Ostromecko

Ostromecko [ɔstrɔˈmɛt͡skɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dąbrowa Chełmińska, within Bydgoszcz County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies 7 kilometres (4 mi) south-west of Dąbrowa Chełmińska, 15 km (9 mi) east of Bydgoszcz, and 30 km (19 mi) north-west of Toruń.

Ostromecko
Village
Road through the village
Ostromecko
Coordinates: 53°9′N 18°13′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Kuyavian-Pomeranian
County	Bydgoszcz County
Gmina	Dąbrowa Chełmińska
Population	880

The village has a population of 880.

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  Old palace
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  New palace
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  Saint Nicholas church

Nature Reserve

The Marian Forest Nature Reserve - a forest reserve with an area of 31.8 hectares, located in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, is located in the Toruń Forest District, on the northern edge of the village of Ostromecko.

It is one of the earliest established and next nature reserves.

The beginnings of landscape protection of today's reserve date back to the 19th century. The forested slope of the Vistula Valley was called the Maria Park (German Marienpark), from the name of Marta Matilda Maria Alvensleben-Schönborn (1854-1915) - heir to the estate of Ostromecko and the wife of Albrecht von Alvensleben (1840-1928). A road was made on its area with bridges, along which birchwood benches were set.

The reserve was created to protect diverse forest complexes overgrowing steep canyons and the Vistula valley steam: from the ash-alder forest through the subcontinental forest, fertile low beech forest to mixed continental forest. This area also has high landscape values, due to the large denivelation of the terrain, spring and groundwater exudates.

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 1 June 2008.