Barlinek Lake
Barlinek Lake has a surface area of 250 ha and it is situated in Barlinek-Gorzów Landscape Park and Ostoja Barlinecka – an area protected by Natura 2000. The average depth of the lake is 7.1 m, while the maximum depth is 18 m. It is supplied by numerous streams and watercourses, and its water has cleanliness class 2.
Besides the northern coast, where Barlinek is located, the lake is surrounded by picturesque forests, mainly deciduous trees, such as beech and oak trees. The coasts of Barlinek Lake are mostly high, sometime even precipitous. There are four islands on the lake: Łabędzia [Swan’s], Sowia [Owl’s], Nadziei [Hope’s] and Zielona [Green]. However they are not available for tourists, as there are numerous birds living there.
In Barlinek, on the north-eastern coast of the lake, at Sportowa Street there is a large public beach with a campsite and a bathing area with a historic building of the guesthouse “Pod Sosnami” [“Under the Pines”] from 1927 maintained in the Alpine-style. Views from the jetty encourage long walks. Apart from this, in the town and outside of it there are numerous wild beaches on the coast of the lake. There are also places to tie up your boat. Water equipment can be rented among others in the “Sztorm” TKKF Sailing Club, which offers cruises by sailboats with a crew. There are forests with numerous mushrooms on the southern coast of the lake.
Besides spending time on the beach and water sports, on Barlinek Lake it is also possible to fish. You can catch perch, eel, roach, bream and pike. There is also wels catfish. It is prohibited to use motorized boats, however in rental offices boats without engines are available. It is rather difficult to fish from the coast as there is a wide line of reed beds. However at night it is only possible to fish from the coast.
Near Barlinek Lake there are numerous tourist tracks: a green walking track “Ecological Didactic Path around Barlinek Lake”, a red walking track from Barlinek to Lipy, Water Natural Track on Barlinek Lake, a blue walking track “Through Barlinek Primeval Forest” (leading through Okunie and Moczydło), Blue Legend Trail and trails of the Nordic Walking Centre: “To the outlook Barlinek Lake”, “Three Lakes: Uklejowe, Stycko and Barlinek Lakes”, “The Landscape of Barlinek Primeval Forest to Płonna”.
It is worth mentioning a legend about a floater from Barlinek Lake which tells a tragic story of a beautiful woman banished from Barlinek with a new-born baby. In winter the desperate woman entered the lake and she disappeared. Then she returned to the earth as a vengeful water nymph. She lured her victims using the cry of a child and then she pulled them into the lake. When people started to avoid the surrounding of the lake after dark, she started to go further towards the town, from which she kidnapped children, especially those really living with their parents. However, time heals wounds and also it healed the water nymph who finally fell in love with one of the kidnapped babies and let her live. One day the girl left the water nymph, as she wanted to get to know the world. In order to protect the child from suffering and evil the water nymph transformed the girl into a stone and hid at the bottom of the deepest point of the lake. She will disenchant her only when she finds a way to ensure her happiness outside her water home.
Now, the water nymph walks around and thinks how to find happiness. You can come across her at the full moon at midnight – she has fins instead of feet, so you can hear her splashing in the shallows. She disappears when it is starting to get light. She stops at every bridge, but she spends most of the time under the railway bridge at Kasztanowa Avenue. There she arranges branches, splashes water and collects chestnuts. If somebody walks across the bridge at midnight and does not wish to see her, they need to throw a chestnut into the water to distract her.

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Hornbeam avenue
A hornbeam avenue in the former manor park in Chrapowo.

Klasztor pocysterski

Kościół filialny pw. Świętej Rodziny

Kościół parafialny pw. Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny

Kościół parafialny pw. św. Bonifacego

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Pełcz Lake
Pełcz Lake is a large ribbon lake which covers an area of 257 ha. It is relatively deep – the average depth is 12.2 m, while the maximum depth is 31 m.
The lake is long, narrow and slightly curved. The coastline is varied – there are many hollows and bays. The narrowest point of the lake is situated in Ługowo, while the widest section of the lake is situated in Krzynki. The coastline is 20 km long.
The shores are relatively steep and covered with plants and shrubs typical for coastlines. Moreover, in some parts the coast is boggy. The water in the lake was classified as quality class II.
In the lake there is a large population of bream, roach, tench, pike and perch. The access to the shore is difficult which results in low anthropogenic impact on the environment. The number of anglers, however, continues to grow.

Pełczyce bicycle stop

Pełczyckie Recreation and Tourism Center "Pełczanka"

Plaża Pełczanka

Resting place

The graduation tower in Pełczyce

The Remnants Of Mediaeval Fortifications in Barlinek
In the 14th century, Barlinek had a system of fortifications that encircled the town with a 7-metre tall and 1,800-metre long wall. The fortifications included moats, lookout posts, towers, small gates and two large gates located opposite to each other: Brama Młyńska [the Mill Gate] (remnant of which is a building with a bay window tower, located on 7 Niepodległości Street) and Brama Myśliborska [the Myślibórz Gate] (no fragment of the gate has survived up to this day).
In the 19th century, the majority of the system of fortifications was pulled down, and the rest was damaged during the Second World War. The 400-metre long pieces that have survived are located mainly at the junction of Górna and Chmielna Streets, where spectacular details of the walls’ crown, the remnants of a lookout post and Psia Furta [the Dog Gate] can be found.
Other remnants of the fortifications can be seen also on Jeziorna Street. They give the idea of the power of mediaeval fortifications protecting the town when it used to be a frontier defensive settlement.

Watermill ruin