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The Dobrzyñ Land

The area of Dobrzyñ Land is 3854,4 km² and counts 357 563 of residends (together with Wloclawek city).
The land lies between three rivers: Skarwa, Wis³a and Drweca it is called Dobrzyn Lakeland. The landscape is diversified by great number of hills and glacier lakes (Wielkie Lake, Skepe Lake, Steklin Lake, and many others).
The land consist of different kinds of soil: brown, light,
red and podsol ones.
The plant world is unusual rich: different kinds of trees and bushes.
The mammal fauna is very rich and of great number, either. Most of them are protected with exception of hunted animals: deer, hare and others.
Dobrzyñ Land distinguishes relatively great number of attractive landscapes consisting groups of moraine hills and lakes.
Some of them-Dobrzyñ by Wis³a, Sitnica are beautiful areas of recreation and resting.
Climate, clear air and the beautiful landscape make that the land is often visided by lovers of nature. Tourist and sportsman have excelent conditions to practice their hobbies.

Dobrzyñ Land - an independent region

The Dobrzyñ land is nowadays commonly associated with the Kujawy region in a variety of aspects and situations (for instance Kujawy and Dobrzyñ Land Museum, Dobrzyñ and Kujawy Cultural Society ).
Nowonnder, since the Kujawy region has been the only one always neighboring and sharing the cultural heritage with the Dobrzyñ Land.
Therefore, there is no sense to separate the two lands no matter how different in size they are.
The Dobrzyñ land exsist in the works of both geographers and historians and ethnographers.
The land coveres a relativery small area between the rivers of Drwêca, Skrwa and Wis³a on the border of Plock Mazovia and the Che³mno Land.
The frontiers of the territory are marked witch the natural shape of the surface of the land, by forest and rivers.
As for the regional differences, the land has retained the individual character despite changing political situation and administrative division into three separate voivodships.
And this is the picture of the Dobrzyñ Land today, a region uniform geographicallyand historically but diverse ethnically. Hovewer, the diversity and different influences should be treated as the benefit and not as any disadvantage.

The Arm of Dobrzyñ Land

The beautiful Kazimierz Jagieloñczyk’s tomb made by outstanding artist Wit Stwosz (1490-1492) is decorated on side walls with elements of polisch and Lithuanian arms.
One of the visible mars is thearm of Dobrzyñ Land.
The arm of Dobrzyñ Land demonstrates mail’s head with a long hair and a beard. The figure has a crown put upside down on his neck.
Genealogy of the arm is a great mystery.
The arm was introduced by Kazimierz Wielki and since that time it is ascribed to Dobrzyñ Land. The arm was used in a bigger group of polisch arms, mainly on king’ s stamps, during national ceremonies, senate and parlament debates and during elections.