| Siemionki
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| A small village lying in Nadgoplański Millenium Park Area. The old village’s names are: Siemieniewice and Siemienice. Till 1980 a vast park and palace was a base for Mikołaj Kopernik University in Toruń Ornithological Station. Since 1981it has been a Social Help House. Both the palace and the park were property of Jaruzelski family. |  |
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| A big village mentioned in particular sources as a property of the Benedictine abbacy in Mogilno (rights given in 1065). Name of the village comes from Wojuta and its original name was Wojucin. During the wars with the Teutonic Knights the village got totaly destroyed and there was a field hospital there during the January Uprising. Palace shown on pictures was built during the interwar period. There is a Health Centre, an Autonomy Kindergarten and a Parish Public Library there. |
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| Kościeszki | |
| A place on the banks of Lake Gopło. A village mentioned already in 1271. In the Middle Ages it was an abode of House Kościesza. There is an interesting, monumental wooden church from 1766. In front of the presbytery there is a misterious stone with a Roman engraving, probably symbolizing the Sun.On the nearby cemetery one can find a grave of the founder of the first in Wielkopolska countrywomen society in Kościeszki - Emilia Wyskota Zakrzewska. |  |
