Tarnobrzeg is located along the right bank of the Vistula. In the past the town was mainly associated with sulphur mining and processing, yet when the industry lost its economic feasibility the related operations were closed down
There are many places worth visiting in the town. One of these is the castle of the Tarnowski family in Dzików (today a district of Tarnobrzeg), which is home to the Historical Museum of the Town of Tarnobrzeg. Exhibits on display here include a large collection of paintings acquired during 1804–1834.
A large attraction here is Lake Tarnobrzeg, created at the site of the former open-pit sulphur mine by inundating the excavation, 560 hectares in size and up to 110 metres in depth, with water from the Wisła River. This is an excellent place for relaxing. You can go swimming or sailing here, or you can enjoy a 100 metre wide beach along the lake. Obviously you can rent water sports equipment here. The place also hosts a festival of sailing songs called Nowy Brzeg – Nowa Fala (New Shore – New Wave).
During summer holidays a series of international organ concerts organized here will be a real treat for those into classical music.
Worth seeing:
castle of the Tarnowski family in Dzików, today Historical Museum of the Town of Tarnobrzeg
old granary, today Museum of the Polish Sulphur Industry,
- Baroque monastery complex of Dominican Order,
- Town Square – Bartosz Głowacki Square,
- statue of Bartosz Głowacki in the Town Square,
- Antoni Surowiecki Square with a fountain and two monuments,
- bench of Jan Słomka – administrator of Dzików in the late 19th/early 20th century,
- bench of Stanisław Pawłowski – discoverer of sulphur resources in Tarnobrzeg,
- statue of Stanisław Pawłowski,
- old synagogue, today Municipal Public Library,
- former building of Officers’ Mess, today Tarnobrzeg Culture Centre,
- former building of Sokół Gymnastic Society,
- former building of the District Council, today office of the city president,
- hunters’ palace in Mokrzyszów,
- manor house from the late 1800s at 2, Mickiewicza Street,
- convent of Dominican Sisters in Wielowieś,
- church of St. Gertrude and Archangel Michael,
- old brewery,
- former vodka and liqueur production plant, from 1832, today a hotel and restaurant,
- figure of St. Barbara,
- Jewish cemetery,
- Zwierzyniecki forest – forester’s lodge with shrine of St. Onuphrius,
- LOK shooting range,
- Japanese pagoda tree in a park between the Town Square and Surowiecki Square,
- Tarnobrzeg–Ciszyca ferry crossing,
- scenic overlook.
Photo: Aeromat
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