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Church of St. Vincent de Paul

is a temple of the Roman Catholic located on the street Copernicus 1 in Otwock.Initially the site of the present brick church was a chapel in the style of Gothic, built in 1892 and designed by Wladyslaw Marconi.The area under the pastoral center offered Zygmunt Kurtz, owner of Great Otwock and initiator of the construction.The chapel dedicated to 31 July 1892.In 1902 the temple was rebuilt and enlarged.1 June 1911 was erected the first parish in Otwock, separated from the parish in Karczew.Pastor was Fr.Zygmunt Gajewicz.The present church was built between 1930 - 1935 designed by Luke Wolski, brother of the then parish priest, Fr.Ludwik Wolski.7 December 1930, Fr.Bishop Stanislaw Gall blessed the foundation stone for the construction of the temple.The same bishop consecrated a new church on October 20 1935.Consecration of the temple has made Fr.Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski in 1965.

City Hall in Otwock

is a brick town hall located on the street Army in Otwock, built in the eighties of the nineteenth century and rebuilt in the years 1925 - 1928.In place of today's City Hall building was a villa of the eighties of the nineteenth century belonging to engineer Stanislaw Sierkowskiego owner of the technical and commercial offices.It was a building consisting of three routes: the front, two-story tower with a spacious ground-floor connector and the rear porch, ground floor with flats in the attic.In 1920 villa was purchased by the city authorities for the purpose of Otwock MA headquarters.

Julia Villa

red brick building built before 1893 for Maurice Karstens, owner of the construction companies in Warsaw.In 1893 the estate Karstens rose two houses for rent: Julia brick villa, then located on the street, Warsaw 19 and a wooden building on Church Street 4th In the early twentieth century estate passed into the possession of Alexander Smith, pharmacy, pharmacist prowizora, who founded the inhalation, hydropathic establishment and composition of the pharmacy.The garden on the property built another wooden building (Warsaw Street 23a) and mineral water pump room "Motor".At the beginning of the 20s Twentieth century villa belonged to the pediatrician Gotlieb Kremer doctor Psychiatric Hospital for the Jews "Zofiowka".

Image of Our Lady Swojczowskiej

depicting the image of Our Lady with the Infant Jesus, in the right side chapel of the parish church of St. Vincent de Paul in Otwock.Probably arose in the seventeenth century (a type of Salus Populi Romani).For the faithful regarded as miraculous.In fact the picture is a copy of the image of Our Lady of the Snows by transient painted in the seventeenth century.It is not known the exact date of its inclusion in the Church.Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Swojczowie.He was there until 1943 when the parish ceased to exist.The image of the cult he was surrounded by Catholics, Uniate and Orthodox.Testified that trailed votive offerings to the image as well as silver dress and crown.

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