{{Infobox lake | name = Stawiki | other_name = Bagry | caption = Stawiki bathing area | location = Stary Sosnowiec / Zarzecze, Sosnowiec, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland | coords = {{coord|50|16|25.504|N|19|6|34.553|E|type:waterbody_region:PL|display=inline,title}} | type = Artificial lake | basin_countries = Poland | area = {{cvt|7.8|ha}} | max-depth = approx. {{cvt|5|m}} | volume = {{cvt|120,000|m3}} | shore = {{cvt|1,200|m}} | elevation = {{cvt|248|m}} | cities = Sosnowiec | pushpin_map = Poland Silesian Voivodeship#Poland | pushpin_map_caption = Location within Silesian Voivodeship | image = Pond Stawiki, pier and beach, Sosnowiec.jpg }}
'''Stawiki''' is a water reservoir and recreation complex of the same name in Sosnowiec, southern Poland, located on the edge of ''Lieutenant Pilot Jan Fusiński Park'' (formerly Leon Kruczkowski Park) in the western part of the city near the border with Katowice. The pond is situated on land which, before 1960, belonged to the then town of Szopienice; following an administrative decision changing the boundary of Szopienice, the area was incorporated into Sosnowiec.
== Water body == Like the other water bodies making up the Szopienice–Borki landscape complex in the Brynica valley, the Stawiki pond was created in a former sand-extraction pit.<ref name=":4">{{cite web |last=Miśkiewicz |first=Miłosz |title=Profil wody kąpieliska „Stawiki” |url=https://sk.gis.gov.pl/admin/profil/267/Profil_wody_Kąpieliska_Stawiki.pdf |website=Państwowa Inspekcja Sanitarna – Serwis kąpieliskowy |date=17 December 2017 |access-date=5 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200105125601/https://sk.gis.gov.pl/admin/profil/267/Profil_wody_K%C4%85pieliska_Stawiki.pdf |archive-date=5 January 2020 |url-status=live |language=pl}}</ref><ref name="uchwal244">{{cite report |title=Program Ochrony Środowiska dla miasta Sosnowca. Uchwała nr 244/XIX/03 Rady Miejskiej w Sosnowcu |publisher=Rada Miejska w Sosnowcu |date=18 December 2003 |language=pl}}</ref>
The water surface covers 7.8 ha,<ref name=":4" /> with a volume of around 120,000 m³.<ref name="uchwal244" /><ref name=":4" /> The average depth is approximately 3 m, with a maximum depth of about 5 m.<ref name=":4" />
In 2008 water-quality tests classified the reservoir in class I with an overall rating of “good”. Subsequent tests in 2016 rated the quality of the water as “excellent”. As an officially designated bathing area, the waters of the reservoir are under constant supervision of the State County Sanitary Inspectorate in Sosnowiec.<ref>{{cite report |title=Uchwała Nr 850/LI/2013 Rady Miejskiej w Sosnowcu |publisher=Rada Miejska w Sosnowcu |date=28 November 2013 |language=pl}}</ref>
== Infrastructure == Stawiki is a popular leisure area located less than 2 km from the centre of Sosnowiec and around 9 km from the city centre of Katowice. For this reason it has a well-developed recreational and sports infrastructure.
The reservoir is the base for a recreation and leisure centre operated by the municipal sports and recreation organisation MOSiR Sosnowiec. It is also fishing ground no. 304 and lies directly on the route of the Bicycle Trail of the Former Borderland (Szlak Rowerowy Dawnego Pogranicza).
