'''Kornik''' (pronounced : Koornick) is a city in Greater Poland, located 18 kms south eats of Pozna?, on the train line and road heading to Kalisz, Katowice, between Wronskie Lake and Kornickie Lake.

Get in

Kornik is accessible forst of all by buses, the transport company of the Commune of Kornik (Kombus) serves several bus lines from Poznan ? the best solution is to take line #501 from bus station Rondo Rataje, where yoo can get from the centre using trams : #3, #4, #6, #11, #12, #13. Line #501 run appr. twice an hour in peak hours, and once an hour in between-peak period. Another solution are lines : #502 (peak hours only), or 560 and 561 heading to the town of Zaniemysl. More timetables and fares : [http://www.kombus.com.pl]

Another option is to use PKS buses ? at least 40 daily leave from the coach station. Timetable : [http://www.pks.poznan.pl]

If you really like trains you can use one going from Pozna? to Kornik ? there are many of them, but the station in Kornik is situated 3 kms from the centre (however ? you can use Kornik local buses to get from the station to the centre : #502, #590, #591, #592, #594.

Getting to Kornik by car is also easy : using express road number 11 the journey shouldn_ft take more than 20-25 min. Parking place : on the main square (a cheaper option) or nearby the Castle, next to the snack-bars anr souvenir stands (definitely more expensive, but closer).

Get around

Kornik and its closest vicinities are also served by Kombus buses, but for most of tourists they_fre useless, as both main Kornik attractions (the Castle and parish church) are located appr. 200m from each other. However, buses can be useful for those planning to spend some time on one of the surrounding lakes.

See

  • '''The Dzialynski Castle''' ? a castle with its roots in deep Middle Ages, the present shape is the result of the XIXth cent. reconstruction. During the visit in the castle you will see beautiful interiors with original furniture from (mostly) XVIIIth and XIXth cent, wonderful floors made of roots of tress, some paintings, musical instruments, souvenirs brought from all-over-the world by one of the Castle_fs owners and ? last but not least ? the portrait of Mrs. Teofila ? better known as Kornik White Lady ? a good ghost of the castle appearing every midnight in the park nearby. On the second floor there_fs a unique armoury collection and some book from extra precious Kornik Library (which is a pert of the Polish Academy of Sciences) : the manuscripte of the first edition of Nicolas Copernicus_fs Works, the first guide-book about Pozna?, the first printed Bible in Polish (II half of XVIth cent) and many other books or manuscriptes.
  • The Dendrological Park ? one of the biggest in Poland with more than 3 500 tree species from the north semisphere, mostly from Japan, China and America
  • the parish church from XVthe cent with a neogothic fasade and tombs of the Gorka Family (the previous Castle owners)
  • Eat

    '''Kornik itself:'''
  • Restaurant "Bia?a Dama"(White Lady), 30, Niepodleg?o?ci sq, Phone : +48 61 81 70 216, mailto:restauracja@bialadama.pl [http://restauracja-bialadama.poznan.pl]
  • Restaurant "NESTOR", 34, Pozna?ska 34 str., Phone : +48 61 81 90 800 [http://www.nestor-motel.pl]
  • Restaurant DAGLEZJA, 7, Wo?niaka str., Phone : +48 61 89 72 700 mailto:hotel@hoteldaglezja.pl [http://www.hoteldaglezja.pl]
  • Restaurant Kornicka, 19, Pozna?ska str., Phone : +48 61 89 80 622
  • Non Stop, 36 Niepodleg?o?ci sq., Phone : +48 61 81 70 372
  • Tawerna Pod ?aglami, 6, Le?na str., Phone : +48 61 89 80 731
  • Pizzeria Piccolo - pizza i kebab, 25, Niepodleg?o?ci sq., Phone : +48 61 81 71 970
  • Bistro Pizzeria, Kornik - Podzamcze, Tel : 505 653 338
  • Caffe-Bar, 2, Pocztowa str., Phone : +48 61 81 90 778
  • Restaurant Kaprys, 44, Niepodleg?o?ci sq., Phone : +48 61 81 70 095
  • Bar, 22, Zamkowa str., Phone : +48 61 81 90 453
  • Bar Uniwersalny, 3, Rynek sq.. Phone : +48 61 81 70 320
  • Restaurant Pizzeria SOPRANO, 18, ??kowa str., Phone : +48 61 897 16 39, 512 134 132
  • [http://www.soprano-kamionki.pl] mailto:kuchnia@soprano-kamionki.pl

