Wanda Pawlik - She was born on November 18, 1926 in Długosiodło near Ostrołęka. After graduating from the Secondary School for Adults in Wieliczka in 1948, she began studies at the Jagiellonian University. In 1952, she defended her MA in Polish Studies and started teaching at the Agricultural...
Max Herrmann-Neisse was born in Nysa on May 23, 1886. German writer, poet and journalist. He was the son of the innkeeper. He studied German philology in Munich and Wrocław. In 1906 he published his debut volume of poems "Ein kleines Leben". From 1909 he worked in the Nysa newspaper "Neisser...
Jerzy Kozarzewski - poet, soldier of the National Armed Forces, prisoner of Mauthausen, social activist, founder of the Music Center in Nysa. He was born on October 21, 1913 in Trawniki Lubelskie. On the distaff side, he was the great-grandson of Cyprian Norwid's brother - Ksawery. He spent his...
Bernhard Grzimek was born in Nysa in 1909. German veterinarian, zoologist, founder of the Serengeti National Park, awarded an Oscar in 1960 for the documentary about the Serengeti. He graduated from high school in Nysa in 1928, after which he started his veterinary studies in Leipzig, continuing...
Prince Nicholas II Niemodliński - in 1476, after the death of his father Nicholas I, together with his older brother Jan II called Dobre, he took over the reign of his estates in Opole. Together, the brothers made the most important decisions about their principality. In 1497, the governor of...
Christoph Scheiner - der erste Obere - Rektor des Jesuitengymnasiums in Nysa. Hervorragender Wissenschaftler, Astronom, Entdecker der schwarzen Flecken in der Sonne. Er schuf das Helioskop zur Beobachtung der Sonne und ist auch der Schöpfer des Stromabnehmers, der noch heute verwendet...
Charles I Habsburg - son of Charles of Styria, Archduke of Austria and Maria Anna of Bavaria. Brother of the Polish queen Anna, wife of Sigismund III. As the youngest of his siblings, the family gave him up to the Jesuits for upbringing, and assigned him to the clergy. In 1608 he was elected...
Bishop Franciszek Ludwik von Neuburg - he came from a famous princely family, his sister Eleonora was the wife of the Austrian Emperor Leopold I. He was a great lover and patron of the arts, he took a liking to Nysa and Wrocław, where he left his wonderful works of life. He was the longest...
Konrad Emil Bloch - a biochemist born in Nysa, who, due to his origin, left for the United States in 1936. He received the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his research into the essence of cholesterol, which allowed him to effectively prevent arteriosclerosis, which is the cause of heart attacks.
György Klapka - (1812-1892) - Hungarian general who supported the Polish January Uprising. In 1864, he signed a secret treaty on Polish-Hungarian cooperation with the Polish National Government. During the Prussian-Austrian war in 1866, he led the Hungarian Legion formed in Nysa, which...
The Tourist Information Point is located at the St. Hedwig Bastion. Here, we will find the news about the historic monuments and tourist attractions of Nysa and its surrounding areas. The Tourist...
Each object on the "Learn the history" route is marked with a special plate with a QR code indicating the use of this technology. In addition, we have a camera in each of the smartphones. ...