=== Stawiki bathing area === The Stawiki bathing area consists of a sandy and grassy municipal beach about 100 m long, guarded in the summer season and equipped with changing rooms and toilets; it is managed by MOSiR Sosnowiec.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Kąpielisko „Stawiki” |url=https://www.mosir.sosnowiec.pl/obiekty-mosir/kapielisko-stawiki.html |website=MOSiR Sosnowiec |access-date=7 July 2017 |language=pl}}</ref> The designated guarded swimming zone has dimensions of approximately 100 m by 60 m.<ref>{{cite web |title=Obiekty rekreacyjne |url=http://www.woprsosnowiec.pl/viewpage.php?page_id=4 |website=Zagłębiowskie WOPR |access-date=17 July 2017 |language=pl}}</ref>
=== Wake Zone Stawiki === thumb|alt=Rider performing a wakeboarding trick on a cable park at Stawiki pond in Sosnowiec.|Wakeboarding at the Wake Zone Stawiki cable park on Stawiki pond
'''Wake Zone Stawiki''' is a sports and recreation complex on the northern shore of the Stawiki reservoir, centred on cable systems for wakeboarding, wakeskating and cable water skiing. The wakepark began operating in 2013 with a two-tower (2.0) cable on the pond next to the Ludowy Stadium in Sosnowiec and was expanded in 2017 with a full-size, five-tower Rixen 5.0 system, together with new on-site infrastructure including a beach, catering facilities, changing rooms, showers and a wakeboard shop.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wake Zone Stawiki Sosnowiec |url=https://wakemag.pl/miejscowki/wake-zone-stawiki/ |website=Wakemag.pl |date=26 June 2014 |language=pl |access-date=3 December 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Wake Zone Stawiki in Sosnowiec |url=https://www.techrampsgroup.com/en/wakeparks/wake-zone-stawiki-in-sosnowiec |website=Techramps Group |language=en |access-date=3 December 2025}}</ref>
The complex is equipped with a full-size counter-clockwise Rixen 5.0 cable of about 750 m in length and around 10–11 m cable height, with up to ten riders on the line at the same time, and a separate two-tower Sesitec system used mainly for training and beginner lessons.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wake Zone Stawiki + Aquator |url=https://dziecilubiaslaskie.pl/miejsca/wake-zone-stawiki-aquator/ |website=Dzieci lubią Śląskie |language=pl |access-date=3 December 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Wake Zone Stawiki – wakepark features |url=https://www.wakepro.us/realizations/wake-zone-stawiki%2Cbjd.html |website=Wakepro |language=en |access-date=3 December 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bulletin 1 – 2024 IWWF World Cableski Championships |url=https://www.motorowodniacy.org/dokumenty/wydarzenia/bulletin-1-2024-iwwf-cableski-world-championships.pdf |website=Polish Motorboat and Water Ski Association |date=13 July 2024 |language=en |access-date=3 December 2025}}</ref> On the water there is a large set of obstacles including kickers in several sizes, rooftop funboxes, pipes and rails designed for both recreational riding and advanced tricks.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wake Zone Stawiki in Sosnowiec |url=https://www.techrampsgroup.com/en/wakeparks/wake-zone-stawiki-in-sosnowiec |website=Techramps Group |language=en |access-date=3 December 2025}}</ref> Shore facilities comprise a sandy beach, beach bar, equipment rental, locker and shower area and children’s zone; commercial operators and specialist schools describe Wake Zone Stawiki as one of the largest and best-equipped wakeboard centres in Poland.