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The Świętokrzyski National Park will regain the bald mountain, ripped out of its borders by the PiS government. But there will be no magnification

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The Kielce Poviat Council agreed to restore the Łysiec Summit to the Świętokrzyskie National Park, ripped out of the PiS government. The monastery has missionaries Oblaci, who demanded power over the plots, but now they do not object to the department's plans. Work on the regulation is ongoing. It is already known that it will not be mentioned in the park planned by the Ministry by 340 hectares of valuable areas. Local governments did not agree.

Świętokrzyski National Park is a pearl in the crown of the region. This year it celebrates its 75th anniversary. At the same time, he already has the third anniversary of the illegal – according to naturalists and the Supreme Audit Office – the decision of the prime minister's government Mateusz Morawiecki About cut off from the borders of his heart: bald mountainalso known as a hyśc or holy cross.

Located at an altitude of 594 meters above the sea level, Łysiec is not the highest peak of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains, but it is known because of the monastery of the Oblate Missionaries. This is the oldest sanctuary in Poland, in which the relics of the Holy Cross are located (hence one of the used peak names).

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Order of Oblates from a bird's eye viewTVN24 archive

“Unlawful” removal of plots from the National Park

The monastery and its surroundings are located on three plots, which until recently were within the borders of the Świętokrzyskie National Park. No wonder, after all, on each side they are surrounded by this form of nature protection. At the end of 2021, the government PIS However, for religious he decided to disable an enclave with a total area of ​​1.3 hectares from the National Park. In this area there is, among others The west wing of the monastery and the so -called infirmary. In these buildings, Oblaci wanted – as they explained -, among others, a confession of pilgrims, organize a symposia or exhibitions.

The SPN authorities did not object, but it objected to this, among others Scientists from the Polish Academy of Sciences and Activists. They said that excluding plots from the borders of the National Park is a dangerous precedent, and the peak will not be properly protected against large investments.

A detached fragment of the Świętokrzyskie National ParkSupreme Audit Office

The ordinance in this matter was seriously criticized by Supreme Audit Officebelieving that the parking of its most characteristic peak occurred illegally. The new government has the same opinion, which is why for over a year the management of the climate ministry has been working on a new regulation on this matter.

“The unlawfully excluded area of ​​the Świętokrzyskie National Park in Kliśc may finally return to the park. The Nowa Słupia commune council supported the request of the Ministry of the Climate and the Environment to restore this area again within the borders of the park” – yes on 10 January, the Deputy Minister of the Climate informed in social media, the main conservator, the main conservator Mikołaj Dorożała.

A new regulation on Łyśc

In fact, however, work on the draft regulation is still ongoing. After the Nowa Słupia commune expressed her consent to change the borders, on January 31, the councilors of the Kielce poviat voted in the same way. This was not certain, because PiS politician Tomasz Pleban is the staroste of Kielce. However, not only the director of the Świętokrzyskie National Park Jan Reklewski, but also the superior of the monastery, Father Rafał Kupczak, sought the support of the councilors.

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Oblacy have no reason to dissatisfaction. Actually, they will still have a free hand about their WIE activities around the monastery, because under a contract with the eldership of 2023, the nuns will rent the area from the Treasury. – These three plots (…) are to enter the park area, but do not go into perpetual usufruct of the Świętokrzyskie National Park. In my opinion, this is a good proposal, which on the one hand allows the managers of missionaries to oblates on an integrated facility, uniform functionally, and on the other hand silences some emotions around the Holy Cross – explained during the session of the Poviat Council the director of ŚPN Jan Reklewski. “We think that this is the best solution today,” he followed the superior of Oblates.

This is a phrase in relation to the earlier statements of religious. The media coordinator of the Polish Oblates province, Father Paweł Gomulak said tvn24.pl in 2022 that Oblaci tried to “reintegrate monastery buildings” for 30 years, and the fulfillment of this postulate is “historical justice”. Since then, however, the Superior Sanctuary has changed. The new – as we hear from people involved in defending the former status of Łysa Góra as a national park – is more open to conversations.

