Details
Address
Monastery Cystersi – Szczyrzyc
Szczyrzyc 1
PL - 34-623 Szczyrzyc
Szczyrzyc 1
PL - 34-623 Szczyrzyc
Telefon: +48 (18) 332 00 04
Fax: +48 (18) 332 00 01
Email: → berncist@diecezja.gda.pl
Description
By the ancient route leading from Poland to Hungary, in the valley of the Stradomka river, in the shadows of the Ciecień and Grodzisko mountains, in the village of Szczyrzyc, almost 8 centuries ago the Cistercian Abbey was established. In times of Piasts dynasty Szczyrzyc was the seat of the county with the same name, but later on the county seat was transferred elsewhere and Szczyrzyc became famous of its cattle breeding and the agrarian culture.
This was so because the Cistercians were the specialists in their agrarian and garden culture, following their motto ORA ET LABORA, pray and work, and by that they were an example to all their neighbors in all matters pertaining to garden and agriculture.
In the frame of the project 'monastery gardens - centers of biodiversity' of the Social-Ecological Institute in Warsaw (SIE) the great orchard of the monastery was renewed and supplemented by numerous regional core and stone fruit varieties.
This was so because the Cistercians were the specialists in their agrarian and garden culture, following their motto ORA ET LABORA, pray and work, and by that they were an example to all their neighbors in all matters pertaining to garden and agriculture.
In the frame of the project 'monastery gardens - centers of biodiversity' of the Social-Ecological Institute in Warsaw (SIE) the great orchard of the monastery was renewed and supplemented by numerous regional core and stone fruit varieties.
Category
Variety garden
Opening hours
by appointment only
Infrastructure
Revision: 6. 04. 2021