Nowy Wiec: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes
Accommodation in Nowy Wiec
Nowy Wiec is a medieval linear village on the Rutkownica stream. The historic rural settlement layout within the historic settlement area is a WEZ listed heritage site.
Renting a holiday apartment in Nowy Wiec is one possible form of personal travel planning.
Villagescape and History
At the entrance to Nowy Wiec from the direction of Skarszewy stands a wayside chapel dating from the late 19th century. It was rebuilt in 2006 and is a WEZ/GEZ listed heritage site.
Marta Wiecka is associated with the history of the village: she was born in Nowy Wiec on January 12, 1874, and was the third of 13 children of the affluent landowner Marcello Wiecki and his wife, Paolina Kamrowska Wiecka.
Routes and Transport
The Skarszewski Way is signposted in Nowy Wiec at route kilometres 68.7/12.0. The green Skarszewski Way runs from Sopot Kamienny Potok to Skarszewy and is 81.6 km long. According to PTTK, the route is suitable for cycle tourism.
There is also a PKS bus stop in Nowy Wiec on the Gdańsk–Kościerzyna route.
Culture and Remembrance
The monument to Marta Wiecka in Nowy Wiec is classified as a tourist attraction as well as an object of tangible cultural heritage in the category “Monuments and Memorial Plaques”.
Nowy Wiec is home to a memorial cemetery for the victims of German crimes committed during the Second World War. It contains the remains of Poles murdered by the German Selbstschutz between 1939 and 1944. A stone memorial plaque lists the names of identified victims, including clergy and residents of the region.
In October and November 1939, a detention site and execution site operated by the Selbstschutz were located in Nowy Wiec on a farm belonging to Władysław Wiecki. The memorial cemetery is associated with the regional context of Kociewie and the Starogard Lakeland.
It is situated in a simple, rural and natural setting whose tranquillity invites quiet reflection.
More village pages: Suchobrzeźnica, Borzechowo, Skorcz, Godziszewo, Starogard Gdański, Wycinki, Krąg, Koźmin.
To the higher-level travel overview: Preußisch Stargard.
