Nowy Wiec: Hotels and Accommodation

Nowy Wiec is a medieval roadside village on the Rutkownica stream. Its historic rural settlement layout within the historic settlement area is listed as a WEZ heritage site.

Townscape and Cultural Heritage

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 listed as a WEZ/GEZ heritage site.

Marta Wiecka was born in Nowy Wiec on 12 January 1874. She was the third of 13 children of the wealthy landowner Marcello Wiecki and his wife, Paolina Kamrowska Wiecka. The monument to Marta Wiecka in Nowy Wiec is classified as a tourist attraction, an object of tangible cultural heritage, and an item in the category of monuments and commemorative plaques.

Remembrance and History

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 commemorative 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 used by the Selbstschutz were located in Nowy Wiec on the farm of Władysław Wiecki.

The memorial cemetery is associated with the regional context of Kociewie and the Starogard Lake District. It lies in a simple, rural, natural setting whose tranquillity invites quiet reflection.

Routes and Connections

The green Skarszewski Trail runs from Sopot Kamienny Potok to Skarszewy and is 81.6 kilometres long. In Nowy Wiec, it is marked at route kilometres 68.7/12.0. According to PTTK, the Skarszewski Trail is suitable for cycle tourism.

A PKS bus stop on the Gdańsk–Kościerzyna route is also listed in Nowy Wiec.

You can also find the place pages for Zblewo, Białachowo, Suchobrzeźnica, Kokoszkowy, Wycinki, Starogard Gdański, Studzienice and Godziszewo.

For the higher-level travel overview: Preußisch Stargard.