Kórnik

Kórnik (pronounced: Koornick) is a city in Greater Poland, 18 km south east of Poznań, on the train line and road heading to Kalisz, Katowice, between Wronskie Lake and Kornickie Lake.

Get in

Kórnik is accessible first of all by buses, the transport company of the Commune of Kórnik (Kombus) serves several bus lines from Poznań – the best solution is to take line #501 from bus station Rondo Rataje, where you can get from the centre using trams: #3, #4, #6, #11, #12, #13. Line #501 run approximately 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:

Another option is to use PKS buses – at least 40 daily leave from the coach station. Timetable:

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

Getting to Kórnik by car is also easy: using express road number 11 the journey shouldn't take more than 20-25 min. Parking place: on the main square (a cheaper option) or nearby the Castle, next to the snack bars and souvenir stands (definitely more expensive, but closer).

Get around

Kórnik and its closest vicinities are also served by Kombus buses, but for most tourists they're useless, as both main Kórnik 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

• 1 The Dzialynski Castle. a castle with its roots in deep Middle Ages, the present shape is the result of a 19th century reconstruction. During the visit in the castle you will see beautiful interiors with original furniture from (mostly) 18th and 19th centuries, wonderful floors made of roots of trees, some paintings, musical instruments, souvenirs brought from all-over-the world by one of the Castle’s owners and – last but not least – the portrait of Mrs. Teofila – better known as Kórnik White Lady – a good ghost of the castle appearing every midnight in the park nearby. On the second floor there’s a unique armory collection and some book from extra precious Kórnik Library (which is a part of the Polish Academy of Sciences) : the manuscript of the first edition of Nicolas Copernicus’s Works, the first guide-book about Poznań, the first printed Bible in Polish (2nd half of 16th cent) and many other books or manuscripts. (updated Aug 2018)
• 2 Arboretum (The Dendrological Park). one of the biggest in Poland with more than 3,500 tree species from the north hemisphere, mostly from Japan, China and America. 7 zl. (updated Aug 2018)
• 3 Parish Church. from XVth cent. with a neogothic fasade and tombs of the Gorka Family (the previous Castle owners) (updated Aug 2018)

Eat

Kórnik itself:

• Restaurant "Biała Dama" (White Lady), 30, Niepodległości sq, ☏ +48 61 81 70 216, restauracja@bialadama.pl. 
• Restaurant "NESTOR", 34, Poznańska 34 str., ☏ +48 61 81 90 800. 
• Restaurant DAGLEZJA, 7, Woźniaka str., ☏ +48 61 89 72 700, hotel@hoteldaglezja.pl. 
• Restaurant Kórnicka, 19, Poznańska str., ☏ +48 61 89 80 622. 
• Non Stop, 36 Niepodległości sq., ☏ +48 61 81 70 372. 
• Tawerna Pod Żaglami, 6, Leśna str., ☏ +48 61 89 80 731. 
• Pizzeria Piccolo, 25, Niepodległości sq., ☏ +48 61 81 71 970. Pizza and kebabs. 
• Bistro Pizzeria, Kórnik - Podzamcze, ☏ +48 505 653 338. 
• Caffe-Bar, 2, Pocztowa str., ☏ +48 61 81 90 778. 
• Restaurant Kaprys, 44, Niepodległości sq., ☏ +48 61 81 70 095. 
• Bar, 22, Zamkowa str., ☏ +48 61 81 90 453. 
• Bar Uniwersalny, 3, Rynek sq., ☏ +48 61 81 70 320. 
• Restaurant Pizzeria SOPRANO, 18, Łąkowa str, ☏ +48 61 897 16 39, +48 512 134 132, kuchnia@soprano-kamionki.pl. 

Surroundings:

• Restaurant i Pizzeria "Casablanca", Bnin – 8, Rynek Sq., ☏ +48 61 81 70 425. http://www.restauracja-casablanca.pl. 
• Restaurant w "Non-Stop-Inn", Gądki – 1, Dworcowa str., ☏ +48 61 81 71 300, zajazd@non-stop.prv.pl. 

Sleep

• The Kórnik Guest Rooms, 25, Niepodległości sq, ☏ +48 61 81 90 722, +48 604 293 146. 9 double rooms. 
• Marzymięta Inn, Czmoniec 59, ☏ +48 61 81 71 252, biuro@marzymieta.pl. 20 beds. 
• Hotel DAGLEZJA, 7, Woźniaka str., ☏ +48 61 89 72 700, hotel@hoteldaglezja.pl. 39 double rooms and an apartment, 2 rooms for handicapped people. 
• "Non-Stop" Inn, Gądki – 1, Dworcowa str., ☏ +48 61 81 71 300. 25 double rooms. 
• Hotel Rodan, 5D, Poznańska str, ☏ +48 61 819 08 21, +48 819 08 22, hotel.rodan@interia.pl. 
• Tennis Centre Motel, 5d, Poznańska str., ☏ +48 61 817 02 18, centrumtenisowe-motel@pri.pl. 19 beds. 
• Hotel "NESTOR", 34, Poznańska str., ☏ +48 61 81 90 800. 13 beds. 
• Sport and Recreation Centre, 6, Leśna str., ☏ +48 61 81 70 183. 9 camp-houses with 5 beds each, 16 beds in a sport hotel, camp side. 
• The Rest House in Błażejewko, ☏ +48 61 81 70 177, +48 81 70 161, blazejewko@poznan.home.pl. 

Connect

• The City Office in Kornik, 1, Niepodległości sq., ☏ +48 61 81 70 411, kornik@kornik.pl. 
• The Castle, ☏ +48 61 817 00 81. 

Go next

From Kórnik you can go back to Poznań with a stop in Rogalin (where you can visit a classic palace of the Raczynski Family, and Poland's oldest oak trees), to Zaniemysl with marvellous lakes, to Zerkow-Czeszewo Landscape Park (covering the natural Warta river, or simply further south-east to Gołuchów or Kalisz – Greater Poland's second biggest city. Just next to Kórnik, in Bnin (2 km) you can see the birthplace of Wisława Szymborska (a Literature Nobel Prize Winner in 1990s) and some nice 19th century tenement houses and a Town Hall.

An interesting thing for nature-lovers can be a beaver's trail starting in Czmoniec village and leading alongside the Warta river, where beavers’ habits are presented on 9 boards and – with some luck – you can watch these nice rodents.