Saturday, March 08, 2008

Kornik

The four of us left at 11AM for Kornik to visit the castle built in the 14th century by the G贸rka family, later owned by the Dzia艂ynski family and then the Zamoyski family before it was turned over the Poland as a national monument. Joan and I had been there once before and knew our visitors would appreciate seeing it. We parked in front of it, paid 6zl for parking and took a lot of pictures. I tried to download them here for you to see but some problem with the blog stopped them. I'll find another way for you to see them.

The castle is really beautiful. The floors are all parquet wood and when you enter you have to slip padded slippers over your shoes to protect the floors. The cost to see the castle is 10zl per person and an additional 10zl if you want to take pictures. Inside is a collection of beautifully crafted furniture, pictures of the owners family, a great collection of armament, silverwork, stain glass and Polish history surrounds you.

It was in the 14 century already, that the castle was been built in K贸rnik by the brother of the bishop of the nearby Pozna艅. The medieval defensive castle has been throughout centuries changed and rebuilt by the consecutive aristocratic owners, the noble families G贸rka, Na艂臋cz Czarnkowski, Grudzi艅ski and Szo艂drski. Inherited in 1801 by the Dzia艂y艅ski family, the K贸rnik Castle was been rebuilt (1843-1861) in the neo-gothic style by the famous architect from not so far away Berlin - Karl Friedrich Schinkel. Death of the owner - Tytus Dzia艂y艅ski interrupted the construction, but just a few years later, his son Jan Kanty Dzia艂y艅ski continued the works. Unfortunately, because of the Jan Kanty Dzia艂y艅ski participation in the National Insurrection of 1863, he had to flee the country. He was in 1864 in his absence sentenced to death, and it took him several years to reverse this conviction and connected with it confiscation of the K贸rnik castle. In 1880, the property has been inherited by W艂adys艂aw Zamoyski, who before his death gave the castle and the park to the Polish nation. In 1924, a foundation has been created called Zak艂ady K贸rnickie, which till today manages the property.

After we finished our tour of the castle we took around the grounds. An amazing place with trees from all of Europe and already growing flowers and bushes.

We left Kornik and returned to Pozna艅, had lunch at home and then back to Stary Rynek so Allen could video the square. When he was done we returned home and had dinner in the restaurant of the hotel they are staying in.

Tomorrow we will drive to Go艂贸chow to see another castle near Kalisz.


Cztery z nas opuszczali przy 11AM dla Kornik by odwiedzi膰 zamek wbudowywa艂 14. stulecia przez rodzin臋 G贸rka , p贸藕niej posiad艂y przez rodzin臋 Dzia艂ynski i wtedy rodzina Zamoyski zanim to by艂o obr贸cone ponad Polsk膮 jak pomnik narodowy. Joan i ja by艂em tam raz przedtem i zna艂em, 偶e nasi go艣cie doceniliby widzenie tego. Zaparkowali艣my przed tym, zap艂acili艣my 6zl za parking i zrobili艣my du偶o obraz贸w. Spr贸bowa艂em pobiera膰 ich tutaj dla ciebie by zobaczy膰 ale troch臋 problemu z blog zatrzyma艂 ich. Znajd臋 inn膮 drog臋 dla ciebie by zobaczy膰 ich.

Zamek jest naprawd臋 pi臋kny. Pod艂ogi s膮 ca艂y las parkietu i kiedy wchodzisz musisz wysun膮膰 si臋 z wy艣cie艂anych pantofli ponad twoimi butami by ochroni膰 pod艂ogi. Koszt by zobaczy膰, 偶e zamek jest 10zl na osob臋 i dodatkowym 10zl je偶eli chcesz zrobi膰 obrazy Wewn膮trz jest zbi贸r pi臋knie crafted mebli, obraz贸w rodziny w艂a艣cicieli , wielkiego zbioru zbrojenia, silverwork, plami膮 szk艂o i polska historia otacza ciebie.

To by艂o w 14 stuleciu ju偶, 偶e zamek by艂 by艂y wbudowywany K贸rnik przez brata biskupa pobliskiego Pozna艅. 艢redniowieczny obronny zamek by艂 przez stulecia zmienione i ponownie zbudowany przez kolejnych arystokratycznych w艂a艣cicieli, szlachetny rodzin G贸rka, Na艂臋cz Czarnkowski, Grudzi艅ski i Szo艂drski. Odziedziczony w 1801 przez rodzin臋 Dzia艂y艅ski , K贸rnik Zamek by艂 by艂y ponownie zbudowany (1843-1861) w neogotyckim stylu przez s艂awnego architekta od nie dotychczas daleko Berlin - Karl Friedrich Schinkel. 艢mier膰 w艂a艣ciciela - Tytus Dzia艂y艅ski przerwa艂 budow臋, ale w艂a艣nie kilka lat p贸藕niej, jego syna Jan Kanty Dzia艂y艅ski kontynuowa艂 prace. Niestety, z powodu Jana Kanty′ego Dzia艂y艅ski udzia艂 w Narodowej Insurekcji 1863, on musia艂 uciec z kraju. On by艂 w 1864 w jego nieobecno艣ci skazanej na 艣mier膰, i to wzi臋艂o go kilka lat by odwr贸ci膰 to prze艣wiadczenie i po艂膮czy艂o z tym konfiskat臋 zamku K贸rnik. W 1880, w艂asno艣膰 by艂a odziedziczona przez W艂adys艂aw Zamoyski, kt贸ry zanim jego 艣mier膰 da艂a zamek i park polskiemu narodowi. W 1924, fundament by艂 tworzony nazwany Zak艂ady K贸rnickie, kt贸ry a偶 dzisiaj zarz膮dzi w艂asno艣ci膮.

Gdy sko艅czyli艣my nasz objazd zamku wzi臋li艣my dooko艂a grunt贸w. Zdumiewaj膮ce miejsce z drzewami od wszystkiego z Europy i ju偶 rosn膮ce kwiaty i krzaki.

Zostawili艣my Kornik i wr贸cili艣my do Pozna艅, mieli艣my posi艂ek po艂udniowy w domu i wtedy w ty艂 do Stary Rynek tak Allen m贸g艂by video kwadrat. Kiedy on by艂 zrobiony wr贸cili艣my do domu i mieli艣my obiad w restauracji hotelu oni nie wychodz膮 z domu.

Jutro, kt贸rym b臋dziemy kierowa膰 do Go艂贸chow by zobaczy膰 innemu zamkowi blisko Kalisz.