Lubin County: Trails, Oder Nature and Culture

• Lubin is home to a zoo, the Muzeum Historyczne w Lubinie and buildings dating from the 14th century.
• Trails in the county include hiking routes of various lengths and a 52 km cycling route.
• Along the Oder, there is an inland port in Ścinawa and an 18 km canoe route between Ścinawa and Chobienia.

At Ogród Zoologiczny w Lubinie, the educational and tourist trail Fauna Polski focuses on Poland’s wildlife and includes a bison enclosure. Szlak Ptaków passes aviaries with more than 60 bird species from Poland and around the world. The two themed trails have different focuses: Fauna Polski centers on animals and a bison enclosure, while Szlak Ptaków highlights the diversity of birds.

Culture enthusiasts will also find specific places to visit. At the railway station in Lubin, the open-air exhibition Pionierzy lubińscy 1945 includes, among other things, the restored Ty2-22 locomotive. The town hall was built in 1768–1769 and now houses the Muzeum Historyczne w Lubinie. Its outdoor area is in Park Leśny and includes permanent exhibitions on the First World War and the Soviet occupation of Poland. The outdoor area also has a recreation area and a climbing park.

At Strefa SOWA, Majsternia is a workshop area for groups: under an instructor’s guidance, participants work out solutions to given problems. For planning purposes, it is clearly distinct from the exhibitions and animal trails: here, the focus is on collaborative, guided problem-solving.

If you want to compare hiking routes by length, Lubin County has several with clearly different distances. The red local hiking trail Szlak dookoła Lubina is 85.5 km long. The blue PTTK hiking trail DS.-175-n runs through the county and measures 99.9 km. The red Szlak Dziadoszan is also part of the trail network of Lubin County; it is approximately 129 km long. This approximate figure applies to that route and should not be understood as an exact distance.

A shorter marked route is the black Szlak spacerowy: it is 11.5 km long and runs from Lubin via Obora to Szklary Górne. By contrast, the blue Szlak Odry is a 256 km national hiking trail in the Kraina Łęgów Odrzańskich area. In Lubin County, it passes through Ścinawa and Chobienia.

The Way of St. James also runs through the county. The section of the pan-European route there is called Miedziana Droga Św. Jakuba. If you’d rather explore a cycling route, the 52 km Trasa z Lubina do Górzyna runs from Lubin via Składowice, Toszowice, Miłogoszcz and Górzyn, then via Tymowa and Siedlce back to Lubin. Your options therefore include routes with a stated total distance as well as a named section of the Way of St. James.

Ścinawa has an inland port on the Oder. For a different perspective on the area, take the 18 km Pętla ścinawsko-chobieńska canoe route from Ścinawa to Chobienia. It passes close to the ecological landscape feature Ścinawskie Bagna. Rare waterbirds occur there, including Eurasian teal, western marsh harrier, Montagu’s harrier and Eurasian oystercatcher.

In Ścinawa Municipality, the Łęgi Odrzańskie natural area and oxbow lakes form part of a landscape that provides a habitat for numerous plant and animal species. The Dolina Zimnicy educational trail, by contrast, is within the city limits of Lubin. These different connections with nature sit side by side: the oxbow lakes and habitats in Ścinawa Municipality, the educational trail in Lubin and the canoe route near Ścinawskie Bagna.

For culture and the animal trails, Lubin is a natural search term; for the port, canoe route and the Oder landscapes described here, you can consider Ścinawa.

For more pages about places in the county, find information on Składowice, Lubin and Karczowiska. To compare other areas, you can also explore Polkowice, Kamienna Góra County, Złotoryja County, Strzelin County and Milicz County.

How long is the canoe route between Ścinawa and Chobienia?

The Pętla ścinawsko-chobieńska is 18 km long. It runs from Ścinawa to Chobienia and passes close to Ścinawskie Bagna.

Which hiking route is 11.5 km long?

The black Szlak spacerowy is 11.5 km long and runs from Lubin via Obora to Szklary Górne.

Which birds occur at Ścinawskie Bagna?

Rare waterbirds found there include Eurasian teal, western marsh harrier, Montagu’s harrier and Eurasian oystercatcher.

For the main travel overview: Lower Silesia.