The project is implemented under the Interreg V-A Lithuania-Poland Cooperation Programme 2014-2020, under Priority 1 – Preserving and protecting the environment and promoting efficient management of resources, point. 1.1 Increasing sustainable use of natural and cultural heritage in tourism in the border area.
Project implementation period: 01.09.2020 – 31.08.2022
The project consists in increasing the sustainable use of cultural and natural heritage in tourism in the cross-border area.
Its main objective is to protect the environment and support the efficient management of resources through the conservation, protection, promotion and development of cultural and natural heritage.
Thanks to the funds from the INTERREG Lithuania – Poland program received by the Budry commune, the mill in Budry acquires a new, majestic image and splendor! It looks impressive in both beautiful and cloudy aura. The renovated building will be a place of educational activities related with craftsmanship and bread baking tradition.
To get to know the extraordinary land of the borderland, it is worth visiting the Budry commune. Until now, through the few known, yet undiscovered places of wild Masuria, you can admire, thanks to well-marked bicycle routes. Thanks to the implementation of the project “On the way of culture and craftsmanship of Sakiai – Budry”,…
The project implementation by the Budry Commune and Sakai communes in Lithuania includes not only investment activities, but also mutual study visits, educational workshops, youth exchange and cultural events. After the guests from Lithuania participated in the Lithuanian Fair organized in the Budry commune, local artisans, exhibitors and the commune authorities went to Sakai, where…
Renovation works of the mill in Budry are gaining momentum. The appearance of the building changes from week to week, which pleases the inhabitants of the commune and not only. Thanks to the funds received by the commune from the INTERREG Lithuania – Poland program, the mill was given a chance for a second life.Renovation…
For over a year, the Budry Commune, together with Zanavykų muziejus in Lithuania, has been implementing a project entitled “On the way of culture and craftsmanship – Sakiai -Budry” under the Interreg V-A Lithuania-Poland Cooperation Program 2014-2020. Its goal is, inter alia, cooperation between people and institutions. By that time, many activities based on cross-border…
On September 12, as part of the project “On the way of culture and craftsmanship of Sakiai – Budry”, the Lithuanian Fair in Budry was organized, the main purpose of which was to present local products and crafts of both nationalities. The fair was attended by craftsmen and folk artists of our Lithuanian partners, who…
This year’s Harvest Festival in Budry was international. A special event that day was the “Lithuanian Fair” organized as part of the project “On the way of culture and crafts – Sakiai – Budry”. Targi Litewskie w Budrach 🇵🇱 Tegoroczne dożynki w Budrach miały charakter międzynarodowy. Szczególnym wydarzeniem tego dnia były „Targi Litewskie” organizowane w…
The Lithuanian Fair in Budry is behind us, and the Polish Fair in Šakiai in Lithuania will take place this weekend. The fair will be attended by singing groups from the Commune Cultural Center in Budry and exhibitors from the Commune of Budry. honey, ceramics, handicrafts and weaving. It will be one of the items…
The mill in Budry is slowly changing its image. Thanks to the funds received from the INTERREG Lithuania – Poland program, the facility is regaining its former glory. It will not only be an interesting attraction for tourists, but also a showcase of the Budry commune.
Thanks to financial support from the Interreg Lithuania-Poland program, two old facilities were given a chance for a second life. The Budry commune is undergoing renovation of the mill, and Zanavykai Museum has acquired a restored Craftsman’s House. The reconstruction of the Craftsman’s House and the renovation of the Mill in Budry will serve not…
Warto jest zajrzeć do miejscowości Zabrost Wielki – niezwykłej wsi historycznej, która w 2003 roku została laureatem konkursu na „Najlepiej zachowaną wieś historyczną Warmii i Mazur” w ramach ogłoszonego przez Stowarzyszenie Borussia projektu „Nowe życie pod starymi dachami”.
The remaining area of the Budry Commune is an astonishing, stunning in its wildness forest complex called Skaliskie Forest, which covers an area of 8700 ha.
The majority of the commune area belongs to the “Wegorapa Valley”. The valley is crossed by the meandering Węgorapa and Gołdapa Rivers, which resembles a mountain river in some sections.
An interesting architectonic building in the village is the single-nave church in Budry. Historical sources mention the establishment of a parish in Budy in 1724.
The Brożajcki Canal connecting the Gołdapa River with the Węgorapa River was built as one of the sections for floating timber to the former Koenigsberg. It was designed in 1726 by Jan Suchodolec and dug in 1733.
A palace built in the first half of the 19th century in classicist style, the seat of the Contag family. A two-storey building set on an elongated rectangular plan.
The hydroelectric power plant in Ołownik was built in the 1920s by the Germans, who dammed up the waters by building a small weir.
With cyclists in mind, the East Green Velo Bicycle Route has been planned, linking 5 voivodeships of Eastern Poland. The longest cycling route in Poland is exactly 1980 km long.
It was built together with a parsonage and an outbuilding between 1903 and 1905 and belonged to the Protestant parish. After the war it was taken over by Catholics as the church of the Elevation of the Holy Cross.
While visiting Budry, you should not miss the old, huge, 3-storey mill with mill equipment from the 18th century.
