Sand Island – Wyspa Piasek
Sand Island is one of the islands within the historic CenterWroclaw. Connected bridges with the Tumsky island (Tumsky bridge) and the right bank of the Odra – Mlinsky by the bridge.
The name of the island dates back to the name of the old church – Virgin Mary in the Sand, built here in the Middle Ages. Island area about 5 hectares.
Sand Island on the map
Interesting sights:
1. The Tumsky Bridge or the Lovers’ Bridge – a steel bridge 59 in length meters built in the late 19th century on the site of an old wooden the bridge. Bridge structures on this site have been known since the 12th century. Interestingly, the old gas is still functioning on the bridge. lights that are lit manually.
2. Mlynsky Bridge.
3. Church of the Virgin Mary on the sand – the main attraction islands. Big Gothic church, one of the oldest in Wroclaw, whose history goes back to the 12th century.
4. University Library.
5. Gothic church of sv. Anne, which is now turned into a residential house.
6. Baroque Orthodox Church of Cyril and Methodius.
7. The old house of Karl Gothard.
