Discover 10 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Konin (Poland). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Kościół pw. św. Andrzeja Apostoła, Kościół pw. św. Bartłomieja, and Kościół pw. św. Wojciecha. Also, be sure to include Kościół pw. Świętego Ducha in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Konin (Greater Poland).
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Kościół pw. św. Andrzeja Apostoła
St. Andrew the Apostle Church - a Gothic church in Konin's Gosławice district.
The church was built at the beginning of the 15th century and consecrated in 1444. The founders of the church were bishop Andrzej Laskarz born in Gosławice and his nephew Jan of Licheń. It was built on the plan of a Greek cross, with the main octagonal nave with a unique palm vault on a central column, the chapels on the north and south sides with a stellar vault and the porch with a stellar vault.
The chancel has a stellar vault, each rib resting on a bracket in the shape of a coat of arms (coats of arms of local families). In the church there is also an octagonal Renaissance baptismal font from the 15th century. In 1771 a fire broke out, which partially destroyed the church. Next fires took place in 19th century, what caused that the church was renovated twice, once in 1801 and once in 1819. It was then partly rebuilt by contemporary owners of Gos³awice - Kwilecki family, it got neo-gothic interior, porch, vestry were rebuilt, new bell tower was erected, vaults in presbytery, chapels and porch were restored. Three neo-Gothic altars house paintings by Jozef Buchbinder (1902-1904) and on the right side of the nave there is a painting of the blessed martyr Fr. Dominik Jedrzejewski, parish priest in 1928-1940.
Address: Gosławicka 38, 62-510 Konin
Kościół pw. św. Bartłomieja
St. Bartholomew's Church in Konin - the church of St. Bartholomew's parish in Konin located at 1 Church Street.
Kościół pw. św. Wojciecha
St. Adalbert Church in Konin - the church is located in Konin's Morzyslaw district on Portowa Street. It belongs to Konin deanery II. In the wall of presbytery a fragment of earlier brick building from 1785, erected by priest Andrew Liszkowski, was preserved.
Address: Portowa 2, 62-510 Konin
Kościół pw. Świętego Ducha
Holy Spirit Church in Konin - is located in the former Kolski Suburb on Kolska Street, on the axis of 3 Maja Street.
Kolskie Suburb was also called Holy Spirit Suburb after the name of the patron of the local hospital church, which was established in 1422. In 1801, a new wooden church was built on this site, which was purchased in 1824 by the Lutheran community. The current church, which is located slightly south of the previous church, was built between 1853 and 1854. The tower was added in 1872. Its current appearance in the style of Rhineland Neo-Romanesque (sometimes incorrectly referred to as Neo-Gothic) was given to it during renovations in 1906-1909.
The one-nave church was built of unplastered red brick. The nave is covered with a gable roof decorated with two rows of brick pinnacles. The same pinnacles decorate the façade of the porch and the ridge of the nave. Above the porch an octagonal bell tower covered with a slender pyramidal cupola.
The interior is single space, maintained in white tones. The nave is illuminated by large, semicircular windows, surrounded on three sides by free-standing, one-storey galleries supported by slender Corinthian columns. The nave's roofing is very original; ceiling beams composed of semicircular segments divide it into 15 square fields filled with hemispherical bowls (construction of metal rods covered with plaster). In the presbytery there is a wooden neo-Romanesque altar with the image of the Teaching Christ and a pulpit in a similar style. On the choir there is a neo-gothic organ bought in 1959 from the former Emperor Frederick III Evangelical church in Polanica-Zdrój, made by the organ-maker Schlag & Söhne of Świdnica.
An ornamental iron fence surrounds the church from the side of Kolska Street. Next to the church there is a historic pastor's house from 1840.
Address: 1 Jarosława Dąbrowskiego, Konin
Cmentarz wojskowy
Konin's World War I war cemetery is located on Szpitalna Street, in the southern part of the city.
