Category: Warmia-Masuria

  • Discover Mikolajki Poland – Your Ultimate Travel Guide

    Discover Mikolajki Poland – Your Ultimate Travel Guide

    The name of this former village, a town since 1726, derives from Saint Nicholas. He is the protector of sailors and patron of a chapel standing on the windmill hill. The name appears for the first time in documents from 1444. These documents confirm the granting of land near Mikolajki, then a village belonging to…

  • Ultimate Olsztyn Poland Travel Guide – Discover Poland’s Hidden Gems

    Ultimate Olsztyn Poland Travel Guide – Discover Poland’s Hidden Gems

    The castle in Olsztyn was under the Kingdom of Poland from the mid-15th century and Catholic Church officials of the Warmian Chapter were responsible for administrating it. One of them was Nicolaus Copernicus, who in 1516-1521 administered the chapter’s property, including its nearby lands and the castle in Olsztyn. He was a canon, that is…