Trail of technological landmarks in Wielkopolska

Trail of technological landmarks in Wielkopolska

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Historical bridge in OpatĂłwek, photo: Z. Schmidt

Trail of technological landmarks in Wielkopolska

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We know a lot about historical churches and palaces. On the other hand our knowledge of industrial heritage is scarce. Yet, in fact there is a plenitude of old interesting buildings, as well as machines, appliances and technology lines. Unfortunately, these rarely are granted the status of historical sites which would result in legal protection of such facilities. What is more, only recently have they been recognized for their attractiveness for tourists.

The preserved landmarks of this kind in Wielkopolska are mainly connected with agriculture and include: sugar plants, mills, breweries, abattoirs, alcohol distilleries,

dairies and brickyards. We also have old gas works, impressive train stations, engine-houses, narrow gauge trains and interesting bridges. Some of these have long been out of use, forgotten and in a state of disrepair; some of them, restored and adapted for new purposes, have started their “second life�. It is impossible to describe all of them in a brochure. That is why here we highlight only selected landmarks connected with the history of technology which are worth visiting, and easily accessible to tourists. In choosing these we looked for a variety of themes which would allow for a glimpse into the industrial heritage preserved in Wielkopolska.

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The only remains of the old Cegielski factory at Strzeleckia St. is the office building with its distinctive octagonal tower, built in 1869-70 to the design by Stanisław Hebanowski. For years abandoned and deteriorating, the building finally was thoroughly restored following designs by Wojciech Łakiński and adjusted to the needs of its new owner - the Voivodeship Oncology Centre. The works were completed in 2006. The original features, which are truly impressive, include the cast-iron structure of the staircase and railings in the tower probably made in the Cegielski factory.

Cegielski’s factory at Główna Street, in the vicinity of Poznań-Wschód railway station developed quickly and in 1919-20 H. Cegielski Stock Company bought old German plants at what today is 28 Czerwca 1956 Street and relocated some of its production departments to the Wilda district. Today the headquarters of the company are located there. At the main entrance we can see a traction engine from 1924, which is a reminder of the plant’s origins; the history of this unique factory, which today is a symbol of Poznań, can be explored in the Hipolit Cegielski Factory Museum. Exhibits on display here include the desk of Hipolit Cegielski (manufactured in the Zeyland carpentry factory in Poznań), numerous documents and artefacts illustrating the development and accomplishments of the over 160 years old H. Cegielski Company.

December 1998 the buildings of the former brewery were purchased by Fortis Company owned by Grażyna Kulczyk. The historic buildings of Hugger’s brewery became part of a modern commercial, business and cultural centre. The new design incorporated all elements which could be used (brickwork from the late 19th and early 20th century, wooden details, and rafter framings, ceilings supported on metal pillars, as well as anchors and brewery installations).

The first shopping part of the Old Brewery was launched in November 2003; the opening of the Art Courtyard in May 2004 was graced with an exhibition of works by Alessandro Mendini, an Italian designer and architect; the second part of the complex was opened to the public in March 2007.

Stary Browar ul. Półwiejska 32, 61-888 Poznań tel. 61 859 60 22, fax 61 859 60 21 www.starybrowar5050.com

Locomotive at the entrance gate to H. Cegielski Factory, photo: Z. Schmidt

Trail 1 Poznań – Szreniawa – Jaracz

cility was located on the plot of land on the corner of Półwiejska and the street leading from Wildecka Gate along the municipal fortifications next to Grolmann’s Fort.

The late 19th and early 20th century was the heyday of the company. At the time an office building, cooper’s works, and a new chimney were built in the surroundings of the main couryard. In 1918 the brewery produced nearly 72,000 hectolitres of Kryształ pale ale and Specjał dark beer.

In the mid 1920s the brewery was acquired by Dr Roman May’s Chemical Corporation, and shortly before the outbreak of World War II it was taken over by the United Brewery of Restaurant Owners’ Association. From September 1939 it was managed by Germans.

The brewery was significantly damaged during the battles of Poznań in 1945. After the war the plant was taken over

by Zakłady Piwowarskie. In 1980 the brewery was closed down but the plant was still used for producing carbonated water. In

Poznań Old Brewery (Stary Browar)

The Old Brewery in Poznań is an excellent example of the way in which old industrial buildings can be used for contemporary purposes. The original structure of the old Hugger’s brewery was adapted to hold the Centre of Art and Business which today is one of Poznań landmarks.

The origins of the brewery go back to 1844, when Ambrosius Hugger came to Poznań from Württemberg and established a brewery in the location formerly occupied by a winery. Later, in the 1870s his sons, Julius and Alfons started establishing Hugger Breweries, which later became renowned. Around the year 1890 they built a brew-house, a malt-house and drying plant with its distinctive chimney; the whole fa-

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Poznań – following traces of Hipolit Cegielski

The origins of the largest industrial enterprise in Poznań date from 1846, when Hipolit Cegielski, one of the leading local proponents of the Positivist idea of organic economic development opened an ironmonger’s shop in the Bazar building. That was followed by a repair workshop which he established at Woźna Street, and a factory manufacturing tools and simple agricultural machinery at No. 7 Kozia Street (today the area is occupied by the courtyard of Józef Struś Hospital).

The industrial history of the plant began in 1859, when an iron foundry and then a forge were launched in the area purchased

by Cegielski at Strzelecka Street. The company mainly produced farming machinery, steam boilers and traction engines. One of the first factories in the part of Poland administered by Prussian authorities, the company initiated the process of industrialization in Wielkopolska.

H. Cegielski Poznań S.A. ul. 28 Czerwca 1956 223/229 61-485 Poznań tel. 61 831 13 50, fax 61 83113 72 www.hcp.com.pl Poznań – Gasworks

The construction of the gasworks was initiated in 1853 in the area delineated by a curve in the Warta river formerly occupied by gardens. Launched three years later it was the first plant of this type in

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Poznań – MPK Municipal Transport Museum

Automobile Museum in Poznań, photo: Z. Schmidt Gasworks in Poznań, photo: Z. Schmidt

Wielkopolska, and the fourth in the whole territory of Poland (preceded only by similar establishments in Wrocław, Szczecin and Gdańsk.). At that time gas was acquired in the process of raw coal carbonization at the temperature of 900-1300° Celsius, without air intake. Coal gas obtained this way was a source of fuel used by the municipality, mainly for illuminating streets. Later it was also supplied to households where it was used for cooking, heating water, pressing, heating residential quarters.

The general designer and constructor of Poznań gas works was Dr. John Moore from England. Its first facilities, i.e. retort house, processing room, and two gasholders were erected in a style which was characteristic for large-scale industrial buildings of the second half of the 19th century. Making reference to older architectural styles, the buildings were made of red brick and sparsely decorated.

