Sunday, August 09, 2009

Day Trip





Sunday, nothing to accomplish, no place we had to be, a day of rest and relaxation. We decided it was time to resume our search of old palaces and manor houses and decided to head south toward Koscian. Taking route 5 we left Pozna艅 and headed first to Bonikowo where I knew there was a manor house yet. Just after Jargienowice we turned right on a little road that led us in the direction we wanted. First I was struck by the beautiful fields with the rolled up bales of grain everywhere. It's Sunday but they were many farmers in the fields working.

In Bonikowo was a small manor house, easy to find because of the stone wall surrounding the property. It's a very common way for us to find these old places now, just look for tall, old trees, a stone fence or wall and there you will find something. Actually the little house wasn't that old. The ruins to the right of it were much older and before 1946 there was a palace here. It was built in 1907 for Alfred Chlapoweski. It was a beautiful, baroque style palace with a mansard roof. Bonikowo, the village, dates back to 1310. The front gate still remains and the wooden church standing next to it.

From there it was on to Kokorzyn, with more rolls from the fields. There was a bigger palace here but I was only able to get a few long distance shots because it is privately owned. Kokorzyn dates back to 1394.

Finally in Kobylniki, I found a nice manor house still standing and in fairly good condition. It was built more in a German style since this part of the country was controlled by Germany during construction. It has a side building and a nice circular driveway surround by bushes.

The black town sign shows American influence if you can read the hand writing on the bottom of it.

Slideshow on the right.


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W Bonikowo by艂 ma艂y dworek, 艂atwy by znale藕膰 z powodu kamiennej 艣ciany otaczaj膮cej w艂asno艣膰. To jest bardzo wsp贸lna droga dla nas by znale藕膰 te stare miejsca teraz, w艂a艣nie poszuka膰 wysokich, starych drzew, kamiennego ogrodzenia albo 艣ciany i tam b臋dziesz znajdowa膰 co艣. Faktycznie ma艂y dom nie by艂 tak stary. Ruiny w prawo tego by艂y du偶o starsze i przed 1946 by艂 pa艂ac tutaj. To by艂o zbudowane w 1907 dla Alfreda Chlapoweski. To by艂o pi臋kne, pa艂ac stylu barokowego z dachem mansardowym. Bonikowo, wie艣, datuje wstecz do 1310. Przednia brama jeszcze pozostaje i drewniany ko艣ci贸艂 stoj膮cy obok tego.

Stamt膮d to by艂o w艂膮czony do Kokorzyn, z wi臋cej listami od p贸l. By艂 wi臋kszy pa艂ac tutaj ale mog艂em tylko dosta膰 kilka du偶a odleg艂o艣膰 strza艂y poniewa偶 to jest prywatnie posiad艂e. Kokorzyn datuje wstecz do 1394.

W ko艅cu w Kobylniki, znalaz艂em mi艂y dworek jeszcze stoj膮ce i w do艣膰 dobrym warunku. To by艂o zbudowane wi臋cej w niemieckim stylu odk膮d ta cz臋艣膰 kraju by艂a skontrolowana przez Niemcy podczas budowy. To ma stron臋 budowa i mi艂y ko艂owy wjazd otaczaj膮 przez krzaki.

Czarne miejskie pokazy znaku ameryka艅ski wp艂yw je偶eli mo偶esz wr贸偶y膰 z r臋ki pisz膮cej na dnie tego.

Pokaz slajd贸w na prawie.