Augustów Primeval Forest

In the mid-sixteenth century, they were part of the royal property and were the hunting grounds for various animals: aurochs, bison, elk, deer, wild boar, bears and wolves.

[clarification needed] Over time, they were gradually transformed into ordinary serfs, with the exception of the Forest Heroes, in which Bohatyrowiczs from the minor nobility were imprisoned, serving until the partitions.

The emigrants from the village of Żabickie, who were responsible for transporting the forest management correspondence, performed their duties for a similar time.

[2] Honey-hunting entries have been recorded since the 15th century near Tobołów, in the Mołowiste wilderness on Lake Serwy, in Sarnetki, Chrołowszczyzna on the Szczebra River.

Bartenders had the right to use only honey trees, which led to disputes with forest officials and owners and made management difficult.

In the Kozi Rynek reserve are the graves of insurgents who died in battle with the majority of Imperial Russian Army on June 29, 1863.

In the Powstańce forest wilderness (north of Augustów), in April 1863, an insurgent forge operated; today a monument stands there.

Already at the beginning of the 16th century, Ruthenian settlements appeared in the vicinity of the forest, located in the area of the Prussian border.