (from 1906), Głodowo (from 1909), Grabówiec (figure in a chapel), Kacice (date not visible, covered by artificial flowers hanging at its base). Source: https://polska-org.pl/10209429,Pultusk,Figura_sw_Jana_Nepomucena_Pultusk.html

There is no more ferry! So in 06.2025 there is no crossing! A new bridge is being built instead (there is none on this section of the Narew)

It is worth coming here for this footbridge and the view of the Narew River.

Coffee and cake next to the town hall

you can't see anything from the road. You have to go up the embankment

There's no point in hiding it. Cobblestone is cobblestone, but it's worth driving through it and turning off to the canal.

Attention! Summer 2024 - the ferry is closed. I spoke with the owner, no plans to restart. There are plans to build a local bridge near Nowy Drozdowo.