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Town in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland
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Kórnik (pronounced: Koornick) is a city in Greater Poland, 18 km south east of Poznań, on the train line and road heading to Kalisz, Katowice, between Wronskie Lake and Kornickie Lake.
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a castle with its roots in deep Middle Ages, the present shape is the result of a 19th century reconstruction. During the visit in the castle you will see beautiful interiors with original furniture from (mostly) 18th and 19th centuries, 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 (2nd half of 16th cent) and many other books or manuscripts.
The Dendrological Park
one of the biggest in Poland with more than 3,500 tree species from the north hemisphere, mostly from Japan, China and America.
from XVth cent. with a neogothic fasade and tombs of the Gorka Family (the previous Castle owners)
White Lady
Pizza and kebabs.
9 double rooms.
20 beds.
39 double rooms and an apartment, 2 rooms for handicapped people.
25 double rooms.
19 beds.
13 beds.
9 camp-houses with 5 beds each, 16 beds in a sport hotel, camp side.
Kórnik is accessible first of all by buses, the transport company of the Commune of Kórnik (Kombus) serves several bus lines from Poznań – the best solution is to take line #501 from bus station Rondo Rataje, where you…
Read in the guideKórnik and its closest vicinities are also served by Kombus buses, but for most tourists they're useless, as both main Kórnik attractions (the Castle and parish church) are located appr. 200m from each other.
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