Kórnik Castle

Coordinates: 52°14′38″N 17°05′26″E / 52.24389°N 17.09056°E / 52.24389; 17.09056
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Kórnik Castle
Zamek w Kórniku
Kórnik Castle
LocationKórnik, Poland
Coordinates52°14′38″N 17°05′26″E / 52.24389°N 17.09056°E / 52.24389; 17.09056
Built15th century
ArchitectKarl Friedrich Schinkel, Tytus Działyński, Marian Cybulski (remodelling)
Kórnik Castle is located in Poland
Kórnik Castle
Location of Kórnik Castle
Zamek w Kórniku in Poland

Kórnik Castle (

neogothic design and remodeling was done in 1855 partly on the basis of architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel's plans for Tytus Działyński and the son Jan Kanty Działyński. After last member of Działyński family Jan Kanty Działyński's death, his brother-in-law Count Władysław Zamoyski received the castle in Jan's will. Shortly before his death in 1924, the childless count willed the castle, along with an extensive art collection and the Kórnik Arboretum to the Polish state.[1]

The castle currently houses a museum and the

National Heritage Board of Poland
.

Exterior of the castle

The current look of the castle resembles

Gothic Revival architecture, one of the popular historicising styles in the 19th century. The main entrance to the castle is located at the northern side. Its characteristic feature is a four-centred arch at the top of the window above the entrance. Up until the interwar period the castle was entered through the so-called babiniec - a barbican
-shaped chamber which was subsequently demolished in the years 1925–1939.

The western side of the castle features an expanded terrace overlooking Lake Kórnik. The southern side is dominated by a chaitya arch, which was probably modelled on the Royal Pavilion in Brighton and the Islamic architecture of India. On the eastern side, there is a Gothic Revival tower whose red brick façade clearly contrasts with the rest of the castle. The tower was erected during the remodelling of the castle by Tytus Działyński.

Also near the entry to the Kórnik Castle, there are historic outbuildings and a carriage house.

The castle is surrounded by

taxa of trees and shrubs.[2]

Interior of the castle

The castle presently houses the Kórnik Library and a museum showcasing numerous unique objects including historic furniture, Ukrainian and European paintings, sculptures, numismatic collections, military antiques, porcelain and silver art objects. Among the most significant works in the library are the original manuscript of Adam Mickiewicz's Dziady (Part III) and Napoleon's hand-written romantic novella Clisson et Eugénie.[3]

The most impressive chamber of the residence is the Moor Room, which was inspired by the Court of the Lions in Alhambra, Spain. It was initially intended for a library but later it became a museum room featuring national works of art. In the room below the tower, there are ethnographic and natural collections on display brought from Australia and Oceania by Count Władysław Zamoyski who inherited the estate from his maternal uncle, Jan Kanty, in 1881.[4]

Trivia

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1939–1940, a secret printing house of the Polish resistance movement was located in the castle. It printed the Biuletyn Radiowy underground newspaper.[5]

Gallery

  • The castle and the moat
    The castle and the moat
  • Działyński Castle in Kórnik, by Napoleon Orda
    Działyński Castle in Kórnik, by Napoleon Orda
  • The Gothic Revival tower of the castle on the right
    The Gothic Revival tower of the castle on the right
  • Castle interiors
    Castle interiors
  • Aerial view
    Aerial view

See also

References

  1. ^ "Zamek w Kórniku i Arboretum- poznajcie ich historię!" (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-11-29.
  2. ^ "Arboretum Kórnickie" (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-11-29.
  3. ^ "Twierdza polskości. Dwójka na zamku w Kórniku" (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-11-29.
  4. ^ "Zamek w Kórniku" (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-11-29.
  5. ISBN 83-85003-97-5
    .

External links
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