Kórnik

Poland

Kórnik (pronounced: Koornick) is a city in Greater Poland, located 18 km south east of Poznań, on the train line and road heading to Kalisz, Katowice, between Wronskie Lake and Kornickie Lake.

  • The Dzialynski Castle. a castle with its roots in deep Middle Ages, the present shape is the result of the XIXth cent. reconstruction. During the visit in the castle you will see beautiful interiors with original furniture from (mostly) XVIIIth and XIXth cent, wonderful floors made of roots of trees, some paintings, musical instruments, souvenirs brought from all-over-the world by one of the Castle’s owners and – last but not least – the portrait of Mrs. Teofila – better known as Kórnik White Lady – a good ghost of the castle appearing every midnight in the park nearby. On the second floor there’s a unique armory collection and some book from extra precious Kórnik Library (which is a part of the Polish Academy of Sciences) : the manuscript of the first edition of Nicolas Copernicus’s Works, the first guide-book about Poznań, the first printed Bible in Polish (II half of XVIth cent) and many other books or manuscripts.
  • Arboretum. one of the biggest in Poland with more than 3 500 tree species from the north semisphere, mostly from Japan, China and America 7 zl.
  • Parish Church. from XVth cent. with a neogothic fasade and tombs of the Gorka Family (the previous Castle owners)

The Dzialynski Castle. a castle with its roots in deep Middle Ages, the present shape is the result of the XIXth cent. reconstruction. During the visit in the castle you will see beautiful interiors with original furniture from (mostly) XVIIIth and XIXth cent, wonderful floors made of roots of trees, some paintings, musical instruments, souvenirs brought from all-over-the world by one of the Castle’s owners and – last but not least – the portrait of Mrs. Teofila – better known as Kórnik White Lady – a good ghost of the castle appearing every midnight in the park nearby. On the second floor there’s a unique armory collection and some book from extra precious Kórnik Library (which is a part of the Polish Academy of Sciences) : the manuscript of the first edition of Nicolas Copernicus’s Works, the first guide-book about [[Poznań]], the first printed Bible in Polish (II half of XVIth cent) and many other books or manuscripts.

Arboretum. one of the biggest in Poland with more than 3 500 tree species from the north semisphere, mostly from Japan, China and America 7 zl.

Parish Church. from XVth cent. with a neogothic fasade and tombs of the Gorka Family (the previous Castle owners)

Kórnik itself:

  • Restaurant "Biała Dama" (White Lady), 30, Niepodległości sq, +48 61 81 70 216.
  • Restaurant "NESTOR", 34, Poznańska 34 str., +48 61 81 90 800.
  • Restaurant DAGLEZJA, 7, Woźniaka str., +48 61 89 72 700.
  • Restaurant Kórnicka, 19, Poznańska str., +48 61 89 80 622.
  • Non Stop, 36 Niepodległości sq., +48 61 81 70 372.
  • Tawerna Pod Żaglami, 6, Leśna str., +48 61 89 80 731.
  • Pizzeria Piccolo - pizza i kebab, 25, Niepodległości sq., +48 61 81 71 970.
  • Bistro Pizzeria, Kórnik - Podzamcze, +48 505 653 338.
  • Caffe-Bar, 2, Pocztowa str., +48 61 81 90 778.
  • Restaurant Kaprys, 44, Niepodległości sq., +48 61 81 70 095.
  • Bar, 22, Zamkowa str., +48 61 81 90 453.
  • Bar Uniwersalny, 3, Rynek sq., +48 61 81 70 320.
  • Restaurant Pizzeria SOPRANO, 18, Łąkowa str, +48 61 897 16 39, +48 512 134 132.

Surroundings :

  • Restaurant i Pizzeria "Casablanca", Bnin – 8, Rynek Sq., +48 61 81 70 425. http://www.restauracja-casablanca.pl.
  • Restaurant w "Non-Stop-Inn", Gądki – 1, Dworcowa str., +48 61 81 71 300.

Restaurant "Biała Dama" (White Lady), 30, Niepodległości sq, +48 61 81 70 216.

Restaurant "NESTOR", 34, Poznańska 34 str., +48 61 81 90 800.

Restaurant DAGLEZJA, 7, Woźniaka str., +48 61 89 72 700.

Restaurant Kórnicka, 19, Poznańska str., +48 61 89 80 622.

Non Stop, 36 Niepodległości sq., +48 61 81 70 372.

Tawerna Pod Żaglami, 6, Leśna str., +48 61 89 80 731.

Pizzeria Piccolo - pizza i kebab, 25, Niepodległości sq., +48 61 81 71 970.

Bistro Pizzeria, Kórnik - Podzamcze, +48 505 653 338.

Caffe-Bar, 2, Pocztowa str., +48 61 81 90 778.

Restaurant Kaprys, 44, Niepodległości sq., +48 61 81 70 095.

Bar, 22, Zamkowa str., +48 61 81 90 453.

Bar Uniwersalny, 3, Rynek sq., +48 61 81 70 320.

Restaurant Pizzeria SOPRANO, 18, Łąkowa str, +48 61 897 16 39, +48 512 134 132.

Restaurant i Pizzeria "Casablanca", Bnin – 8, Rynek Sq., +48 61 81 70 425. http://www.restauracja-casablanca.pl.

Restaurant w "Non-Stop-Inn", Gądki – 1, Dworcowa str., +48 61 81 71 300.

  • The City Office in Kornik, 1, Niepodległości sq., +48 61 81 70 411.
  • The Castle, +48 61 817 00 81.

The City Office in Kornik, 1, Niepodległości sq., +48 61 81 70 411.

The Castle, +48 61 817 00 81.

From Kórnik you can go back to Poznań with a stop in Rogalin (where you can visit a classicistic palace of the Raczynski Family and Poland’s oldest oak trees), to Zaniemysl with marvellous lakes, to Zerkow-Czeszewo Landscape Park (covering the natural Warta river, or simply further south-east to Gołuchów or Kalisz – Greater Poland’s second biggest city. Just next to Kórnik, in Bnin (2 km) you can see the birthplace of Wisława Szymborska (a Literature Nobel Prize Winner in 1990s) and some nice XIX-century tenement houses and a Town Hall.

An interesting thing for nature-lovers can be a beaver’s trail starting in a village Czmoniec, leading alondside Warta river, where beavers’ habits are presented on 9 boards and – with some luck – you can watch these nice rodents.