Top 12 Natural Monuments around Bojszowy

It's hard to find a native of Tychy who doesn't have a childhood photo on the back of one of these teddy bears. In 2018, the bears officially got their names (chosen by residents in a competition). The park itself is a clean, densely wooded square with a central fountain, which is perfect as a cool stop on hot afternoons.

One of the characteristic places in Tychy. Where all children and adults know where the sculpture of three bears is located

Dąb Tadeusz - a natural monument in Katowice, located in the southern part of the city, near Hamerla, located in the Murcki district, in the Murckowskie Forest complex. It is a 300-year-old [1] tree of the English oak species (Quercus robur L.) with a height of 30 meters and a diameter at breast height of 437 centimeters (Wikipedia)

interesting place, worth visiting.

Hans Heinrich XI von Pless (1833-1907) was one of the most powerful magnates in Europe. It was estimated that his fortune was the fifth largest in Germany. Prince von Pless collaborated with two emperors of the Hohenzoller dynasty: William I and William II. He was present at the proclamation of the German Empire. He went on diplomatic missions to St. Petersburg and Rome. In the Żwakowski Forest, on the border of Wyry and Tychy, on June 7 this year. the granite stone with an inscription commemorating the last hunt of Prince Hans Heinrich XI Hochberg von Pless was placed again. It took place on October 23, 1906, 10 months before his death. This is where the old prince shot a huge deer then. In 1964, the monument was dismantled and placed in the area of the Kobiór Forest District. The original inscription was covered with a plaque devoted to a skirmish between Kobiór foresters and Germany in September 1939. In the former Pszczyna Forest, you can still encounter memorial boulders - the so-called dynkmale (from German monuments). Andrzej Brandys from Kobióra, an enthusiast of local history, and in particular the history of the Pszczyna forests and hunting, estimates that there were about 20 such objects in the Hochberg estates. ruling or hunting). Most of the dynkmali was destroyed in the Polish People's Republic, where any remnants of the presence of the Germans in Upper Silesia were not tolerated (not only in the times of the Third Reich). - People had no knowledge of these souvenirs. A granite boulder weighing about 7 tons and a height of more than two meters (with the base) commemorated the last hunting of the old prince in the forest on the border of Wyrów and Żwaków, on October 23, 1906. Then Hans Heinrich XI shot his last deer. It was a "sixteen", that is, a male (bull) with at least eight legs on one pole of antlers. According to Andrzej Brandys, the granite boulder is carved in German: "Seine Durchlaucht Hans Heinrich XI Herzog von Pless erlegte hier am 23.10.1906 seinen letzten Hirsch von XVI ender", which can be translated as follows: "His Ducal Majesty Hans Heinrich XI von Pless laid here his last sixteen-year deer. October 23, 1906 ”. https://noweinfo.pl/glaz-upamietniajacy-ostatnie-polowanie-ksiecia-pszczynskiego-wrocil-do-lasu-zwakowskiego/

Tadeusz Oak - a natural monument in Katowice, located in the southern part of the city, near Hamerla, in the Murcki auxiliary unit, in the Murckowski Forest complex. It is a 300-year-old tree of the species pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.), 30 meters high and 437 centimeters high at breast height. This tree was established as a natural monument by the Katowice City Council by a resolution of June 1, 2017, along with 23 other trees. On the basis of the same resolution, the City Council named the tree Tadeusz. This name commemorates Tadeusz Norman, a long-standing forest inspectorate of the Katowice Forest District, who worked for the shaping, durability and development of Upper Silesian forest complexes. Hamerla - a forest settlement in Katowice, in the Murcki auxiliary unit, in the southern part of the Murckow Forest. It is located one kilometer from the border between Katowice and Lędziny. The settlement was founded by the Hamerla family (hence its name). In the 1940s, the inhabitants moved out, leaving the area as a gift for the Katowice Forest District. Currently, it consists of two residential houses. In Hamerla, there is the seat of the Daniel hunting club in Tychy and a drone belonging to the Silesian Beekeepers Association. Trutowisko was established in 1953 by the Poviat Beekeepers Association in Tychy. Meetings of beekeepers are organized here, and beekeeping is also popularized here. https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C4%85b_Tadeusz https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamerla https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbaxOaLr0iw

Aleja Dębowa is a part of the former horse trail connecting the Pszczyna castle with the Promnice Hunting Castle by the Paprocańskie Lake. 150 or even 250-year-old oaks grow in the over 3-kilometer stretch. The Pszczyna part of this trail runs through Łowiecka Street. In Piasek, the historical road is simply called Aleja Dębowa. pless.pl/wiadomosci/64312-trasy-rowerowe-przez-aleje-debowa-do-promnic-i-dalej-kkieta-piasek-pszczyna-tychy pszczynska.pl/rowerowa-aleja-debowa.html

A quiet place, not far from the bustling Paprocany Lake. Ecological site "Paprocany" is a complex of overgrown ponds, swamps and wet meadows, with sites of rare species of marsh and aquatic plants. This area is an important breeding and feeding area for wetland birds, numerous amphibians, part of the territory of otters, and a spawning ground for some species of fish. The protected species include: white water lily and yellow water lily (both under partial protection), it is also the area of sundew, water nut, marshes, orchids and other plants associated with the swamp and water environment. The site is located within Tychy, Żwaków forest district and includes non-forest divisions with an area of 19 ha. https://kkieta.katowice.lasy.gov.pl/uzytki-ekologiczne#.YMGjN0wwhPZ