Brzegi Górne: Nature Trails and Traces of a Former Village
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In Brzegi Górne (Berehy Górne), you’ll find two nature trails and traces of the former village. The “Połonina Wetlińska” nature trail begins here; the “Berehy Górne” dendrological and historical trail passes through the area of the former village. There is also the cemetery and the site of the former Orthodox church. For planning purposes, this gives you two distinct ways to orient yourself: named trail sections and a historic site with surviving structural remains.
Routes and Nature Trails
The “Połonina Wetlińska” nature trail follows the red trail from Berehy Górne to Przełęcz Orłowicza. It then continues along the yellow trail to Wetlina-Stare Sioło. The route description can therefore be divided into two sections: first, the red trail to Przełęcz Orłowicza, then the yellow trail to Wetlina-Stare Sioło. If you like to plan using named destinations, these place names provide specific reference points along the route.
The “Berehy Górne” dendrological and historical trail runs from Wyżniańska Pass to Wyżna Pass through the area of the former village. It has 18 stops. Unlike the nature trail, whose route is described all the way to Wetlina-Stare Sioło, this trail is oriented around the two passes and the area of the former village. The number of stops provides another clear way to identify it if you want to distinguish between the two trails.
Traces of the Former Village
The dendrological and historical trail preserves traces of former manor buildings as well as the foundations of a church and a cemetery. The history of the area thus encompasses different kinds of structural remains: evidence of manor buildings alongside the foundations of religious and burial sites. Anyone interested in the history of the former village will find a way to explore it here that does not focus on just one building.
The Berehy Górne cemetery lies just north of the former Orthodox church and is surrounded by a low stone wall. Eleven headstones remain in the cemetery today; this may change as conservation work is carried out. The low wall and the cemetery’s immediate proximity to the site of the church help distinguish the cemetery and the church site as neighboring but separate historical reference points.
Location in Bieszczady National Park
The cemetery and the site of the former Orthodox church lie on a hill along the red trail to Połonina Caryńska. They are about 200 m from the Wetlina–Ustrzyki Górne–Dwernik road junction, and both are within Bieszczady National Park. The distance of around 200 m is measured from this road junction and provides a specific reference point for the historic site. It complements the route descriptions with a different way to locate the site: while the trails are described by their endpoints and trail colors, the hill, red trail, and road junction indicate the location of the cemetery and the former church site.
If you’re choosing based on trail destinations, you can identify the nature trail by following its sequence of trail sections. For a historical focus, the key features are the 18 stops on the dendrological and historical trail and the surviving traces of the former village.
For the wider travel overview: Stuposiany.