Today there no traces of the waterworks, built in the area of the plant in 1866, or of three gasholders added later.

The old gasworks were closed in 1967, and the characteristic Koppers retort house and gasholders were dismantled in 1973.

The only facilities which today can still be seen there are: the syngas storage (from

1900), power station (1904), condenser and boiler room (1909). In the 1990s some of the gasworks facilities were adapted to hold offices, warehouses and workshops; other buildings, such as the boiler room and condenser are no longer used, and the syngas storage is in a state of disrepair. So far, none of the concepts for reviving and putting the old facilities into use have been implemented.

Old Gasworks, Poznań, ul. Grobla 8/9 Wielkopolska Spółka Gazownicza (Wielkopolska Gas Company) ul. Grobla 15, 61-859 Poznań tel. 61 854 51 00, fax 61 54 55 19 www. gazownia.poznan.pl Poznań – Automobile Museum

Nearly 40 vehicles, most of them in good technical condition, can be seen in the museum located underneath �������� Kaponiera Roundabout. Exhibits on display are the private property of members of Wielkopolska Automobile Club which is the owner of the museum. Although the exposition is not permanent and some cars are replaced from time to time, you can always see ex-

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The small Municipal Transport Museum was established in a historical transformer substation within the oldest facility of the tram depot at Głogowska St. It opened in 2007, on the 10th anniversary of Poznań Fast Tram Line and the 100th anniversary of the Głogowska St. tram depot. The building of the substation was erected in 1928-29, and it retained its original function until the late 1960s. ­

The oldest exhibits here include financial reports of Posener – Pferde – Eisenbahn Gesellschaft joint stock company (later – Poznań Electric Railway) published in print from 1881, as well as season tickets from the times before WWII (including a personal monthly ticket from 1908, a season ticket from 1927, membership tickets for families of employees of Poznań Electric Railway dating from the 1930s). We can also see here conductors’ uniforms, bags and accessories, ticket punching machines from 1976-1993, a Krak puncher for season bus passes (1964-1991), a Krab ticket vending machine (1964-1976), Merona machine, a training control panel from a 102N articulated bus, pre-war passenger seat (with adjustable backrest) from a carriage operating in Nuremberg, elements of bus stops and bus timetables used from the 1960s.

Visitors are invariably impressed with the original part of a passenger compartment from a N-type carriage. Poznań residents are also interested in the exhibition depicting consecutive stages of the construction of the so-called Pestka, i.e.

Poznań Fast Tram Line as well as its original scale model from 1978.

The holdings of the Municipal Transport Museum also include the historic rolling stock (Herbrand horse-drawn carriage from 1880, N+ND train set from 1949 and 1952, 102N articulated bus from 1969, 13N carriage from 1965, as well as Jelcz 043 Caro bus with P01 trailer).

Most interestingly, visitors can

Automobile Museum in Poznań, photo: Z. Schmidt

cellent examples of retro vehicles, sports cars, motorcycles and bicycles. Particularly noteworthy are the American limousines: Nash 6430 from 1926, Ford T from 1927 and Plymouth PD Six from 1933.

Enthusiasts of motorcycles can admire the English Ariel 500 cm3, a singlecylinder Harley Davidson from 1928 and a BMW R 4 from 1937, which is the company’s largest single-cylinder construction.

Fans of the Polish automotive industry can see here such motorcycles as a Sokół 1000 from 1936 and Junak m 10 with sidecar.

In addition to vehicles the museum also presents collections of unique components, accessories and artefacts.

These include collections of spark plugs, headlights and indicators.

Automobile Museum of Wielkopolska Automobile Club Rondo Kaponiera, 60-829 Poznań tel. 61 847 63 59 www.aw.poznan.pl

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National Museum of Agriculture and Food Industry in Szreniawa, photo: Z. Schmidt

Museum of Milling and Water Equipment of Rural Industry in Jaracz, photo: Archive of the Museum in Jaracz

take a tour of Poznań by an old tram – historic 0-line trams and 100-line buses operate on Sundays from April to October. Special trips by old trams can be arranged for organized groups.

are located in several pavilions and roofed structures specially built for this purpose.

This is because the museum holdings include approximately 16,000 exhibits of various dimensions – from small, simple tools to huge steam machines and traction engines (the oldest exhibit in the latter group dates from 1895 and was manufactured by the English company Robey & Corn). Arranged into several themed sections, the expositions depict the changes which took place in agriculture from ancient to contemporary times; the exhibits range from primitive scratch ploughs and flails to complex machines and appliances which allow for a glimpse into the technological and biological progress in farming in the 19th and 20th century.

Particularly impressive are the presentations related to the history of forest bee-keeping and apiculture with charming hives on display in the park; equally interesting are the exhibitions connected with the traditional food industry – here we can see old methods of baking bread, extracting oil and processing milk. Visitors can also get an idea about the development of various crafts from the impressive exposition of tools used by potters, carpenters, leatherworkers, smiths, coopers, weavers, and tanners.

MPK Municipal Transport Museum ul. Głogowska 131/133, 60-244 Poznań tel. 61 869 93 61 extension: 338 fax 61 866 37 08 www.mpk.poznan.pl Szreniawa – National Museum of Agriculture and Food Industry

The Museum in Szreniawa is the only Polish exhibition facility of this type and is also a rarity in Europe. Although it was established in 1964, its roots date from the 19th century, as it was designed to continue the traditions of the Museum of Industry and Agriculture which had been launched in 1875 in Warsaw and existed there until the outbreak of World War II.

It was initially located in the eclectic style mansion from the mid-19th century, a former seat of the Bierbaum family, owners of Szreniawa estate. Today the museum comprises an area of 10 hectares and includes a part of the old mansion park and manor farm from the early 19th century. Additionally, its expositions

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Yet, even the most interesting exhibitions cannot compete with live presentations of old techniques as well as farm and household chores. This is why the special events illustrating old country life in specific seasons of the year are immensely popular among the museum’s visitors.

A Francis turbine located in an annex building produced electricity which was then forwarded via transmission belts to power the machines in the mill. A majority of the appliances on display date from the 1920s, and were manufactured by J.Maxymowicz and J. Szejer Co. from Ostrów Wielkopolski, but we can also see here some German and Austrian machines. The mill was also equipped with a winnower, and other devices for removing weeds and sand from the grains, shelling machines designed to remove shells from grains as well as grinders and millstones for refining grain. The last stage of production involved sieving the flour in sifters and packing it into bags.

Other features worth seeing in this museum (which is a branch of the National Museum of Agriculture and Food Industry in Szreniawa) include the old stable; on display in its interior are historical artefacts related to grains processing, such as various quern-stones, processing tools which were used for cleaning millet grains, as well as feed grinders.