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wake Zone Stawiki – opis wakeparku |url=https://wakemag.pl/miejscowki/wake-zone-stawiki/ |website=Wakemag.pl |date=26 June 2014 |language=pl |access-date=3 December 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Wake Weekend Stawiki – opis wyjazdu |url=https://ehschool.pl/pl/oferta/wyjazdy-i-obozy/wake-weekend-stawiki-ii |website=EH School |language=pl |access-date=3 December 2025}}</ref> thumb|Polish Wakeboard and Wakeskat Championships, Wake Zone Stawiki, August 2024 The complex operates a non-profit sports club, ''KS Wake Zone Stawiki'', affiliated to the ''Polish Motorboat and Water Ski Association'' (PZMWiNW). The club runs youth and adult training in cable wakeboard, wakeskate and cableski and cooperates with the national team; Stawiki serves as one of the main training bases for Polish cable-towed water-sports athletes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sosnowiec kocha sporty wodne! Wakeboardowe ME w „Wake Zone Stawiki” |url=https://www.motorowodniacy.org/artykul/sosnowiec_kocha_sporty_wodne_wakeboardowe_me_w_wake_zone_stawiki.html |website=Polski Związek Motorowodny i Narciarstwa Wodnego |date=18 August 2025 |language=pl |access-date=3 December 2025}}</ref>
Thanks to this infrastructure the Stawiki reservoir has become a regular venue for national and international competitions. In July 2019 Wake Zone Stawiki hosted the European and African Cable Wakeboard, Wakeskate and Sitwake Championships, with press reports noting medals for the Polish team and describing the Sosnowiec course as one of the key European venues for the discipline.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jaźwiecki |first=Leszek |date=29 July 2019 |title=Mistrzostwa Europy i Afryki Wakeboard i Wakeskate 2019 – Sosnowiec: dwa medale dla Polski |url=https://dziennikzachodni.pl/mistrzostwa-europy-i-afryki-wakeboard-i-wakeskate-2019-sosnowiec-dwa-medale-dla-polski-plan-wykonany/ar/c2-14308521 |access-date=3 December 2025 |website=Dziennik Zachodni |language=pl}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mistrzostwa Europy i Afryki 2019 – Wakeboard, Wakeskate, Sitwake |url=https://www.facebook.com/events/wake-zone-stawiki/mistrzostwa-europy-i-afryki-2019-wakeboard-wakeskate-sitwake/2354674228139721/ |website=Facebook – Wake Zone Stawiki |date=2019 |language=pl |access-date=3 December 2025}}</ref> In September 2021 the pond was the site of the 2021 IWWF Cableski World Championships (Open category) sanctioned by the International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation (IWWF), held from 10 to 12 September on a world-record-homologated cableski course.<ref>{{cite web |title=2021 IWWF Cableski World Championships – results |url=https://www.iwwfed-ea.org/cableski/21/21IWWF04/21IWWF04.pdf |website=IWWF Europe & Africa |date=17 September 2021 |access-date=3 December 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Waterski competition results 2021 – Cableski |url=https://www.iwwfed-ea.org/cableski/competitions/2021 |website=IWWF Europe & Africa |access-date=3 December 2025}}</ref> The same site regularly hosts Polish national cableski championships and other ranking events.<ref>{{cite web |title=2023 Cableski National Championships – Wake Zone Stawiki |url=https://ems.iwwf.sport/Competitions/Details?Id=874b62ec-1eab-4686-867d-11d1a8a1d2a1 |website=IWWF Event Management System |access-date=3 December 2025}}</ref>
In 2024 the venue again staged major IWWF events in cableski. The 2024 IWWF World Cableski Championships took place at Wake Zone Stawiki on 13–15 September 2024, followed in the same month by the European Junior and Senior Cableski Championships, all organised by PZMWiNW and KS Wake Zone Stawiki on the Stawiki reservoir.