Czarnolas, Zwoleń County

Village in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

51°25′43″N 21°42′11″E / 51.42861°N 21.70306°E / 51.42861; 21.70306Country

PolandVoivodeshipMasovianCountyZwoleńGminaPoliczna

Czarnolas [t͡ʂarˈnɔlas] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Policzna, within Zwoleń County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) north-east of Zwoleń and 100 km (62 mi) south-east of Warsaw.

Czarnolas is famous as the residence of the Polish Renaissance poet, Jan Kochanowski. Today the village hosts the Jan Kochanowski Museum in Czarnolas [pl]. opened in 1961.^[2]

The village's name translates to "blackwood" or "black forest".

History

The village belonged to the Kochanowski family for a century, then frequently changed owners. In 1830, on the site of the poet's manor house, which had burned down, a Neogothic chapel was erected. In 1961, in the Jabłonowski family's 19th-century manor house, within a picturesque garden, was established the Jan Kochanowski Museum, before which stands a statue of the poet by M. Welter.^[3]^[4]

From 1975 to 1998, the village was part of Radom Voivodeship.

References

^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
^ "Muzeum Jana Kochanowskiego w Czarnolesie". muzeumkochanowski.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-02-22.
^ Palacz, Tomasz (1986). Czarnolas Jana Kochanowskiego (in Polish). Wydawn. Lubelskie. ISBN 978-83-222-0374-3.
^ Szewczyk, Aleksandra; Pałubska, Katarzyna (2014). "Planowanie przekształceń krajobrazowych założenia parkowo-dworskiego przy Muzeum im. Jana Kochanowskiego w Czarnolesie" [Landscape transformations planning of the historical court garden by the Museum of John Kochanowski in Czarnolas]. Teka Komisji Architektury, Urbanistyki i Studiów Krajobrazowych (in Polish). 10 (1). ISSN 1895-3980.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)