National Museum of Agriculture and Food Industry in Szreniawa ul. Dworcowa 5, 62-052 Komorniki tel. 61 810 76 29 www.muzeum-szreniawa.pl Jaracz – Museum of Milling and Water Equipment of Rural Industry

A watermill on the Wełna in Jaracz near Oborniki has been there from time immemorial. It is certain that the one existing here before 1790 burnt down in the 1800s. This is when the two-storey brick granary was reconstructed to hold the mill. In 1981 the old milling facility on the Wełna river, consisting of an industrial turbine-powered mill, stables and the miller’s house, was adapted for the needs of the museum. Today we can learn here about the history of grains processing from the earliest times to the 20th century; we can also see the cycles of milling production.

Museum of Milling and Water Equipment of Rural Industry in Jaracz, 64-608 Parkowo tel. 67 261 05 15 www.muzeum-szreniawa.pl

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certificates (Poznań butcher’s guild celebrated its 750th anniversary in 2007), as well as auxiliary equipment, including the earliest trichinoscope.

The southern room holds exhibits which are most interesting in terms of their technological features. These include a variety of appliances used in the meat processing industry, such as Art Nouveau furnishings used in butcher’s shops, refrigerators from the interwar period, appliances used in the processes of rendering fat and manufacturing meat products, as well as machines for canned meat production. This exposition is supplemented with the display in the western hall, including horse-drawn vehicles once used for transporting animals, as well as large refrigeration compressors (the earliest is over 130 years old).

Museum of Meat Processing in Sielinko ul. Parkowa 2, 64-330 Opalenica, tel. 61 447 36 14 www.muzeum-szreniawa.pl

Museum of Meat Processing in Sielinko, photo: Archive of the Museum in Sielinko

Trail 2 Sielinko – Rakoniewice – Wolsztyn – Śmigiel

Museum of Meat Processing in Sielinko, photo: Archive of the Museum in Sielinko

Sielinko – Museum of Meat Processing

In Europe there are only three such museums: in Hungary, Germany and in Poland. A branch of the National Museum of Agriculture and Food Industry in Szreniawa, the exposition in Sielinko near Opale������ nica was established following endeavours initiated by Professor Wincenty Pezacki from the Agricultural Academy in Poznań, who for years had been collecting exhibits related to the history of meat processing.

The museum collections, which have been on display since 1996 in a building specially erected for this purpose, are divided into four sections. The northern hall presents photographs, and the eastern exhibition room holds guilds’ banners, including the oldest one dating from 1645; various documents connected with the related guilds and professions, including master’s

Locomotive Parade in Wolsztyn, photo: Archive of the Town Office in Wolsztyn

Wielkopolska Museum of Fire-Fighting in Rakoniewice, photo: Archive of the Museum in Rakoniewice

Wolsztyn - Steam Locomotive Depot

Rakoniewice – Wielkopolska Museum of Fire-Fighting

The steam locomotive depot in Wolsztyn, dating from 1907, is the last facility of this type in Europe which is still used in accordance with its original purpose. We can see here a lot of original appliances and devices built in the early 20th century which were necessary for servicing steam engines, as well as a storage hall with room for eight locomotives, a water tower and a railway turntable.

The oldest steam engine in the museum’s holdings dates from 1917 and was manufactured in Berlin. Among the nearly 30 locomotives in the depot there is “Ty 51” steam engine from 1957, representing the last Polish series manufactured by HCP in Poznań; we can also see historic carriages, draisines, railway equipment and accessories.

The most famous steam engine is known as Beautiful Helena – it was awarded with the gold medal at the exposition in Paris in 1937. Iat that time it was the fastest Polish steam locomotive reaching a speed of 130 kilometres per hour. It was manufactured in Chrzanów.

The steam engines in Wolsztyn are unique because many of them are in perfect working order and they service regularly scheduled trains from Wolsztyn to Zbąszynek, Leszno and Poznań. You

Nearly 4,000 artefacts have been acquired by the Wielkopolska Museum of Fire-Fighting since 1974, when the facility was established. The museum is located in a half-timbered building formerly used as an Evangelical church. On its ground floor we can see old wagons and horse drawn fire engines, including the oldest wooden firefighting wagon from 1786. On the balconies of the post-Evangelical church we can see artefacts connected with voluntary firefighting brigades, as well as collections of uniforms, helmets, medals and banners.

There is also a large collection of posters and books related to the subject.

Because in the wooden church there was no room for some exhibits, two pavilions were built behind it in the 1980s and 90s, and these hold heavy equipment and fire engines. Among the latter we can see vehicles from the 1920s as well as trucks which were still in use a few years ago. The most noteworthy include two Chevrolets from 1927 and 1929 as well as a Bedford ladder from 1954.

Wielkopolska Museum of Fire-fighting ul. Kościelna 1, 62-067 Rakoniewice tel. 61 444 11 58 www.wmp-muzeum.psp.wlkp.pl

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Train station in Jarocin, photo: Z. Schmidt Train station in Skalmierzyce, photo: Z. Schmidt

can also take a trip on special Retro tourist trains, in four wheel carriages from 1928-30 or in eight wheel carriages from 1957-58.

The Steam Locomotive Depot is open for tourists, and each year at the beginning of May it hosts an event called Locomotive Parade, which attracts visitors from all over the world, including especially large number of enthusiasts from Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom.

modernized and increased their productivity.

Śmigiel gasworks consist of four separate buildings of red brick. In the middle of the complex we can see an imposing two-storey retort house with the furnaces.

On its western and eastern sides it adjoins the purifier and a housing facility. The production of gas in the facility was stopped in 1986, and today the buildings hold offices.

The gasworks in Śmigiel are the only facility of this type in Wielkopolska which has retained its entire equipment – the furnaces, suction pump, tar extractor, scrubbers, and desulphurization tanks. We can also see here two gasholders, as well as a large collection of gas meters and gas lamps.

The old gasworks can be visited in organized groups by prior arrangement with the promotion department of the Town Hall (tel. 65 518 00 03 extension: 42; 65 518 01 39)

PKP Steam Locomotive Depot ul. Fabryczna 1, 64-200 Wolsztyn tel. 68 419 17 93, 68 419 17 68 www.parowozowniawolsztyn.pl www.parowozy.com.pl Śmigiel – Gasworks

The complex of buildings for the gasworks in Śmigiel was erected in 1902 by Karl Franck’s company from Bremen. Like all facilities of this type launched at that time, the Śmigiel gasworks produced coal gas. When it opened it was equipped with two retort furnaces, an ammonia scrubber, three purifiers, a gas meter for 1,000 m3 of daily output, a municipal pressure regulator, and gasholder of 400 m3 capacity. During the following decades the gasworks were

Town Office pl. Wojska Polskiego 6, 64-030 Śmigiel tel. 65 518 00 03, 65 518 01 39

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Poland, was administered by Russia. In 1895 the village was linked to Ostrów Wielkopolski with a railway line, which in 1906 was extended to the territory of Congress Poland.

