Winna Góra (Greater Poland Voivodeship) - Winna Góra (województwo wielkopolskie)

	Vine Mountain;
	Palace in Winna Góra
	Information
Country	Poland
Region	Greater Poland Voivodeship
Area code	48 61
Postal Code	63-000; (post: Środa Wielkopolska)

Winna Góra - a village within the commune Środa Wielkopolska, in you will say Średzki in the Wielkopolskie voivodship, near Miłosław, the local road Miłosław - Szlachcin runs through it. The national road No. 15 and the railway line on the section run near the village September – JarocinThe name comes from the vineyards that were common in the area in the middle ages.

Characteristic

The village is famous for the final resting place of Jan Henryk Dąbrowski (1755–1818). The one to whom it was sung: March, Dąbrowski march from Italy to Poland ... (hero the national anthemIn the past, it was a prince's estate with vineyards (from which the village took its name), later it was owned by the bishops of Poznań, and in the years 1807-1818 by General Jan Henryk Dąbrowski.

Geographic coordinates: 52 ° 12′17 ″ N 17 ° 26′48 ″ E

History

The first mention of Fr. Vineus Mons (Winna Góra) dates back to 1246, when prince Bolesław the Pious granted the village to the bishop of Poznań, Boguchwał. In 1331 the village was ravaged by Teutonic Knights.
Winna Góra remained in the possession of the bishops of Poznań until 1796, when the Prussian government carried out the dissolution of church properties. .
In 1807 in: Napoleon Bonaparte he awarded Winna Góra and the surrounding farms to General Jan Henryk Dąbrowski for his faithful service and as compensation for the costs incurred in creating the Polish Legions in Italy, and who spent the last years of his life here (1807–1818). After him, the property was inherited by his son, Bronisław Dąbrowski, and then the descendants of his daughter, Bogusława Mańkowska née Dąbrowska.
Winna Góra remained in the hands of the Mańkowski family until 1939. After the war it was nationalized. From 1963, it was owned by the Poznań Institute of Plant Protection, which has an experimental facility in the village. In the years 2003-2018, it was leased to the private hands of a local entrepreneur. From 1987, there was a small exhibition in the palace devoted to General Dąbrowski. From October 10, 2018, a branch is located in the palace in Winna Góra Museum of the landed gentry in Dobrzyca. In the interiors of the residence, associated primarily with the general Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, there are memorabilia of the creator of the Polish Legions in Italy. He is a leading figure in the program of the new museum. It is also planned to open an exhibition devoted to the most distinguished inhabitants of Wielkopolska. The museum will also present another outstanding figure related to the legionary deed - the creator of "Mazurka Dąbrowski", who closely cooperates with Dąbrowski. Józef Wybicki. There is also no shortage of the history of the owners of the estates in Winna Góra from the Mańkowski family, among whom we can find many characters deserving closer attention - from the daughter of the Legion's commander Bogusława from Dąbrowski Mańkowska to the famous espionage in World War II Klementyna Mańkowska.

Interesting places

On the axis of the road from Środa Wielkopolska, neoclassical palace from around 1910, built for Henryk Mańkowski according to the design of the architect Stanisław Borecki, on the site of the previous one from around 1770, once a bishop's residence, for Bishop Teodor Kazimierz Czartoryski, and later General Dąbrowski. A palace with a four-column portico protruding in front of the façade line. A one-story building with a storey, hidden in a high mansard roof. In the pediment of the portico, the coat of arms of the Mańkowski family - Zaremba, on the frieze, above the capitals, an inscription Si Deus Nobiscum Quis Contra Nos (If God is for us, who can be against us). The garden façade has a neo-baroque form with a protruding portico on the main axis.

Inside, in two rooms on the ground floor, there is the General Jan Henryk Dąbrowski Museum, opened in 1987 - initially as the General's Memorial Hall. landscaped park from the 18th / 19th century (area: 8.2 ha), and in it a stone with a plaque from 1979 dedicated to J.H. Dąbrowski and a neo-Gothic monument from the first half of the Nineteenth century on the island of a small pond, with an urn with the heart of Lt. Stanisław Chłapowski, former adjutant of the general and brother of his wife Barbara.

On part of the village, on a low hill, late baroque church of st. Michael the Archangel from 1766, extended in 1912 with a neo-baroque presbytery and a spacious transept. In the main altar from the end of the 18th century there is a painting of the Mother of God with the Child from the second half of the 18th century. 16th century, in a silver baroque dress.
Six-sided at the nave tomb chapel of General J. H. Dąbrowski, added in 1863 - originally neo-Gothic, according to a design by Seweryn Mielżyński from 1863, in 1912 rebuilt into a neo-baroque one. Inside, a neoclassical general's sarcophagus from 1863, modeled on the Roman sarcophagus of Scipio African Elder.

People associated with Winna Góra

general Jan Henryk Dąbrowski
Maciej Mielżyński - political and social activist, born in September 15, 1799 in Winna Góra,
Fr. Stanisław Kozierowski - historian and onomast, longtime parish priest of the local parish, d. in 1949 in Winna Góra,
Andrzej Bujakiewicz - Polish conductor and teacher, b. September 21, 1939 in Winna Góra.

Tourism

There is a black bicycle trail running through Winna Góra, connecting Żerków through Raszewy, Śmiełów, The new village of Podgórna, Czeszewo and Białe Piątkowo z Miłosław.

External links

http://www.srodawlkp-powiat.pl/

Where next

In the vicinity of Winna Góra, there are the following towns, which can be another destination:

Miłosław - a city known for the biggest battle fought during the Greater Poland Uprising in 1848 (Spring of Nations), the first statue of Juliusz Słowacki in Poland from 1899 and as a place of presenting the Kościelski Prize - Polish literary award, awarded since 1962 by the Foundation. Kościelski, the former owners of the town. Located partly in the Żerków-Czeszewski Landscape Park,
Bugaj - a place known for the historic Hunting Castle "Bażantarnia" from the 19th century, located in the Żerków-Czeszewski Landscape Park,
Czeszewo - a town known for its historic wooden church of St. Nicholas from 1792, a former inn from the 18th century and a forester's lodge from the end of the 19th century; located in the Żerków-Czeszewski Landscape Park,
Giecz - a town known for its stronghold from the times of Bolesław the Brave - one of the most important administrative, military and economic centers in Wielkopolska; currently an archaeological reserve (a branch of the Museum of the First Piasts in Lednica). City located on The Piast Trail,
Biechowo - a place known for the historic monastery complex of the Philippines (now Pauline Fathers) with the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Sanctuary of Our Lady of Consolation,
Środa Wielkopolska - a poviat town, known for its land assemblies for the former Poznań and Kalisz voivodeships, which took place here from 1419 to the partitions; the preserved historic urban layout of the old town, the late-gothic parish collegiate church from around 1423-28 and the narrow-gauge Średzka Poviat Railway,
September - a district town known for the strike of Września children - a strike of students in 1901-1902, directed against the Germanization of schools, mainly against prayer and teaching religion in German; seat of the regional museum.