Borek Wielkopolski: Hotels and Accommodation

The named religious sites in Borek Wielkopolski include the “Sanctuary of Our Lady of Consolation” and the parish church of “Saint Stanislaus the Bishop”. The city’s documented heritage also includes a protected historic urban layout, the parish church complex of “Our Lady of Consolation”, an 18th-century cemetery, and family burial chapels from the 19th century. This specific cultural focus is directly relevant for travellers interested in religious sites.

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City and Landscape

Borek Wielkopolski is a city in Poland, in the Greater Poland Voivodeship and Gostyń County. It is also the seat of the urban-rural municipality of Borek Wielkopolski.

The city lies approximately half a kilometre west of the Pogonya River, on the western edge of the Wysoczyzna Kaliska upland.

Culture and History

Karolew - Borek Wlkp. - Pałac is located in the immediate vicinity of Borek Wielkopolski. Grabonóg - Pałac is located in the surrounding area of the city. Kotowo - Pałac and Jarocin - Pałac are located in the wider regional area.

Borek Wielkopolski was known as Zdzież in the early Middle Ages and received town rights in 1392. After a fire destroyed the earlier settlement, the city was founded under the name Borek in the first half of the 15th century under Magdeburg Law.

Geographical Location

Borek Wielkopolski lies on the Pogona River, approximately 18 km east of Gostyń.

The church described has Baroque and Rococo furnishings inside, as well as architectural Baroque decoration. It contains an image of the Virgin Mary from the third quarter of the 16th century, which was officially recognised as miraculous in 1619. This aspect of the site is directly relevant for travellers interested in sacred art and Marian devotion.

Further destinations on this travel overview are Stezyca, Ostrowo, Leonów, Magdalenki, Piaski, Krobia and Gostyń.

To the overarching travel overview: Gostyn.