The neo-Gothic railway station dates from that time. It was erected during 1904-1909 to the design of a German architect named Herman. The two-storey edifice crowned with a steeple, was built of red brick, with decorative elements made of green glazed clinker bricks. The walls are up to 70 cm thick. The interior of the station was once richly ornamented and the restaurant was renowned for its standard and style which reportedly was similar to Berlin restaurants.

This imposing structure was designed as a showpiece of German architecture to be located on the eastern border of the territory administered by Prussia. In fact a meeting of Emperor Wilhelm II and Tsar Nicholas II was held here in 1913.

From the time Poland regained independence until 1922, when Strzałkowo was linked with Kutno, the route from Poznań to Warsaw passed this way. In 1924 the premises of the station were transformed to hold rolling stock repair workshops which contributed to the destruction of the unusual interiors. Today, a part of the building is occupied by a factory of musical instruments, and the remaining rooms are empty.

Stone bridge in Kalisz, photo: Archive of Tourist Information Centre in Kalisz, J. Kowalczyk

Trail 3 Jarocin – Nowe Skalmierzyce – Kalisz – Opatówek – Zbiersk – Turek Kłodawa Jarocin – Railway Station

The railway station in Jarocin is the only large transport hub surviving in Wielkopolska from the time the Prussians held authority over this area. Erected during 1870-75, this is a two storey brick building, with paintings from the 1950s above the windows. Its interiors have retained stucco ornaments. It was here that in October 1919 Józef Piłsudski met with the residents of Jarocin.

PKP S.A. ul. Kolejowa, 63-460 Nowe Skalmierzyce tel. 62 753 39 23 Kalisz – Stone Bridge

It was officially called “Alexandrian” and the name made a reference to Tsar Alexander I who was the ruling monarch when the bridge in Kalisz was erected. Yet it was commonly called Stone Bridge and this name is still used today. It replaced an earlier, wooden structure: that one had been called Mill Bridge because it met with a footbridge leading towards three mills.

The construction of the Alexandrian Bridge started in 1824 and was concluded

PKP Railway Station, ul. Dworcowa 1 63-200 Jarocin, tel. 62 749 13 68 Nowe Skalmierzyce – Railway Station

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LESZNO

RAKONIEWICE

SIELINKO

JARACZ

SZRENIAWA

CZARNKÓW

OTHER MONUMENTS OF TECHNOLOGY WORTH SEEING

Województwo Lubuskie

WOLSZTYN

GRODZISK WLKP.

CHRZYPSKO

Województwo Zachodniopomorskie

Województwo Pomorskie

OSTRÓW WLKP.

JAROCIN

GNIEZNO

TUREK

KONIN

OPATÓWEK

Województwo Opolskie

NOWE SKALMIERZYCE

KALISZ

ZBIERSK

Województwo Kujawsko-Pomorskie

Museum of Industrial History in Opatówek, photo: Archive of the Commune Office in Opatówek Museum of Industrial History in Opatówek, photo: Archive of the Commune Office in Opatówek

in 1825. In fact, this was the first structure of its kind in Kalisz and it has survived unchanged. It was designed by Sylwester Szpilowski, an architect who is also credited with a number of stately edifices in the city. During the construction works pile drivers were used to implant 104 oak piles into the bottom to reinforce the foundations for the arch bridge.

Two stone plaques were mounted onto the balustrades of the bridge – one bearing the coat of arms of Kalisz and the other holding an inscription in Latin: “Citizens of Kalisz express their will that, funded by the municipality, initiated in March of 1824 and completed in August of 1825 – honouring the name of His Highness Alexander I, the emperor and king, the father of our land and the protector of this city, this bridge shall stand for posterity as a witness of their gratitude and devotion.”

tory. It was built in 1824-26 by Adolf Gottlieb Fiedler, an entrepreneur and merchant from Saxony. A cutting-edge facility for those times, 10 years after it was launched it employed over 500 people, and its products were awarded with medals at domestic and international trade fairs.

The factory operated until the times of the First World War, yet the final decades witnessed its decline. Attempts to resume production in the interwar period were not successful. What was left of the factory was the large edifice at the cross-roads of Poniatowskiego and Kościelna streets. And indeed, this is an extremely valuable landmark of industrial classicist-style architecture of the first half of the 19th century. We can still see here the unique wooden ceilings with massive beams, with a length up to 14 metres, as well as a beautiful cast-iron staircase with open space inside which may have been used for the vertical transport of goods.

Following long time restoration works, in 1991 the Museum of Industrial History opened in the former factory; since then the museum has collected approximately 12,000 exhibits connected with Polish and European industry – steam-powered machines, laboratory instruments as well as office equipment and household appliances.

Particularly valuable is the collection of 63

Kalisz, Stone Bridge Opatówek – Museum of Industrial History

Ironically, the Museum of Industrial History is located in.... a village. Situated 10 km south-east of Kalisz, Opatówek lost municipal rights in 1870. Today it is a village holding the commune authorities, and the only reminder of the times when it was a town is the building of the former cloth fac-

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Sugar Plant in Zbiersk, photo: Z. Schmidt

Iron bridge in Opatówek, photo: Z. Schmidt

Opatówek – Iron Bridge

grand pianos and upright pianos dating from the early 19th to the mid 20th century, and manufactured by such companies as Lindemann, Zdrodowski, Bucholtz, Kerntopf, Małecki, Paepke, Betting, and Hintz.

Most importantly the museum collects appliances used in Polish industry.

We can see here steam-powered machines, looms, and machines used for spinning, textile finishing, embroidery and lace making, knitting, sewing and printing. Particularly noteworthy is the large collection of jacquard designs from the late 19th and early 20th century, as well as the exhibits representing industrial embroidery and laces. We can also see here contemporary fabrics (e.g.

Pope John Paul II’s chasuble), 19th and 20th century pottery and contemporary knitted fabrics.

Those who want to explore the subject in more detail can use the holdings of the museum library which collects literature related to technologies, industry and history as well as catalogues and brochures of various companies, and professional magazines from the early 20th century.

Even though it is small and looks inconspicuous, this is the oldest preserved iron bridge in Poland. Its structure holds the date of construction: 1824. Located in the park once surrounding the mansion of the owners of Opatówek, the bridge provided passage over the canal connecting the small Cienia river with a pond (remains of the 14th century moat around the castle of Gniezno archbishops).

The original cast-iron bridge served the subsequent estate owners for over a century. Unfortunately, after WWII its beautiful balustrade disappeared – it is presumed that it broke off and was scrapped.

