Places to shop
Delikatesy Centrum, a
shop that offers groceries,
press, products for kitchen
and bathroom, is situated
near
the
crossroads
Sandomierz – Kraków and
Samborzec – Chobrzany.
Opening hours: Mondays
to Saturdays 7.00 – 21.00; Sunday 8.00 – 21.00.
OdiDoa shop located just
at
the
main
road
Sandomierz – Kraków, in
the vicinity of
the
community office. It
offers groceries, products
for kitchen and bathroom,
stationery, toys and press. Opening hours: Mondays to
Saturdays 6.00 – 22.00; Sunday
8.00 – 20.00.
Culture and education
The Festival of the Blossoming
Apple-Trees takes place annualy,
on the second Sunday of May.
The celebration begins
with the service in the
local church. After that,
all the participants walk
to the square near the community office where they can
celebrate and enjoy the time in the atmosphere of the
family picnic. Pupils from the local schools as well as
invited pop bands perform on stage.
In Samborzec near the main road there are kindergarten
and schools: Primary school- for children from 6 to 13 and
Secondary school for children 13 – 16.
Nature
Loessal hills and ravines are
an inherent part of the
landscape of the area. The
picturesque ravines are the
result of the action of rain on
the loessal rock. The most
beautiful, the saint Queen
Jadwiga
ravine
is
in
Sandomierz. But Samborzec area can also be proud of numerous
lovely ravines. Apple-trees orchards are predominant on the
area. The are worth seeing in the time of blossoming, the end of
April and beggining of May. The river Koprzywianka and small
ponds and lakes make the
landscape even more charming.
Places to eat
“Joanna” restaurant is
located near the main road
Sandomierz – Kraków. It offers
delicious meals as well as
organizes wedding receptions and other occasional events.
Opening hours: always on request.
WELCOME
TO SAMBORZEC
The village of Samborzec is located on the edge of Sandomierz
Upland, in its northwestern part, on the border of the Sandomierz
Basin, near the river Vistula. Samborzec, the village and the
community is on the route Sandomierz – Kraków, about 10 km
from Sandomierz and 160 km from Kraków. First settlements in
this
area
appeared
around 4 – 7 thousand
years ago. Nowadays in
28 villages lives 9000
inhabitants. There are
three Roman Catholic
churches located within
the
borders
of
Samborzec community.
there is a precious picture
“The
Holy
Dispute”
painted in the XIV c.

St. John the
Baptist church. It was
probably built in 1347 in
the early gothic style. The
exact
date
of
the
Churches

Antoni Rewera: Father AntoniRewera was born in
Samborzec in 1869 (6 I). He was the parish priest in St.
Joseph
parish
in
Sandomierz
and
the
professor in the local
seminary. During the II
World War arrested by the
German police (Gestapo),
died in the concentration
camp
in
Dachau
(Germany) on the 1 X
1942. Proclaimed blessed
by the Pope John Paul II in
1999.

Władysław Miegoń: Father WładysławMiegoń was also
born in Samborzec in
1892. He was
A.Rewera’s nephew.
He worked as a
chaplain and the
commodore in the
Polish Naval Forces.
During the II World
War he voluntarily
joined his fellow
officers arrested by
the Germans and was
transported with them
to the Dachau concentration camp. Tortured and tormented
to death on the15 X. Beatified by the Pope John Paul II on
the 13 VI 1999.
Chapels and wayside
shrines:

Chapel in Samborzec, located
on a hill, below the church.
Wayside shrine in Chobrzany,
one of many similar scattered
in the picturesque scenery.
Manor House In
Skotniki:
Holy Trinity Church
In Samborzec, built
in XIII c. on the high
loessal hill. Near the
church there is a
belfry. Inside the
Church there is an altar of the Holy Trinity.

St. John the
Evangelist church in
Chobrzany originally
built in 1333. Rebuilt
within the ages. The
present building comes
from the XIX c. Inside
the church, in one of
the two side altars,

construction is not known.

Places to visit
Famous people
The Manor House was first
built In XIII c. bythe
Skotnicki family and it was
rebuilt throughout the
centuries. The building still
belongs to the same
family.