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    • TravelerPrussian-Poland Tour
      Day 10

      Church of Our Lady in Summo

      September 17, 2019 in Poland ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F

      https://www.poznan.pl/mim/turystyka/en/-,p,37,5…

      This late Gothic rectorial church was most probably built where the stronghold's chapel, erected around 965 by Mieszko I's wife, Dobrawa, used to stand. It was constructed between 1431-47. In the early 19th century the church was in such terrible condition that the Prussian authorities ordered it demolished. That fate was only avoided thanks to the efforts of Archbishop Leon Przyłuski, which lead to restoration of the church in the years 1859-62.
      The west gable, crowned with a small bell, is ornamented with pointed blank windows and small ornaments with floral motifs in stone. The side elevations are partitioned with decorative cover profiles, between which there are high pointed windows (walled up on the northern side). At the base of the structure one can see a rock with characteristic grooves. As the story goes, they were created by knights sharpening their swords on the rock, which was supposed to give them supernatural power. The high roof is covered with ridge tiles (monk and nun). The church is entered from the south through a pointed portal made of profiled, glazed bricks. A similar portal, only walled up, can be found in the north elevation. The three - nave bay has a Gothic stellar vaulting over the naves and over the chancel and the ambulatory a sail vaulting on supporting arches from 1727. The polychromy inside the church, the design of the stained glass windows and the altar were made by Wacław Taranczewski between 1954-56.      Read more

    • TravelerPrussian-Poland Tour
      Day 10

      Wiejskie Jadło - dinner

      September 17, 2019 in Poland ⋅ 🌧 50 °F

      https://www.inyourpocket.com/poznan/wiejskie-ja…

      Wiejskie Jadło is just what you expect from a Polish restaurant - a warm wooden interior, bustling staff, and a huge menu of hearty grub like bread with pickles and lard, bigos, gołąbki, potato pancakes, pierogi, regional duck, and more. We enjoyed the żurek (sour rye) soup and after gut-busting sausages, it's good we didn't have far to go - they're located just off the market square.Read more

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    • TravelerPrussian-Poland Tour
      Day 10

      Poznan Fight Goats

      September 17, 2019 in Poland ⋅ ⛅ 59 °F

      https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-fightin…

      A midday walk through the colorful market square of Poznań in western Poland means vibrantly painted buildings, bustling cafes, food stalls and vendors—and throngs of locals and tourists jostling for the best spot to watch a 465-year-old fight. It just happens to be between a couple of mechanical goats.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poznań_Town_Hall#…

      The goats and bugle call
      Main articles: Poznań Goats and Poznań Trumpet Call

      The mechanized goats, which butt heads daily at noon
      Today the mechanical goats' butting display is performed daily at noon, preceded by the striking of the clock and the playing of a traditional bugle call (hejnał). At other hours between 7 am and 9 pm the same call is played on a carillon, installed in the tower in 2003. The daily appearance of the goats is one of Poznań's best-known tourist attractions.

      Poznań hejnał
      A legend behind the original addition of the goats to the clock mechanism states that a cook, while preparing a banquet for the voivode and other dignitaries, had burnt a roast deer, and attempted to replace it by stealing two goats from a nearby meadow. The goats escaped and ran up the town hall tower, where they attracted the attention of the townspeople when they began to butt each other (according to some versions, this drew attention to a fire which might otherwise have done significant damage). Because of the entertainment provided, the voivode pardoned both the cook and the goats, and ordered that two mechanical goats be incorporated into the new clock being made for the building.

      Retired Koziołki in the Museum of History of Poznań City
      Another legend is associated with the hejnał. This says that Bolko, son of the tower's trumpeter, once took care of a crow whose wing had been shot through. The boy was then awoken at night by a gnome wearing a crown and purple cape, who thanked the boy for his kindness and handed him a small gold trumpet, telling him to blow it when in danger. After these words the gnome transformed into a crow and flew away. Years later, after Bolko had taken his father's place as trumpeter, when an attacking army was scaling Poznań's walls, Bolko remembered the present, ran to the top of the tower and began to play the trumpet. Dark clouds began to gather on the horizon, which turned out to be an enormous flock of crows that fell upon the attacking army and forced it to retreat. The trumpet was lost when Bolko dropped it in his astonishment, but the call which he played is still performed.      Read more

    • TravelerPrussian-Poland Tour
      Day 10

      Poznan Cathedral

      September 17, 2019 in Poland ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poznań_Cathedral

      The Archcathedral Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul in Poznań is one of the oldest churches in Poland and the oldest Polish cathedral, dating from the 10th century. It stands on the island of Ostrów Tumski north-east of the city centre.