Today, passers-by are protected by ordinary railings. The old balustrade has only been preserved in some old photographs.

Opatówek, bridge in the park Zbiersk – Sugar Plant

We do not know if - or when - a museum of sugar industry will be created in Zbiersk, even though there have been such plans. The sugar plant which still can be seen here is the only surviving facility of this

Museum of Industrial History ul. Kościelna, 62-860 Opatówek tel. 62 761 86 26, www.muzeum-opatowek.pl

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kind in Wielkopolska whose origins are connected with two different periods in the history of sugar production - it was built by the local landowners to produce sugar for the needs of their farming estate, then after 1870 it was transformed into an industrial plant.

It was established in 1852 by Wilhelm Aleksander Repphan, an industrialist from Kalisz. And although the original buildings burnt down in 1899, today we can still see there the early 20th century facilities erected after the fire, which were then reconstructed in the late 1920s and early 1930s.

The old sugar plant has an Lshaped layout. The factory buildings are in good condition and its storage buildings are still in use – for purposes unrelated to sugar production, which in fact was abandoned several years ago. Notable features of the place include the factory courtyard lined with a number of facilities, including a few adjoining cuboid-shaped buildings, the office building, a boiler house with a 36 metre tall chimney, pulp drying facility, and a warehouse connected via a platform to the packing area in the main building. We can also see there a housing estate which in the 1920s was built along the road leading to the plant.

textile plants were established. Similarly, after World War II the development of the town was mainly stimulated by the textile and mining industry.

Numerous landmarks bear witness to the town’s history related to weaving. These include a valuable complex of weavers’ houses from 1826 at Kaliska and Żeromskiego streets. They were built at the expense of the treasury of Congress Poland, and then offered to craftsmen for a fee. In terms of their architecture they were designed in a similar way. Each of these houses was built on a plot which was 23 metres wide and 50 metres long, and had an entrance at the front. The brick houses, each with dimensions of 15x8 metres were built facing the road with their longer wall. The singlestory houses had entrance doors ornamented with pilasters. They were covered with gable roofs, which originally were shingled and later coated with roofing paper. There were three windows placed symmetrically on both sides of the entrance. Inside there were two apartments, each of 50 m2 and they were separated by a common hallway.

At the back of the house there was a garden with outbuildings.

Weaving Art Museum in Turek, photo: Archive of Town Office in Turek

Zbiersk Cukrownia 61, 62-830 Zbiersk Turek – Weavers Houses and Weaving Art Museum

The history of weaving can be explored in the Weaving Art Museum located in the old 19th century town hall. The permanent exposition entitled “Traditional weaving and textile manufacture in Turek and the area” illustrates the local history of this craft. The exhibits on display include weaving counters from the second half of the 19th century, cups and banners (including those of Weavers’ Association, from 1828 and 1891), old photographs of the first textile manufacture established by Friedrich Müller, as well as a systematically growing collection of jacquard tapestries from the late 19th and early 20th century. Enthusiasts of old technologies will find it interesting to watch a weaving shop at work and to see the process of spinning warp. The museum regularly organizes weaving workshops.

Weaving Art Museum, pl, Wojska Polskiego 1 62-700 Turek, tel. 63 278 41 60 www.muzeum.turek.net.pl Kłodawa – Salt Mine

Salt deposits were discovered in Kłodawa in the late 1940s. The construction of a salt mine was initiated in 1949, and the plant was put into operation in 1956. At present this is the largest salt mine in Poland, Weavers Houses in Turek, photo: Archive of Town Office in Turek

The history of Turek, as a “city of weavers” started in 1815, when the town became part of Congress Poland. A trading centre where cloth brought from other places in Wielkopolska could be bought or sold, the town later became a significant centre for cloth making, particularly after 1826 when numerous weaving craftsmen moved here from western Wielkopolska, Bohemia and Saxony. In 1895 it was home to 358 workshops and 3 dyeworks, and in 1908 the first textile factory was launched here it later evolved into Miranda Silk Manufacture. In the early 20th century eight more

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producing approx. 1.3 million tons of salt per year. The overall length of the underground corridors and chambers totals approx. 350 km, and the volume of the empty spaces created as a result of the mining activity is 15 million m3.

Some of the former excavation pits have been designated to hold Kłodawa Underground Tourist Route, which opened for visitors in late 2004. The visiting programme includes a presentation discussing the history of the salt deposit formation, as well as the production process and the use of salt. Then visitors are taken down to the mine by an elevator (the descent at a speed of 6m/s, takes slightly more than a minute and a half). At 600 metres below ground, they follow the corridors to the subterranean chapel of St. Kinga, the patroness of salt miners. While visiting the place you can get a glimpse into the unique features of salt mining, see the machines used in its processes, as well as admire the empty salt chambers.

In 2007 Kłodawa Underground Tourist Route and selected geological sites were entered into the Register of Historic Monuments.

Tourist Service of Salt Mine "Kłodawa" S.A., Aleja 1000-lecia 2, 62-650 Kłodawa tel. 63 273 33 04 www.sol-klodawa.com.pl Tourist route in Kłodawa Salt Mine, photo: Z. Schmidt

Narrow Gauge Railways

The facility, which has consistently operated since the 19th century today is one of the few breweries in Poland using exclusively old methods of brewing beer and traditional appliances such as a steam boiler and open fermentation tanks. In 2006 the trademark Noteckie beer was entered onto the Polish List of Traditional Products.

In Wielkopolska we can still encounter narrow gauge railways which in fact are more and more popular with tourists..

Gniezno Access Railway for the first time carried passengers on 1 January 1896. That is when the first part of Witkowo District Railway was launched leading from Gniezno via Niechanowo, Arcugowo to Mielżyn. The route was 22.4 km long. Today the Gniezno Access Railway operates along the route from Gniezno to Anastazewo near Powidzkie Lake, and its length totals at 38 km. This is one of the few remaining railways in Europe which still uses exclusively steam traction technology. And although it mainly operates freight trains travelling between Witkowo and Powidz, it is also more and more often used by tourists. They can enjoy a trip on a train with an old Px48 steam engine and passenger carriages from the 1950s, as well as open-air carriages.

Special trips can be arranged for organized groups, and individuals can take a ride in the summer on Saturdays and Sundays at times specified by the train timetable.

Środa Narrow Gauge Railway, today linking Środa Wielkopolska and Zaniemyśl, is a remainder of the train service which over one hundred years ago operated the route between Kobylepole (today a part of Poznań) - Środa Wielkopolska - Zaniemyśl.

Its main line at the time was 59 kilometres long, but it also had a number of branch and side tracks linking various landed estates; it was also connected, via a regular gauge railway, with the H. Cegielski plant in Poznań at Główna St. and with Starołęka. The trains carried agricultural products to Środa and Poznań. Both freight and passenger trains for the first time used the railway in 1902.