    '''Surroundings :'''

  • Restaurant i Pizzeria "Casablanca", Bnin ? 8, Rynek Sq., Phone : +48 61 81 70 425 [http://www.restauracja-casablanca.pl]
  • Restaurant w "Non-Stop-Inn", G?dki ? 1, Dworcowa str., Phone : +48 61 81 71 300 mailto:zajazd@non-stop.prv.pl [http://www.nonstop.hotel.pl]
  • Inn "Marzymi?ta", Czmoniec 59, Phone : +48 61 81 71 252, mailto:gosciniec@bolo.pl [http://www.reges.pl/marzymieta.htm]
  • Sleep

  • The Kornik Guest Rooms, 25, Niepodleg?o?ci sq., Phone : +48 61 81 90 722, 604 293 146 - 9 double rooms
  • Marzymi?ta Inn , Czmoniec 59, Phone : +48 61 81 71 252, mailto:gosciniec@bolo.pl [http://www.reges.pl/marzymieta.htm] - 20 beds
  • Hotel DAGLEZJA, 7, Wo?niaka str., Phone : +48 61 89 72 700 mailto:hotel@hoteldaglezja.pl h[ttp://www.hoteldaglezja.pl] - 39 double rooms and an appartment, 2 rooms for handicapped people
  • "Non-Stop" Inn, G?dki ? 1, Dworcowa str., Phone : +48 61 81 71 300 mailto:zajazd@non-stop.prv.pl [http://www.nonstop.hotel.pl], 25 double rooms
  • Hotel Rodan, 5D, Pozna?ska str., Phone : +48 61 819 08 21, 819 08 22, mailto:hotel.rodan@interia.pl
  • Tennis Centre Motel, 5d, Pozna?ska str., Phone : +48 61 817 02 18, mailto:centrumtenisowe-motel@pri.pl [http://www.centrumtenisowe-motel.pri.pl] - 19 beds
  • Hotel "NESTOR", 34, Pozna?ska str., Phone : +48 61 81 90 800 [http://www.nestor-motel.pl] - 13 beds
  • Sport and Recreation Centre, 6, Le?na str., Phone : +48 61 81 70 183 - 9 camp-houses with 5 beds each, 16 beds in a sport hotel, camp side
  • The Rest House in B?a?ejewko, Phone : +48 61 81 70 177, 81 70 161, mailto:blazejewko@poznan.home.pl
  • Contact

  • The City Office in Kornik, 1, Niepodleg?o?ci sq., Phone : +48 61 81 70 411, [http://www.kornik.pl] mailto:kornik@kornik.pl
  • The Castle : Phone : +48 61 817 00 81, [http://www.bkpan.poznan.pl]
  • Get out

    From Kornik you can go back to Poznan with a stop in Rogalin (where you can visit a classicistic palace of the Raczynski Family and Poland_fs oldest oak trees), to Zaniemysl with marvellous lakes, to Zerkow-Czeszewo Landscape Park (covering the natural Warta river, or simply further suoth-east to Go?uchow or Kalisz ? Greter Poland_fs seconnd biggest city. Just next to Kornik, in Bnin (2 kms) you can see the birthplace of Wis?awa Szymborska (a Literature Nobel Prize Winner in 1990s) and some nice XIX-century tenement houses and a Town Hall.

    An interesting thing for nature-lovers can be a beaver_fs trail starting in a village Czmoniec, leading alondside Warta river, where beavers_f habits are presented on 9 boards and ? with some luck ? you can watch these nice rodents.