St. John of Jerusalem Church

History

It is in the 14 century already, that the castle has been built in Kórnik by the brother of the bishop of the nearby Poznań. The medieval defensive castle has been throughout centuries changed and rebuilt by the consecutive aristocratic owners, the noble families Górka, Nałęcz Czarnkowski, Grudziński and Szołdrski. Inherited in 1801 by the Działyński family, the Kórnik Castle has been rebuilt (1843-1861) in the neo-gothic style by the famous architect from not so far away Berlin - Karl Friedrich Schinkel. Death of the owner - Tytus Działyński interrupted the construction, but just a few years later, his son Jan Kanty Działyński continued the works. Unfortunately, because of the Jan Kanty Działyński participation in the National Insurrection of 1863, he had to flee the country. He was in 1864 in his absence sentenced to death, and it took him several years to reverse this conviction and connected with it confiscation of the Kórnik castle. In 1880, the property has been inherited by Władysław Zamoyski, who before his death gave the castle and the park to the Polish nation. In 1924, a foundation has been created called Zakłady Kórnickie, which till today manages the property.