      History
      The cathedral was originally built in the second half of the 10th century within the fortified settlement (gród) of Poznań, which stood on what is now called Ostrów Tumski ("Cathedral Island"). This was one of the main political centres in the early Polish state, and included a ducal palace (excavated by archaeologists since 1999, beneath the Church of the Virgin Mary which stands in front of the cathedral). The palace included a chapel, perhaps built for Dobrawa, Christian wife of Poland's first historical ruler, Mieszko I. Mieszko himself was baptised in 966, possibly at Poznań – this is regarded as a key event in the Christianization of Poland and consolidation of the state. The cathedral was built around this time; it was raised to the status of a cathedral in 968 when the first missionary bishop, Bishop Jordan, came to Poland.

      Saint Peter became the patron of the church because, as the first cathedral in the country, it had the right to have the same patron as St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. The pre-Romanesque church which was built at that time was about 48 meters in length. Remains of this building are still visible in the basements of today's basilica. The first church survived for about seventy years, until the period of the pagan reaction and the raid of the Bohemian duke Bretislav I (1034–1038). The cathedral was rebuilt in the Romanesque style, remains of which are visible in the southern tower.

      In the 14th and 15th centuries, the church was rebuilt in the Gothic style. At that time, a crown of chapels was added. A fire in 1622 did such serious damage that the cathedral needed a complete renovation, which was carried out in the Baroque style. Another major fire broke out in 1772 and the church was rebuilt in the Neo-Classical style. In 1821, Pope Pius VII raised the cathedral to the status of a Metropolitan Archcathedral and added the second patron - Saint Paul. The last of the great fires occurred on 15 February 1945, during the liberation of the city from the Germans. The damage was serious enough that the conservators decided to return to the Gothic style, using as a base medieval relics revealed by the fire. The cathedral was reopened on 29 June 1956. In 1962, Pope John XXIII gave the church the title of minor basilica.      Read more

    • TravelerPrussian-Poland Tour
      Day 11

      Raczyński Palace in Rogalin

      September 18, 2019 in Poland ⋅ ☀️ 50 °F

      https://regionwielkopolska.pl/en/catalogue-of-a…

      ROGALIN

      Rogalin is situated on the right bank of the Warta in the Mosina administrative district of Poznań County some 20 km south of Poznań.

      First recorded in 1247 (as an endowment from Poznań Cathedral) it was a knightly manor from the end of the 13th C. Krzysztof Arciszewski, Admiral of the Dutch Fleet, General of the Royal Artillery under King Władysław IV and organiser of the Polish fleet, was born here in 1592. The Rogalin estate changed hands many times during the 17th century and the 1st half of the 18th. It was purchased by Kazimierz Raczyński, the future general governor of Wielkopolska, in 1768.

      It was he who built the baroque entre cour et jardin palace complex with a palace in the central part, a cour d’honneur in front of it and side annexes. His name is not known in architectural circles. The manor was erected in 1768-1776. The quarter-cylindrical galleries joining the annexes to the palace were added later. A regular French garden complex was laid at the rear of the palace. Part of the park was converted into a landscape park and extended to embrace the neighbouring Warta wetlands with their famous Rogalin oaks in the 19th century. These now form part of the Rogalin Landscape Park.

      The palace was erected on a rectangular plan. The centre part of the front elevation, which dominates the entirety, is crowned with a triangular pediment bearing the Raczyński (Nałęcz) coat of arms and the garden elevation has a semi-circular protruding terrace. The building has two storeys from the front and three from the garden side owing to the slope of the terrain. The entrance to the sala terrena on the ground floor is shaped like a sea grotto. The entire body is dominated by a cupolaed garret, the central part of which is crowned with a sculpture bearing the initials “KR” (from the founder Kazimierz Raczyński).

      The ground interior had private quarters and guestrooms while the top floor was mainly used for entertaining. A two-storey ballroom, accompanied by side salons, occupied the central part. The great dining hall was situated in the western corner of this level. The owners’ private apartments were in the eastern projection. The interior décor and the stucco and painting decorations were most likely the work of Jan Chrystian Kamsetzer.