Presently transporter trucks, so-called rollbock wagons, came into use for transporting broad-gauge carriages. Thanks to this solution transports reached their destination without the necessity of reloading the cargo. Today Środa Narrow Gauge Railway operates only one 13.5 kilometre long route

Brewery 64-700 Czarnków, ul. Browarna 1 tel. 67 255 20 21 www.browar-czarnkow.pl

Bridge in Chrzypsko Małe, photo: Z. Schmidt

Trail 4 Along the Noteć River - Czarnków Locks on the Noteć

The River Noteć, which is 388 km long, is the largest tributary of the Warta.

Its length from the Bydgoski Canal to Krzyż (137.3 km) is canalized. The river bed is enclosed in regulating structures, and on the river there are 14 barrages (including 12 within the Wielkopolskie Voivodeship); these consist of weirs, which dam up water, and navigation locks. Each lock consists of a single chamber with dimensions of 57.4 x 9.6 m, featuring a concrete structure; the lock in Krostkowo is the only one with an earthen structure. The level difference on the locks ranges from 0.43 m (Krostkowo) to 2.8 m (Gromadno, Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship). Due to these locks ships travelling along the “canal” overcome the level difference of 26.93 m. All the locks on the lower Noteć were built in the 19th century.

A lock is a part of a canal which is partitioned with a water chamber closed with two single or double-wing gates. A ship enters the chamber via one gate, while the other is closed; when it is inside the chamber, the former gate closes and, depending on the needs, water is either poured into or out of the chamber. When the water level in the chamber is equal to that in the exit canal,

Brewery in Czarnków, photo: Archive of the District Office in Czarnków

Other Noteworthy Monuments of Technology:

the other gate opens and the ship sails out to continue its journey.

The lower Noteć is navigable from April to December (the weirs are removed in winter and re-installed in spring). This is a major element of the waterway linking the Wisła and Odra rivers.

Bridge near Chrzypsko Małe

In the Wielkopolska section of the lower Noteć, weirs and locks can be found in: Krostkowo, Nowe, Walkowice, Romanowo, Lipica, Pianówka, Mikołajewo, Rosko, Wrzeszczyna, Wieleń, Drawski Młyn, Krzyż.

Czarnków – Brewery

The history of beer manufacturing in Czarnków goes back to the 16th century.

During the 17th and 18th century in the town there were usually 20 beer makers at a time. The buildings of the brewery, which still operates today, date from the late 19th century. They were presumably erected in the location formerly occupied by a medieval castle of the Nałęcz Czarnkowski family. In 1893 the brewery was purchased by Heinrich Koeppe, who thoroughly reconstructed it and expanded. From that time it was called Schlossbrauerei, and later in the interwar period it was known as the Castle Brewery. It was owned by the Koeppe family until 1945.

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Approximately one kilometre north-east of Chrzypsko Małe (Międzychód District) there is a unique steel and brick bridge, the highest one in the region. It was built in 1907-1908 as a part of the railway track between Szamotuły and Międzychód which was launched at the time. Destroyed during the 1939 September campaign, it was rebuilt by the Nazis in 1941. It went out of use in 1992 when the railway line was closed.

The bridge stretching at a height of 15 metres over the valley of the Oszczynica stream is a truly impressive sight. The combination of brick and steel structure produces an amazing effect. In its brick spans the designers made a reference to traditional stone bridges, while the central part was executed in the form of a steel bridge with a steel girder. The central span consists of two arched beams, with the traffic on top, while the lower strips are shaped in the form of an ellipsis. The total length of the bridge amounts to 91.8 m. Each of the three brick spans is 52 metres long and they are 15 metres tall. The brick and steel spans are 4.5 metres wide.

Bridge over the valley of the Oszczynica stream, approximately one kilometre northeast of Chrzypsko Małe (Międzychód District)

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is tangent with the regular gauge railway. We can also see there the old repair workshop and rolling stock. Thanks to the Association it was possible to save the oldest route of the railway: Białośliwie – Łobżenica and the branch tracks: Industrial Plant - Glesno and Czajcze – Wysoka. Additionally, old rolling stock was brought to Białośliwie, including three diesel engines of the WLS-40/50 type; two of these were promptly repaired. In spite of that, for the time being trains travelling between Białośliwie and Łobżenica operate only upon prior arrangement.

Gniezno Access Railway: Maintenance and Operation Department ul. Wrzesińska 2, 62-200 Gniezno tel. 61 426 11 30, 692 459 890 www.gkw-gniezno.pl District Narrow Gauge Railway ul. Niedziałkowskiego 25 63-000 Środa Wielkopolska tel. 61 285 82 98

Wyrzysk District Railway, photo: Archive of the District Office in Piła

Promotion and Development Department of the District Office ul. Żwirki i Wigury 1 63-000 Środa Wielkopolska tel. 61 286 58 90 www.srodawlkp-powiat.pl

linking Środa Wielkopolska and Zaniemyśl.

The train pulled by a Px48 steam engine covers the distance in 45 minutes travelling at an average speed of 25 km per hour.

Śmigiel Access Railway also dates from the late 19th century. Its first route was ready to be used in September 1900 – it linked Stare Bojanowo and Krzywiń, and it was designed for freight traffic; the next line from Bojanowo via Śmigiel to Wielichowo was designed for both freight and passenger trains. From 1973 steam engines stopped operating here because motor traction technology was introduced. Today Śmiegiel narrow gauge railway operates a 23 kilometre line from Stare Bojanowo to Wielichowo.

Wyrzysk District Railway was launched in the mid 1890s. A few years ago it was saved from liquidation by the Wyrzysk District Railway Association from Białośliwie. It is in fact in Białośliwie (30 km east of Piła) that a unique starting station of the railway is located – the multi-level facility

Śmigiel Access Railway ul. Dworcowa 3, 64-030 Śmigiel tel. 65 518 00 10 www.kolejka.smigiel.pl Wyrzysk District Railway Association ul. Polna 5, 89-340 Białośliwie tel. 606 339 343, 502 133 103 www.twkp.most.org.pl

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Hanka School Youth Hostel ul. Biskupińska 27, 60-463 Poznań Strzeszyn tel. 61 822 10 63, fax 61 840 71 28 www.schroniskohanka.com