It was established in 1918 (according to other sources in 1916). Ashes of German and Russian soldiers who died near Konin and died in a nearby hospital are buried there. A total of 193 bodies of soldiers were buried there, including 119 Russians. The vast majority of them died in November and December 1914, when fighting took place in the vicinity of the town. Single tombstones also date from 1915 and 1917. Some of the victims were of unknown identity. Only 117 tombstones have survived to the present day. The cemetery is entered in the register of monuments of Wielkopolskie Province under number 28/Wlkp/A.
Kościół pw. św. Marii Magdaleny
Saint Mary Magdalene Church and Reformati Monastery in Konin - Roman Catholic parish church and monastery of the Franciscan Friars of the Reformati in Konin, in the former Kolski Suburb, Reformacka Street.
The church of St. Mary Magdalene dates back to 1727. It has three late Baroque altars from the mid-18th century. A sculpture of Pieta Christ of Sorrowful Folk Art from 1430 and a Gothic sculpture of Madonna and Child from 1490 have been preserved in the church. The monastery is adjacent to the church from the east with two wings. The monastery building was erected in 1733 by brother Mateusz Osiecki. Two-storey on a horseshoe plan with a cloister in the middle. The storeys are separated by a cordon cornice. At the junction of the northern and eastern wings there is a rotunda on a base, which originally housed a library. Formerly the monastery church, since 1969 also the parish church.
Address: Reformacka 2, 62-500 Konin
Fabryka Wrażeń
Address: Wojska Polskiego 37, Konin
Urząd Stanu Cywilnego
Manor house of Zofia Urbanowska in Konin - the manor house of the well-known Konin writer Zofia Urbanowska is located at the intersection of Urbanowska and Obrońców Westerplatte streets, west of Wolności Square. Built in the middle of the nineteenth century, on the wall of the building there is a plaque from 1957, mentioning the writer who lived here. In recent years the manor house was rebuilt and now it is the seat of the Registry Office in Konin.
Address: 2 Obrońców Westerplatte, Konin
Słup Koniński
Konin road post - a stone post in Konin, Romanesque, set in 1151 halfway between Kruszwica and Kalisz, believed to be the oldest road sign in Poland.
The post is located about 52 km from each town. It was moved from under the Konin castle to the corner of St. Bartholomew's church. The post is carved from sandstone and is about 2.5 meters high.
The post bears a Latin inscription, engraved all around in square capital with three distichs: +ANNO AB INCARNAT DAYS NRI M.C.L. PRIMO +IN CALIS HIC MEDIV DE CRVSPVICI FOERE PVNCTV INDICAT ISTA VIE FORMVLAE IVSTITIE +QUA FIERI PETR IVSSIT COMES HIC PALATIN HOC Q SOLLERT DIMIDIAVIT IT +EIUS VT ESSE MEMOR DIGNETUR QISQV VIATOR CVM PRECE PPIC SOLLICITANDO DEV
In the translation of Krzysztof Dunin-Wąsowicz inscription reads: The year of the Incarnation of Our Lord 1151 to Kalisz from Kruszwica here leads the point, shows the formula for the road and justice, which ordered the Comes Palatine Peter carefully cut through the road to be remembered, please, each traveler prayerfully ask the gracious God.
The origin of the pole is not explained (there are theories about its pagan origin). The figure of the palatine mentioned in the formula is unknown. Some (e.g. Jan Długosz) identify him with Piotr Włostowic - the founder of 77 churches. According to two other hypotheses, the founder was to be Piotr Wszeborowic, palatine of Bolesław Kędzierzawy, or his father Comes Wszebor, palatine of Bolesław Krzywousty.
The post may be evidence of the existence of road jurisdiction in 12th century Poland exercised by the komes on behalf of the prince or himself.
Galeria CKiS "Wieża Ciśnień"
Monuments and statues, Museum, Art gallery
Address: Kolejowa 1a, Konin