Wednesday 7 May 2008

Polish places connected with Napoleon

In Poland you can find a lot of places connected with Napoleon Bonaparte.
Here are the names of villages ang towns:
Bolechowo
Brodnica
Bytyń
Chojno
Cichowo
Czarnków
Gaj Wielki
Glinno
Gniezno
Górczyn
Iłowiec Wielki
Jarocin
Kalisz
Kępno
Konarzewo
Konin
Kościan
Kórnik
Łaziska
Międzyrzecz
Mosina
Niegolewo
Opatówek
Owińska
Pławisko
Pniewy
Posadowo
Poznań
Swarzędz
Rawicz
Sędzimirowice
Sieraków
Skwierzyna
Słupca
Swarzędz
Węgierki
Winna Góra

Józef Zajączek - a famous general in Opatówek


Opatówek ( county of Kalisz) –
in 1807 granted by Napoleon to General Józef Zajączek, later governor of the Kingdom of Poland. Józef Zajączek took part in the Kościuszko Insurrection and the Napoleonic wars.
In 1809-1826 he resided in the (today non-extant)palace, on whose frontage he placed the inscription Magni Napoleonis donum (Gift of the great Napoleon).
The general was buried in a chapel of the Neo-Gothic church of the Holy Heart of the Lord Jesus.
His wife,who at the age of eighty still stirred fervent affection among young
admirers, also became a historical figure of sorts; the secret of her beauty
supposedly lay in the lumps of ice always kept under her bed.
The historical town has preserved a unique Classical complex: tollgates, a
school, grange buildings, and a park (14, 9 hectares). Another object
worth visiting is the Industry Historical Museum (in the picture)in a Classical building of the former cloth works belonging to General Zajączek.