Mogilno

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Mogileńskie Lake in winter in Mogilno, Poland

Mogilno is a town in central Poland, situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Bydgoszcz Voivodeship (1975-1998).

1 History
2 Sights
3 Major corporations
4 External links

[edit] History

Mogilno belongs to one of the oldest settlements at the border of the Greater Poland and Kuyavia region. Since turn of 8th and 9th century until 10th century the early-mediaeval settlement existed here, at the long narrow headland surrounded by waters of Mogileńskie Lake from west and south and marshes from east. In 1065, a Benedictine abbey was founded here by Bolesław II Śmiały. At the north from abbey developed a city, which in 1398 was granted a city charter, and which was abbey's property until 1773. After 1st Partition in 1772 the city had fallen into Prussian part, and in 1920 was regained by Poland. Since 1898 until his death in 1910 a parish priest in Mogilno was Piotr Wawrzyniak.

[edit] Sights

Former Benedictine abbey; church dates back to 11th century, rebuild in 13th and 1st half of 16th centuries in late-Gothic style, and also later in 2nd half of 18th century in late-Baroque. Facade is from end of 18th century. The church still retained many Romanesque parts, as pillars, parts of walls in the nave, and particularly well preserved are apse and two crypts. The three-winged abbey with garth dates from 14th century, and was rebuild in 18th.
Late-Gothic church of St. James dating back to ca. 1511
Centre of the city with houses from 19th century
Cemetery with a monument to Piotr Wawrzyniak (and a second monument to him at park)