Mathaeus POPIOLEK

[N4728]

ABT 1812 - ____

BIRTH: ABT 1812, Marcinkowo Gorne, Znin, Prussian Poland

Family 1 : Katharina KALASINSKA

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[N4728] Marcinkowo Gorne - Gasawa Parish
The town is located 1.5 km for Gasawa. The village is known for the tragic death of Prince Cracow - Sandomierz Leszek the White in 1227 participating in the congress of the Polish princes in Gasawa. Prince, treacherously attacked in Gasawa while taking a bath in the bath, salwowa to escape the upper Marcinkowo, where they caught up with him and killed people Swietopek Gdansk. The event commemorates the road were standing statue of the prince. Death Leszek the White was a tragic event in Polish history, because staying in Gasawa princes debated the idea of unification of Polish dzielnicowo broken and had to be senioralnym Duke Leszek the White. The event was dedicated two paintings by Jan Matejko. Also Elsner, Chopin's teacher, wrote an opera Fri "Leszek White". Leszek the White Monument erected in 1927, destroyed by the Nazis, and its restoration took place in 1973. The last owners of the property and the court were standing here Gozimirscy.

Objects sightseeing: Baroque manor house in Upper Marcinkowie built in the first half of the eighteenth century, is a one-storey building of brick and facjatami attic, partial basement. Front elevation adds Penthouse with terrace and attic crowned abutments. Inside there are stucco ceiling decorations. The entrance gate to the house is decorated with sculptures of warriors trzymajacymi escutcheons. Manor surrounded by 2.5 hectares of landscaped park, dominated mostly maples, ash and chestnut.

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