      The Rogalin estate was inherited by Edward Raczyński, an eminent figure who devoted himself to serving Poznań and Wielkopolska. During his time, the ballroom was rearranged and converted into an arsenal, and several other works on the palace interior were carried out. A chapel and mausoleum, a copy of an ancient temple in Nimes, France, were also erected and the former palace chapel was converted into a library.
      Following Edward Raczyński’s tragic death in 1845, the Rogalin estate passed to his son and then his nephew, Edward Roger, who created the Rogalin painting collection. Edward Raczyński (1891-1993), politician, Polish ambassador to London and, as of 1979, President of the Republic of Poland in Exile, was the last owner. He established the Rogalin trust to bequeath the entire Raczyński estate in Poland to the National Museum in Poznań.      Read more

    • TravelerPrussian-Poland Tour
      Day 11

      Kórnik Castle

      September 18, 2019 in Poland ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kórnik_Castle

      Kórnik Castle (Polish: Zamek w Kórniku or Zamek Kórnicki) is a castle in the Polish town of Kórnik, which was constructed in the 14th century. The current neogothic design and remodeling was done in 1855 by the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel for Tytus Działyński and the son Jan Kanty Działyński. After last member of Działyński family Jan Kanty Działyński's death, his brother-in-law Count Władysław Zamoyski received the castle in Jan's will. Shortly before his death in 1924, the childless count willed the castle, along with an extensive art collection and the Kórnik Arboretum to the Polish state.

      The castle currently houses a museum and the Kórnik Library. It's one of Poland's official national Historic Monuments (Pomnik historii), as designated July 11, 2011 and tracked by the National Heritage Board of Poland.

      Exterior of the castle
      The current look of the castle resembles Gothic Revival architecture, one of popular historicising styles in the 19th century. The main entrance to the castle is located at the northern side. Its characteristic feature is a four-centred arch at the top of the window above the entrance. Up until the interwar period the castle was entered through the so-called babiniec - a barbican-shaped chamber which was subsequently demolished in the years 1925-1939.

      The western side of the castle features an expanded terrace overlooking Lake Kórnik. The southern side is dominated by a chaitya arch, which was probably modelled on the Royal Pavilion in Brighton and indirectly on the Islamic architecture of India. On the eastern side, there is a Gothic Revival tower whose red brick façade clearly contrasts with the rest of the castle. The tower was erected during the remodelling of the castle by Tytus Działyński.

      Also near the entry to the Kórnik Castle, there are historic outbuildings and a carriage house.

      The castle is surrounded by Kórnik Arboretum founded by Count Tytus Działyński in the first half of the 19th century - the oldest and largest one in Poland as well as the fourth largest arboretum in Europe covering around 40 hectares and containing more than 3300 taxa of trees and shrubs.

      Interior of the castle
      The castle presently houses the Kórnik Library and a museum showcasing numerous unique objects including historic furniture, Ukraine and European paintings, sculptures, numismatic collections, military antiques, and porcelain and silver art objects. The most impressive chamber of the residence is the Moor Room, which was inspired by the Court of the Lions in Alhambra, Spain. It was initially indended for a library but later it became a museum room featuring national works of art. In the room below the tower, there are ethnographic and natural collections on display brought from Australia and Oceania by Count Władysław Zamoyski.      Read more

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    • TravelerPrussian-Poland Tour
      Day 11

      The Castle in Szamotuły

      September 18, 2019 in Poland ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F

      https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamek_w_Szamotułach

      The Castle in Szamotuły - is located in Szamotuły in the Greater Poland Voivodeship . The assumption includes the rebuilt castle together with the Halszka Tower and auxiliary buildings (outbuilding and pheasantry) located in the historic park . The foundations of Gothic towers from the beginning of the century have also been preserved. The 16th century. The first Wielkopolska printing house in history operating in the castle from 1551, publishing books in Polish and Czech .

      The first castle in Szamotuły was built in the second half of the 14th century probably by the castellan of Nakło in Sędziwoj Świdwa and located in the southern part of the city. Presumably it had the form of a regular, four-sided foundation with a castle house along one of the curtains, and its relics are stuck in the walls of the Holy Cross church [4] [5] . This castle was demolished in 1675, and a church and monastery were built here [2] [6] [7] . Fragments of a stone slab have survived, integrated into the church gate.

      The Szamotulski family ruling in Szamotuły consisted of two branches [2] . A representative of another branch, Dobrogost Świdwa-Szamotulski, decided to put up his castle in the northern part of the city, in the Gothic style [2] . The moat and wall surrounded the complex consisting of a residential building, towers and a separately located tower [2] [7] . In 1511, Łukasz II Górka became the owner of the castle after marrying Katarzyna Szamotulska. In 1518, he rebuilt the castle complex in the Renaissance style, and the tower today called the Halszka Tower was rebuilt for residential purposes . Another modernization took place in 1552, when the owner of the castle was the later voivode, Łukasz III Górka[2] . After the voivode's death, the castle passed into the hands of noble families and gradually fell into decline . In 1720 the residential part was renovated .

