Park Jan Dombrowski Park, located in the oldest part of poznań, close to the old city brewery. The Park was named in honor of a division of the Polish General Jan Henryk Dabrowski, whose military exploits sung in the national anthem.
In 1832 one of the religious movements bought a plot of land the family Michalski. Michalski was holding the manor, surrounded by extensive manicured gardens with ponds and vineyards. The new owners have arranged on 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 Poznan closed cemetery, transforming the area into a reserve. In the Park were 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 badly damaged: destroyed gravestones and old trees, located on the territory: oaks, maples, poplars. Not so long ago planted shrubs and young trees were also destroyed, killing snails. Old HOMESTEAD family Michalski was destroyed.
After the Second world war, the reserve was converted into a public city Park, which until 1990 was called "liberation Park", after which it was renamed in honor of General John Dombrowski.
Currently, the Park occupies an area of 4 hectares of land. In 2010 there was a interesting post-modern composition "Not a monument by the sculptor Wojciech Kujawski.
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