<ref>{{cite web |title=2024 IWWF World Cableski Championships |url=https://ems.iwwf.sport/Competitions/Details?Id=0d485313-d413-4d78-997a-6c455326eace |website=IWWF Event Management System |access-date=3 December 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=European Juniors and Seniors Cableski Championships 2024 – Bulletin 2 |url=https://ems.iwwf.sport/Competitions/DownloadCompetitionAttachments?d=638579399442962728_Bulletin+%232+European+Juniors%26Seniors+Cableski+Championships.pdf |website=IWWF Event Management System |date=2024 |access-date=3 December 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mistrzostwa Świata & Mistrzostwa Europy 2024 |url=https://wake-zone.pl/mistrzostwa-swiata-mistrzostwa-europy-2024/ |website=Wake Zone Stawiki |language=pl |access-date=3 December 2025}}</ref> According to the Polish federation, world-title events in Sosnowiec in 2021 and 2024 were accompanied by strong performances from Polish athletes and helped to consolidate the reputation of the Stawiki cable course among international riders.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sosnowiec kocha sporty wodne! Wakeboardowe ME w „Wake Zone Stawiki” |url=https://www.motorowodniacy.org/artykul/sosnowiec_kocha_sporty_wodne_wakeboardowe_me_w_wake_zone_stawiki.html |website=Polski Związek Motorowodny i Narciarstwa Wodnego |date=18 August 2025 |language=pl |access-date=3 December 2025}}</ref>
In addition to cableski events, Wake Zone Stawiki is also a regular host of international wakeboard and wakeskate competitions. From 18 to 23 August 2025 the complex staged the European and African Youth and Senior Cable Wakeboard and Wakeskate Championships, with almost 200 competitors from 22 countries and four medals for the Polish team in youth and masters categories.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bulletin 3 – E&A Youth and Senior Cable Wakeboard & Wakeskate Championships 2025 |url=https://ems.iwwf.sport/Competitions/DownloadCompetitionAttachments?d=638889833852291757_Bulettin+3+EA+Y%26S+2025+v4.pdf |website=IWWF Event Management System |date=1 August 2025 |access-date=3 December 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sosnowiec kocha sporty wodne! Wakeboardowe ME w „Wake Zone Stawiki” |url=https://www.sosnowiec.pl/2025/08/bez-kategorii/50739/ |website=City of Sosnowiec – official website |date=4 August 2025 |language=pl |access-date=3 December 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Polscy juniorzy i seniorzy na podium ME w wakeboardzie – medale indywidualne i drużyny |url=https://www.motorowodniacy.org/artykul/polscy_juniorzy_i_seniorzy_na_podium_me_w_wakeboardzie_-_medale_indywidualne_i_druzyny.html |website=Polski Związek Motorowodny i Narciarstwa Wodnego |date=24 August 2025 |language=pl |access-date=3 December 2025}}</ref> Federation and media coverage emphasise that, due to the repeated organisation of world and continental championships in both cableski and cable wakeboard, the Stawiki reservoir and Wake Zone Stawiki are considered among the principal European venues for international competition in cable-towed water sports.<ref>{{cite web |date=14 August 2025 |title=Sosnowiec kocha sporty wodne! Wakeboardowe ME w Wake Zone Stawiki |url=https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/inne-sporty/sosnowiec-kocha-sporty-wodne-wakeboardowe-me-w-wake-zone-stawiki/xev9cv3 |access-date=3 December 2025 |website='Przegląd Sportowy' / PZMWiNW |language=pl}}</ref>
=== Educational trail === An educational trail of 732 m in length with eight stations runs around the northern part of the reservoir and through adjacent woodland.<ref name=":3">{{cite web |title=Pokazowa pasieka, wiata, przejście przez torfowisko. Wielkie zmiany przy Stawikach |url=https://sosnowiec.wyborcza.pl/sosnowiec/1,93867,20753668,pokazowa-pasieka-wiata-przejscie-przez-torfowisko-wielkie.html |access-date=17 July 2017 |website=Gazeta Wyborcza – Sosnowiec |language=pl}}</ref> Each station is devoted to a different topic, such as a clearing, peat bog, overturned tree or the orchid species ''Epipactis helleborine''. Information boards describe the local vegetation and include simple tasks or questions for visitors. The total area covered by the trail is more than 50,000 m².<ref name=":0" /> On the route there is also a demonstration apiary and small infrastructure such as benches, a fire pit and a tourist shelter.<ref name=":3" />