      In the nineteenth century, the castle was, among others owned by Frederick William IV of Prussia , the future king and princes of Sachsen-Coburg-Goth [2] . In 1869 a complete renovation was carried out, during which part of the original elements were removed [2] [7] [9] . The reconstruction in the historical shape and with the use of preserved Gothic fragments was carried out in 1976-1990 on the basis of detailed research [2] [10] . The building became the seat of the museum, which presents historic interiors, regional archaeological and ethnographic collections, and the history of the Górków family . Previously, only the tower was used as a museum .

      Castle complex
      The central part of the complex is the rebuilt castle, in the shape of the letter L [2] . Fragments of the moat and ramparts have been preserved in the surrounding historic park [11] . On the west side there is an 18th-century outbuilding and, in the vicinity of the pond, the Halszka Tower . On the opposite side is a pheasant house from the 19th century, the outbuilding reproduced in 1990 and the foundations of the towers from the 16th century.

      Halszka Tower
      Main article: Halszka Tower .
      One of the preserved towers is known as the Halszka Tower. The diminutive of Halszka was called princess Elżbieta Ostrogska , granddaughter of Zygmunt Stary, known for her beauty and wealth, immortalized in, among others on the painting by Jan Matejko [2] [12] . Halszka did not want to agree to an arranged marriage with Łukasz III Górka , but she was forcibly brought to Szamotuły and imprisoned there for 14 years in a tower, reportedly connected by an underground passage with the church [2] [12] . Elżbieta Ostrogska went insane and died shortly after her husband's death [2] [12] . According to legends, the spirit of Halszka returns to the tower .

      https://medievalheritage.eu/en/main-page/herita…      Read more

    • TravelerPrussian-Poland Tour
      Day 11

      Our Lady of Consolation & St. Stanislaus

      September 18, 2019 in Poland ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F

      https://zabytek.pl/en/obiekty/szamotuly-kosciol…

      The Gothic parish church in Szamotuły is an example of a church from the first quarter of the 14th century, which was given its current form in the years 1513-1542 and is a three-nave basilica. The chancel, terminating in a straight arch, is the oldest part of the collegiate church which was awarded the title of a minor basilica in 2014. The church interior features cross-rib vaults. The church boasts impressive fittings, including a Gothic crucifix on a rood beam from 1370 or the late-Renaissance main altar from circa 1616. The Baroque side altar in the southern nave contains an icon of Our Lady of Kazan from the first half of the 17th century, venerated by the faithful as Our Lady of Consolation - Lady of Szamotuły. In addition, there is a late-Renaissance headstone of Jakub Rokossowski (who died in 1580) and a bronze tombstone of Andrzej Szamotulski, who died in 1511, created by Peter Vischer in Nuremberg.

      History

      Szamotuły obtained municipal rights in 1284. (?). The new settlement was created to the south-west of Old Szamotuły. The site was renovated in 1423 by way of a charter granted by Władysław Jagiełło to brothers Dobrogost and Wincenty Szamotulski. For several centuries, Szamotuły belonged to the Nałęcz-Szamotulski family. In the 15th century, walls were built around the town. In the same century, the town itself was also split between two lines of the Szamotulski family. One part of the family, bearing the name of Świdwa, owned the Poznańskie suburb, and the other owned the Wronieckie suburb, which in 1513 became property of the Górka family. It is here that an impressive residence was built, which has survived to this day and functions as a museum. The castle in the southern part of the town was demolished (at one point in time there used to be two castles in Szamotuły) and a monastery of the Reformers was created on its remains. In later centuries, Szamotuły was an important centre for religious dissenters.

      - the first mention of the church dates back to 1298

      - 1423 - construction of a collegiate church of St Stanislaus the Bishop, with the Świdwa-Szamotulski brothers providing the funds

      - by the end of the 15th century - two chapels were added to the existing church at the chancel, as well as the chapel of the Holy Trinity

      - 1513-1542 - the church underwent full-scale modification and was assigned its current function owing to the funds of Łukasz Górka; the chancel was narrowed and extended upwards; the main nave was narrowed, the chapels were modified, new pillars and inter-nave arcades as well as ceilings were constructed

      - 1569-1594 - the church was passed to religious dissenters

      - 1772 - the church was covered with a new roof

      - 1884-1890 - the interior was plastered, a porch was added on the southern side, the bell tower above the last western bay of the southern nave was removed.

