Park Jan Dombrowski
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Jan Dombrowski Park - Park, located in the old part of Poznan, located not far from the old city brewery. The park was named in honor of the Polish divisional general Jan Henryk Dombrowski, whose military exploits are sung in the hymn of the country.

In 1832, one of the religious movements bought the land from the family Michilskih. Michilskie held here mansion, surrounded by lush manicured gardens with ponds and vineyards. The new owners have arranged in their lands Calvinist cemetery. After the collapse of the religious organization, the territory was transferred to the parish of St. Peter, after which there appeared Lutheran cemetery.

In 1936, the Regional Committee for Nature Protection in Poznań closed the cemetery, transforming the territory of the reserve. The park was planted a large number of rare shrubs and trees, the park was inhabited by unique species of snails.

During the fighting in 1945, the cemetery was severely damaged: tombstones were destroyed, as well as the old trees, located on the territory: oaks, maples, poplars. Not long ago, planted shrubs and young trees were also destroyed, killing snails. Old Manor Michilskih family was destroyed.

After the Second World War was transformed into a nature reserve public city park, which until 1990 was called the "Park of liberation", after which it was renamed in honor of General Jan Dombrowski.

Currently, the park covers an area of ​​4 hectares of land. In 2010 there was established an interesting postmodern composition "No monument" by sculptor Wojciech Kujawski.

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