The pond is a remnant of a lake that was the coastal lakes between Ustka and Jarosławiec. Numerous legends about ghouls living in dark brown waters are connected with a small lake in the middle of the forest. The ghosts incorrectly showed the way for travelers who died in the depths of the pond. In 1930, the journal Ostpomersche Heimat published a record of the legend of the wisps and ghosts that led the coachman driving the carriage into the depths of Seekenmoor.
Story about a Port for a Pair of Shoes
On February 2, 1337, the Święcowie sold Ustka to the German burghers of Słupsk. It was in connection with this transaction that Ustka was mentioned by name for the first time in a written document as the Stolpesmunde Port, or “Słupioujście”. And so, until 1945, this was its German name. Native, Slavic, recorded in the 12th century as “Vzt”, in the 19th century it was certified by researchers of the Kashubian region as Vuska or Wusko, i.e. Ujście (The Outlet). Słupsk bought Ustka with plans to expand its commercial seaport. The price was an obligation to give both knights from the Święc family and their descendants a pair of shoes or its equivalent in the amount of 8 Slavic grosz once a year on November 11.
Maritime trade, brought big profits mainly to Słupsk, and to a lesser extent to Ustka. To this day, the impressive buildings in Gród nad Słupią, erected in the Middle Ages and later, testify to this. Sailing vessels belonging to the merchants from Słupsk, departing from Ustka, reached places like Swedish, Danish, Dutch, French and English ports as well as the Polish Gdańsk, from which the ships sailed here. Unloaded in the port were salted herring from Scandinavia, French wine, salt from Kołobrzeg, smoked salmon, wood, Słupsk beer, as well as agricultural and amber produce.
IN THE HEART OF NATURE OF POMERANIAN FORESTS
Far away from the hustle and bustle of cities, a few kilometers from the Baltic beaches and Ustka, by a lake and surrounded by a forest.
You will be enchanted by the unique buildings placed on the islands, the proximity of nature.
We enjoyed the time walking around
In seal center, one of the largest in Poland there are currently 5 male gray Baltic seals (Halichoerus grypus). Animals have 3 pools with a total area of 1500m² and a volume of almost 3 million liters of water. Everyone enjoyed demonstrations of medical training combined with feeding the seals.
Remains of the oak-beech forest, which grew in this place before 3 thousand. years. After strong storms, the sea rinses out of the sand the powerful trunks of the trees, preserved by preserving salt properties. The forest, also called the dead, appears periodically on various sections of the beach
The study of exposed trunks showed that the trees burned before they were sunk. One of the hypotheses is that it was a result of the settlers. According to another 3 thousand. I had a great fire in the wilderness.