Oblate monastery on the Holy CrossShutterstock

The draft regulation must be approved by the regional council of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship.

They will not go to the prosecutor's office

But why does the government intend to include Łysiec in the park with a new regulation, instead of simply acknowledging that the decision of the Morawiecki government did not take place if it was illegal? “After the analyzes, it was considered that the best solution to re -inclusion of plots in Łyśc in the area of ​​the Świętokrzyskie National Park would be to issue a new regulation on this matter” – this is how the Ministry of the Climate Ministry answered.

The point is probably not to unleash another legal chaos around this case. This one would be inevitable, because – as we mentioned above – after throwing the bald mountain from the borders of the Park, the Kielce staroste leased the plot belonging to the State Treasury to the Order of Oblates. The snag was that he did it without a tender – despite thenexes of the native Polish Church – because, as reported in July 2024, “Gazeta Wyborcza”, the case is investigated by the Kielce prosecutor's office. The domesticists argued that Łysa Góra was a pre -Christian place of worship of the Slavs.

However, the prosecutor's office will not deal with Morawiecki's decision – and this also raises some surprise. As we read in response to our questions, the ministry “does not conduct activities regarding the submission of a notification about the possibility of committing a crime.” It's puzzling because Such a notification was made – without effect – in 2023, Left MPs Anita Sowińska and Andrzej Szejna. Sowińska is today the deputy minister of climate.

Will not enlarge the Świętokrzyskie National Park

The enclave on the Holy Cross will most likely return to the borders of the late The draft regulation is to be found on government pages in the coming months. However, the ministry suffered a terrible defeat in an attempt to persuade local governments to agree to enlarge the park by an additional 342 hectares – Such a plan was announced at the beginning of December 2024.

The largest part is located in Łączna and Masłów communes. As we read in the draft regulation, which the ministry presented to councilors of these municipalities, these areas are naturally valuable due to the acid beech beech, highland mixed fir and some species of animals, primarily wolves. Currently, this area is protected by the Natura 2000 area.

The Ecological Association of the Most appealed for the enlargement of the park area, emphasizing that forest work should not be carried out there. The activists pointed out that the first wintering ground of bats, located in Bukowa Góra, would be included in the park.

According to the park authorities, State Forests employees manage these areas with great attention to nature, but they still argued the need for a higher form of protection. – It's a stand (…) Despite the forest management, not overwhelmed. Due to the natural composition of the stand, the fleece is also very rich. There we have a great wealth of mushroom and flora species, bryophytes – explained Masłowa, director Jan Reklewski.

However, the head of the Świętokrzyskie National Park did not find applause among councilors. – If this park would be created, the hunting clubs will not donate damages for farmers – said Mirosław Kuzka, head of the Environmental Protection and Agricultural Protection Commission, claiming – despite the assurances of Reklewski – that the surrounding fields will be much greater than currently destroyed by deer. Councilors also talked about restrictions for residents who are afraid that they will not be able to go into these areas for mushroom picking, a walk with a dog or a bicycle ride. With the proposal to enlarge the park, neither Masłów nor the total agreed.

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This part of the draft regulation, which assumed the inclusion of new areas in ŚPN, was lost. – Enlargement of national parks is still considered a limitation of municipal development. It is indeed that national parks give some restrictions, just like protecting monuments. The role of the rulers is to take care of nature monuments. And the area we are talking about is very valuable, in particular the adit with the winter bats in Bukowa Góra – Łukasz Misiuna from the Most Association emphasized in an interview with tvn24.pl.

– Interestingly, the previous government increased the park by 62 hectares near Grzegorzowice, on the opposite side of the Nowa Słupia commune, only so that when turning off plots from Łyśc there was no question of “reducing” the national park. That was political pressure. And now it is impossible to join the park of really valuable areas lying right next to its borders. It's sad – says Misiuna.

Author/author:Bartłomiej Plewnia

Source of the main photo: TVN24 archive

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