Trail 1 Poznań – Szreniawa – Jaracz POZNAŃ

Catering Establishments Przy Bamberce Restaurant Stary Rynek 2, 61-772 Poznań tel. 61 852 99 17 www.bamberka.com.pl Brovaria Stary Rynek 73, 61-772 Poznań tel. 61 858 68 68/78, fax 61 858 68 69 www.brovaria.pl Bażanciarnia Stary Rynek 94, 61-773 Poznań tel. 61 855 33 58, 61 855 33 59 www.bazanciarnia.pl Chłopskie Jadło ul. Kantaka 8/9, 61-812 Poznań tel. 61 853 50 70 www.chlopskiejadlo.com.pl Gospoda Pod Koziołkami Stary Rynek 95, 61-773 Poznań tel. 61 851 78 68, fax 61 851 78 69 www.podkoziolkami.pl Pieprz i wanilia ul. Murna 3a (corner of Kozia St.), 61-771 Poznań tel. 61 851 86 64, fax 61 855 35 40 www.pieprzwanilia.pl Cymes ul. Woźna 2/3, 61-776 Poznań tel. 61 851 66 38 www.cymespoznan.pl Green Way- Vegetarian food outlet ul. 23 Lutego 11 (as well as ul. Taczaka 2 i Zeylanda 3) 61-741 Poznań, tel. 61 582 52 41 www.greenway.webpark.pl

Selected accommodation Sheraton Poznań Hotel ul. Bukowska 3/9, 60-809 Poznań tel. 61 655 20 00 fax 61 655 20 01 www.sheraton.pl

Safir Hotel ul. Żmigrodzka 41/49, 60-171 Poznań tel. 61 867 37 11 fax 61 867 83 36 www.hotelsafir.pl Poznański Hotel ul. Krańcowa 4, 62-030 Luboń tel. 61 649 99 88, fax 61 649 99 89 www.hotelpoznanski.pl

Mercure Hotel ul. Roosevelta 20, 60-829 Poznań tel. 61 855 80 00 fax 61 855 89 55 www.accorhotels.com HP Park Hotel ul. abpa Antoniego Baraniaka 77, 61-131 Poznań tel. 61 874 11 00 fax 61 874 12 00 www.hotelepark.pl Brovaria Hotel Stary Rynek 73-74, 61-772 Poznań tel. 61 858 68 68, www.brovaria.pl Ibis Poznań Centrum Hotel ul. Kazimierza Wielkiego 23, 61-863 Poznań tel. 61 858 44 00, www.ibishotel.com Lech Hotel ul. Św. Marcin 74, 61-809 Poznań tel. 61 853 01 51 (to 58), fax 61 853 08 80 www.hotel-lech.poznan.pl Fusion Hostel ul. Św. Marcin 66/72, 61-808 Poznań tel. 61 852 12 30, fax 61 853 46 0 www.fusionhostel.pl Green Hotel ul. Jeziorna 1a, 62-052 Komorniki tel. 61 810 80 75, fax 61 810 81 23 www.greenhotel.pl Nasz Klub Guest House ul. Woźna 10, 61-777 Poznań tel. 61 851 76 30, fax 61 851 66 81 www.naszklub.pl Penssion nad Wartą Guest House ul. Wieżowa 19, 61-111 Poznań tel./fax 61 852 00 89 www.nadwarta.neostrada.pl

Trail 2 Sielinko – Rakoniewice – Wolsztyn – Śmigiel RAKONIEWICE Accommodation U Michała Inn Drzymałowo tel. 61 444 15 26, 728 371 345, 602 575 966 www.gosciniecumichala.cgx.pl Catering establishments Zajazd u Bogdana 62-067 Rakoniewice Wieś tel. 61 444 14 59, 601 959 931 GAWRA- Restaurant ul. Pocztowa 10, 62-067 Rakoniewice tel. 61 444 12 71, 604 401 883, www.gawrark.pl

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WOLSZTYN

Catering establishments Husarska Inn Czacz, ul. Wielichowska 1, 64-030 Śmigiel tel. 65 5180 228, 605 893 684 www.karczmahusarska.pl

Accommodation Pałac Wolsztyn Hotel ul. Drzymały 4, 64-200 Wolsztyn tel. 68 346 93 58, 68 346 93 59 www.palacwolsztyn.com.pl tel. 68 384 27 46, 68 346 30 93, 68 346 30 94 fax 68 346 30 95 Sportowy Hotel ul. Bohaterów Bielnika 30, 64-200 Wolsztyn tel. 68 384 33 20 www.stadion.wolsztyn.pl Kaukaska Hotel ul. Poniatowskiego 19, 64-200 Wolsztyn tel. 68 347 28 52, tel/fax 68 347 12 84 www.kaukaska.pl

Trail 3 Jarocin – Nowe Skalmierzyce – Kalisz – Opatówek – Zbiersk – Turek - Kłodawa JAROCIN Accommodation Jarota Hotel ul. Sportowa 6, 63-200 Jarocin tel. 62 747 31 04, www.hoteljarocin.pl Oaza Hotel ul. Jarocińska 12, 63-200 Golina tel. 62 740 47 47, www.hotel-oaza.pl Witaszyce Palace al. Wolności 35, 63-230 Witaszyce tel. 62 740 14 67 www.palacwitaszyce.com.pl WALCEREK Inn ul. Poznańska 73, 63-200 Jarocin tel. 62 747 28 18, www.walcerek.pl

Catering establishments Dom Restauracyjny Europa ul. Roberta Kocha 44, 64-200 Wolsztyn tel. 68 384 25 47, tel/fax 68 347 2510 www.dom-restauracyjnyeuropa.eu.pl Zielona Prowansja ul. Wodna 1, 64-200 Wolsztyn tel. 68 347 15 44, 508 015 624 www.zielonaprowansja.pl Pizzeria Bico Bello ul. Poznańska 33 tel. 68 347 25 30 Powozownia Rynek 2a, 64-200 Wolsztyn tel. 68 347 26 87 www.powozownia.com.pl

Catering establishments Camea Restaurant ul. Wrocławska 114, 63-200 Jarocin tel. 604 27 74 29 Fiesta Restaurant ul. Ignacego Paderewskiego 11, 63-200 Jarocin tel. 62 747 34 50 Klubowa Restaurant os. Tadeusza Kościuszki 3, 63-200 Jarocin tel. 62 747 30 61 Przy Klasztorze Restaurant ul. Franciszkańska 4, 63-200 Jarocin tel. 62 747 66 81

ŚMIGIEL Accommodation School Youth Hostel ul. Marii Konopnickiej 5, 64-030 Śmigiel tel. 65 518 02 93 www.schronisko-smigiel.pl

NOWE SKALMIERZYCE

Agritourist Farms Ostoja Elżbieta Habernik ul. Kasztanowa 11, Bronikowo 64-030 Śmigiel, tel. 65 518 97 53 www.habernik.note.pl Pod Dębem Kazimiera Prasoł ul. Arciszewskich 30, Nietążkowo 64-030 Śmigiel, tel. 65 518 98 14 Irena Stopa Nowy Białcz 28, 64-030 Śmigiel tel. 65 508 37 47 63, 607 40 13 11 www.zaciszeczacza.com