The trail is located in and around the Stawiki woodland between the football complex and the bathing area. It leads through forest, peat bog and meadow areas.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wielkie zmiany przy sosnowieckim kąpielisku. Ścieżka edukacyjno–ekologiczna już gotowa |url=http://www.twojezaglebie.home.pl/worldpress/wielkie-zmiany-przy-sosnowieckim-kapielisku/ |website=Twoje Zagłębie |date=2 October 2016 |access-date=17 July 2017 |language=pl}}</ref>
=== Additional attractions === * An outdoor gym with eight exercise stations;<ref name=":0" /> * A 1.8 km cycling loop with a bituminous surface, separated from the pedestrian route by a strip of greenery planted with white dogwood shrubs;<ref name=":1">{{cite web |last= |first= |date=9 July 2017 |title=Stawiki w Sosnowcu wypiękniały. Miasto zmodernizowało je za 3 mln zł |url=https://www.fakt.pl/wydarzenia/polska/slask/stawiki-w-sosnowcu-wypieknialy-miasto-zmodernizowalo-je-za-3-mln-zl/v3wjehq |access-date=11 July 2017 |website=Fakt |language=pl}}</ref> * A children’s playground;<ref>{{cite web |title=Plac zabaw Sosnowiec Stawiki |url=https://www.atrakcjedzieciece.pl/dashboard/attractions/plac-zabaw-sosnowiec-stawiki |website=AtrakcjeDzieciece.pl |access-date=4 August 2017 |language=pl}}</ref> * A 200-metre running track for sprint training;<ref>{{cite web |title=Sosnowiec: Nowe atrakcje na Stawikach [WIDEO] |url=http://slask.eska.pl/newsy/sosnowiec-nowe-atrakcje-na-stawikach-wideo/375691 |website=ESKA Info |access-date=17 July 2017 |language=pl}}</ref> * Seasonal food outlets and pubs and the year-round restaurant '''Siedlisko Stawiki'''. In 2018 the restaurant was extended with a grill section, ice cream shop and inflatable attractions for children (bouncy castle and slide); * A station of the Metropolitan Bicycle public bike-sharing system (previously the Sosnowiec Municipal Bicycle scheme until 2023); * Small architectural elements: bicycle bays, around 70 benches around the reservoir and 40 bicycle stands;<ref name=":1" /> * A pump track in the form of an asphalt loop 150 m in length;<ref>{{cite web |title=W Sosnowcu powstał drugi pumptrack. Fani jazdy na asfaltowej pętli już go testują, choć jeszcze nie powinni |url=https://sosnowiec.wyborcza.pl/sosnowiec/7,93867,27643620,w-sosnowcu-powstal-drugi-pumptrack-fani-jazdy-na-asfaltowej.html?disableRedirects=true |access-date=3 February 2022 |website=Gazeta Wyborcza – Sosnowiec |language=pl}}</ref> * A ropes course with two routes (junior and standard).<ref>{{cite web |title=Park Linowy Stawiki w Sosnowcu już ogrodzony. Znamy cennik, logo i planowaną datę otwarcia |url=https://sosnowiec.wyborcza.pl/sosnowiec/7,93867,27079132,park-linowy-stawiki-w-sosnowcu-juz-ogrodzony-znamy-cennik.html?disableRedirects=true |access-date=3 February 2022 |website=Gazeta Wyborcza – Sosnowiec |language=pl}}</ref>
== Gallery == <gallery> File:Sosnowiec Stawiki402.jpg|Wakeboarding on the five-tower cable; File:Stawiki Sosnowiec Kapielisko.jpg|Stawiki bathing area File:Stawiki, Sosnowiec 03.jpg|Square in front of the stadium and cycle path File:Szlak Dawnego Pogranicza Stawiki.jpg|Former Border cycle route on the flood bank File:Stawiki, Sosnowiec - 001.jpg|Stawiki in autumn File:Stawiki Sosnowiec Lyski.jpg|Coots on the pond File:Sosnowiec Stawiki401.jpg|Floating obstacles at Wake Zone Stawiki File:Stawiki, Sosnowiec 04.jpg|View of the reservoir File:Most na rzecze Brynica w Sosnowcu pomiędzy Stawikami a osieldem Piastów.jpg|Bridge over the Brynica – access to Stawiki File:Sosnowiec Stawiki Siłownia.jpg|Outdoor gym </gallery>
== References == {{Reflist}} Category:Artificial lakes of Poland Category:Sosnowiec