Love is in the air
Chelmno (Chełmno) is located in northern Poland, within the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. The town is a very popular day trip destination for tourists visiting Toruń, which is just 44km away and Bydgoszcz, which is 47km away.
Chełmno is a town with a rich history, dating back to the 13th century. It is known for its well-preserved medieval architecture, including the impressive St. Mary’s Church, the Town Hall and the remains of the city walls. The town’s main square, Rynek, is surrounded by colorful, gothic townhouses and is a great place to relax and people watch.
Chelmno’s history is associated with the Teutonic Knights who made it their capital city in 1233. Visitors are attracted to the town’s well-preserved medieval centre, with five Gothic churches and a beautiful Renaissance town hall in the middle of the market square, in addition to an impressive 2km ring of defensive walls with 23 watch towers and the Grudziadz Gate.
Nowadays, Chelmno is being promoted as a city of love and lovers. The first textbook for lovers, ‘Handbook for lovers’ was published here in 1893. Chelmno becomes a major tourist attraction on 14th February every year, when thousands of visitors descend on the town to celebrate Valentine’s Day. They come to see an unusual relic kept in a parish church – small pieces of skull belonging to St. Valentine, the patron saint of love.
Planty Park is a popular location for walks and a favourite spot for the locals to chill out and unwind. Other attractions include The Crusader Castle Miniature Park and the Medieval Knights Village complete with torture chamber.
Kuyavia-Pomerania
Kuyavia-Pomerania is an important province when you consider Polish heritage and early history.
Throughout the region you will find monuments to Poland’s past such as the archaeological open-air museum in Biskupin; which is a life-size model of a late Bronze age fortified settlement dating all the way back to 8th century BC.
Poland is home to many Teutonic castles and the province of Kuyavia-Pomerania has a few that are in ruins but also a few that have been preserved.
The most famous one in the region is the Golub-Dobrzyń Castle of the Teutonic Knights, built at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries, later rebuilt and extended in the 15th century.
Between 1616 and 1623 it was a residence of Anna of Finland; during this period a Renaissance attic was added. The castle was destroyed during The Deluge. In the 19th century, it was neglected and a gale caused the collapse of its attic. After 1945 the castle was rebuilt and renovated.
Toruń is the most interesting city in the region. The entire city is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site for being an unusually well-preserved example of a medieval European trading and administrative centre. The city is made up of three areas: the Old Town to the west, the New Town to the east and Toruń castle in the south east.
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Kuyavia-Pomerania (Kujawsko-Pomorskie) is situated in mid-northern Poland in the lower Vistula valley. It has two main cities; which act as the province’s joint capitals, Bydgoszcz and Toruń with the latter being a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Kuyavia-Pomerania is an important province when you consider Polish heritage and early history. Throughout the region you will find monuments to Poland’s past such as the archaeological open-air museum in Biskupin; which is a life-size model of a late Bronze age fortified settlement dating all the way back to 8th century BC. In Kruszwica, you will find the Collegiate Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, a granite and sandstone Romanesque Roman Catholic church founded in 1120.
Bydgoszcz is a city in northern Poland, situated on the Brda and Vistula rivers in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. It has shared the title of co-capital of the region with the city of Toruń since 1999. The city boasts an impressive mix of architectural styles. They include neo-gothic, neo-baroque, neoclassicist, modernist and Art Nouveau for which it has earned the nickname of. ‘Little Berlin.’ Bydgoszcz is synonymous with its urban greenery and architecture and boasts the largest city park in Poland at 830 ha, but is mostly famous because of Mill Island (Wyspa Młyńska in Polish), which was once the industrial centre of the city during the Middle Ages and several hundred years thereafter.
Today, the Medieval Town of Toruń is a historical city on the Vistula River in north central Poland and shares the title of capital city of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship with the city of Bydgoszcz. The entire city is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site for being an unusually well-preserved example of a medieval European trading and administrative centre. The city is made up of three areas: the Old Town to the west, the New Town to the east and Toruń castle in the south east. The Teutonic Order built a castle in Toruń in the mid-13th century as a base for the conquest and evangelization of Prussia, and the city soon became a significant European trading and administrative centre with a commercial role as part of the Hanseatic League.
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