      - 1949 - renovation of the church

      - 1979-1983 - a new sacristy was embedded in the northern nave on the eastern side.      Read more

    • TravelerPrussian-Poland Tour
      Day 12

      Manor in Koszuty

      September 19, 2019 in Poland ⋅ ⛅ 50 °F

      https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwór_w_Koszutach

      Manor in Koszuty - a historic manor in the village of Koszuty in the Greater Poland Voivodeship . It is now the seat of the Średzka Museum .

      History
      The manor was built around 1760, probably for Józef Zabłocki. It was built on a rectangular plan with corner alcoves. A one-story building with a residential attic, oriented at eleven o'clock, i.e. with the front elevation facing south, with a slight deviation to the east. Mansion built on a skeleton structure of larch, filled with clay, on an oak foundation with fragments of brick masonry: chimneys and a semi-circular projection of the living room. The main body of the manor house was covered with a mansard type broken roof. The alcoves were covered with domed roofs. Until 1902, the manor was covered with shingles, later with black tiles. In 1983, the roof was restored with shingle. In the 2nd half In the 19th century, a wooden veranda was probably added to the entrance door, which also emphasized the building's symmetry. The manor was plastered.

      The main entrance led through the veranda and hallway to the representative oval salon, located centrally. Two rooms were placed on the right and left side of the hall and living room. In the gable parts of the building, two different alcoves (front and garden) were erected at various times along with inter- alcove extensions. The interior is arranged in a regular and symmetrical manner. In two rows of rooms ( routes ) internal communication was carried out in an enfilade arrangement. The treatment staircase was placed in the hallway. The rooms on the second floor repeat the symmetrical plan of the ground floor.

      The current appearance of the manor is a consequence of the reconstruction carried out in 1902. The shape of the garden alcoves was changed and small frontal alcoves were added. The permanent exhibition "Small landed gentry in Wielkopolska" repeated functionally in terms of function. The exhibition rooms are equipped with furniture, everyday objects and paintings from the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries, reflecting the realities of the apartment from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.

      In the vicinity of the manor there is an outbuilding probably dating from the mid-nineteenth century. It once housed a kitchen, guest rooms and an office.      Read more

    • TravelerPrussian-Poland Tour
      Day 12

      Collegiate Church of St. Virgin Mary

      September 19, 2019 in Poland ⋅ ☀️ 54 °F

      Collegiate Church of St. Virgin Mary of the Assumption in Środa Wielkopolska

      https://www.poland.travel/en/monuments/collegia…

      Collegiate in Środa Wielkopolska is still a great example of Gothic buildings, which arouses interest of tourists from all over Europe.

      The most remarkable monument of Środa Wielkopolska is the parish Church of St. Virgin Mary of the Assumption. It was built between 1423-1428 on the site of the old, wooden Church from the thirteenth century. The Church is “oriented”, which means that the presbytery is directed to the East. The presbytery and the eastern wall is adjacent to the rectangular vesrty from the north. On the other side of the presbytery there is an octagonal chapel of St. Trinity, called also the chapel of Gostomscy, after the name of its founders. The whole building is dominated by the tall, six-floor tower, which is adorned with attic. This is a reconstruction of the original, Renaissance finials, made in 1926. The oldest pieces of collegiate furnishing, are originating from the beginning of the sixteenth century and they are: the group of the Crucifixion on the rood beam, canons stalls, arranged on either side of the presbytery and the tombstone of Ambroży Pampowski (d. 1510).      Read more

    You might also know this place by the following names:

    Województwo Wielkopolskie, Wojewodztwo Wielkopolskie, Woiwodschaft Großpolen, Greater Poland, Voivodat de Gran Polònia, Velkopolské vojvodství, Wiôlgòpòlsczé wòjewództwò, Grandpollanda Provinco, Voivodato de Gran Polonia, Suur-Poola vojevoodkond, Voïvodie de Grande-Pologne, Provinsi Polandia Besar, Voivodato della Grande Polonia, ヴィエルコポルスカ県, Didžiosios Lenkijos vaivadija, Lielpolijas vojevodiste, Woiwodschap Groot-Polen, Storpolske voivodskap, Województwo wielkopolskie, Grande Polônia, Voievodatul Polonia Mare, Великопольское воеводство, Војводство великопољско, Storpolen, 大波兰省

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