Accommodation Lazur Hotel ul. Kaliska 42, 63-460 Nowe Skalmierzyce tel. 62 762 91 04, fax 62 762 91 07 www.lazur.pl Catering establishments Lazur Restaurant ul. Kaliska 42, 63-460 Nowe Skalmierzyce tel. 62 762 91 36, www.lazur.pl Nastrojowa Restaurant ul. Ostrowska 2, 63-460 Nowe Skalmierzyce tel. 62 762 14 92, 604 601 039, fax 62 762 13 20 www.nastrojowa.com.pl

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69 Restaurant - Cafe PUB 69 ul. Mickiewicza 3, 62-700 Turek tel. 63 289 36 60, www.69.turek.net.pl Sława Restaurant ul. Komunalna 4, 62-700 Turek tel./fax 63 280 37 30

KALISZ Accommodation Europa Hotel Al. Wolności 5, 62-800 Kalisz tel./fax 62 767 20 31/33, www.hotel-europa.pl Calisia Hotel ul. Nowy Świat 1-3, 62-800 Kalisz tel. 62 767 91 00, fax 62 767 91 14 www.hotel-calisia.pl Seven Hotel ul. Częstochowska 77, 62-800 Kalisz tel. 62 764 43 43 www.hotelseven.pl Flora Hotel ul.Wiatraki 3, 62-800 Kalisz tel. 62 757 46 50 www.hotel-flora.pl, recepcja@hotel-flora.pl School Youth Hostel ul. Handlowa 30, 62-800 Kalisz tel. 62 757 24 04

KŁODAWA Accommodation Dom Górnika Hotel ul. 3 Maja 1, 62-650 Kłodawa tel. 63 273 35 54, www.sol-klodawa.com.pl Catering establishments Junior. Restaurant. Food outlet along the road Warszawa-Poznań ul. K. Wyszyńskiego 57, 62- 650 Kłodawa tel. 63 273 60 96 Pizzeria K-2 ul. Warszawska 54, 62-650 Kłodawa tel. 63 273 50 36, www: pizzeria-k2.pl

Catering establishments Karafka ul. Górnośląska 10, 62-800 Kalisz tel. 62 767 86 60 www.cafekarafka.pl Piwnica Ratuszowa Główny Rynek 20, 62-800 Kalisz tel. 62 757 05 03 KTW Restaurant and Piwnica u Roberta Park Miejski 2, 62-800 Kalisz tel. 62 764 29 46, 62 767 42 95 www.restauracja-ktw.pl Pięterko Staropolska ul. Zamkowa 12, 62-800 Kalisz tel. 62 757 53 02

Trail 4 Along the Noteć River - Czarnków CZARNKÓW Accommodation Lidia Hotel ul. Przemysłowa 2, 64-700 Czarnków tel. 67 356 03 25 Czarna Hanka Hotel ul. Kościuszki 106, 64-700 Czarnków tel. 67 255 24 58, www.wpuszczy.pl Śmieszek Inn Śmieszkowo, ul. Wodna 13 64-700 Czarnków, tel. 67 255 10 31 Agritourist facility Waldemar Warnke, Gajewo 74, 64-913 Jędrzejewo tel. 67 255 83 80 Danuta i Wiesław Jeszke Kuźnica Czarnkowska ul Wyzwolenia 63, 64-700 Czarnków tel. 605 67 76 91

TUREK Accommodation Arkady Hotel plac Sienkiewicza 25, 62-700 Turek tel. 0-63/ 278-46-33, www.hotele.turek.pl Monika Hotel ul. Dworcowa 1, 62-700 Turek tel. 63 802 73 55, 289 12 24, fax 63 289 23 76 www.hotele.turek.pl Dom Górnika ul. Legionów Polskich 8, 62-700 Turek tel. 63 278 72 98 www.domgornika.turek.pl

Catering establishments Parkowa Restaurant Park Staszica tel. 67 255 25 86 Czarna Hanka Restaurant ul. Kościuszki 106 tel. 67 255 24 58 Pizzeria "La Prima Vera" ul. Putza 5, tel.672530079

Catering establishments Centralna Restaurant ul. Mickiewicza 4 tel. 63 278 45 01

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Tourist Information Poznań 61-772 Poznań, Stary Rynek 59/60 tel. 61 852 61 56, 61 855 33 79 it@cim.poznan.pl

Leszno 64-100 Leszno, ul. Słowiańska 24 tel. 65 529 81 91, 65 529 81 92 infotur@leszno.pl

Entrance, ul.27 Grudnia 61-816 Poznań, ul. Ratajczaka 44 tel. 61 851 96 45, 61 856 04 54 centrum@cim.poznan.pl

Nowy Tomyśl 64-300 Nowy Tomyśl pl. Niepodległości 10 tel. 61 442 38 06 r.ratajczak@nowytomysl.pl

Poznań International Fair 60-734 Poznań, ul. Głogowska 14 tel. 61 869 20 84 centrum@cim.poznan.pl

We would like to express our gratitude to Mrs. Teresa Palacz from the Local Division of the National Heritage Board in Poznań for her assistance in compiling this brochure.

Piła 64-920 Piła, al. Niepodległości 33/35 tel. 67 210 94 80 pit@powiat.pila.pl

Airport Poznań-Ławica 60-189 Poznań, ul. Bukowska 285 tel. 61 849 21 40 lawica@cim.poznan.pl

Puszczykowo 62-040 Puszczykowo, ul. Poznańska 1 tel. 61 633 62 83, 61 898 37 11 promocja@puszczykowo.pl

Poznań Railway Station 60-801 Poznań, ul. Dworcowa 1 tel. 61 866 06 67 info@globtourfb.poznan.pl

Śrem 63-100 Śrem, ul. Okulickiego 3 tel. 61 283 27 04 unia@srem.com.pl

Wolsztyn 64-200 Wolsztyn ul. Roberta Kocha 12a tel. 68 347 31 04 gci@wolsztyn.pl

Gniezno 62-200 Gniezno, ul. Rynek 14 tel. 61 428 41 00 info@szlakpiastowski.com.pl

Kalisz 62-800 Kalisz, ul. Zamkowa tel. 62 598 27 31 it@um.kalisz.pl

Publisher: Wielkopolska Tourist Organization ul. 27 Grudnia 17/19, 61-737 Poznań Text: Anna Plenzler Translation: Timothy Downey Graphic design: Agencja Fotograficzna Studio-F, www.olszewskiphoto.pl Cover photos: Archive of the Town and Commune Office in Rakoniewice, Z Schmidt, Archive of the District Office in Piła

Konin 62-510 Konin, ul. Dworcowa 2 tel. 63 246 32 48 biuro@lotmarina.pl

ISBN: 978-83-61454-67-0 Poznań 2012

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