The granite obelisk of the Monument to the Greater Poland Insurgents i

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Monument to the Greater Poland Insurgents

The monument commemorates the Greater Poland Uprising, the only victorious Polish uprising, which lasted from 27 December 1918 to 16 February 1919. It stands where ul. Królowej Jadwigi meets ul. Wierzbięcice, on the edge of Drwęski Park.

About the monument

It was designed by Alfred Wiśniewski of the art school in Gdańsk. It was unveiled on 19 September 1965.

The obelisk is 17 metres high and clad in grey granite. Its bas-reliefs show an eagle and scenes from the struggle for Polishness: the children's strike in Września, Drzymała's wagon, Marcin Kasprzak and the death of the first insurgent, Franciszek Ratajczak.

Next to it stand figures of two insurgents: an officer with a sabre and a private with a rifle. In 1988 a parade ground was laid out around the monument.

Good to know

The uprising broke out the day after Ignacy Jan Paderewski's speech in front of the Hotel Bazar. Its story is told by the Museum of the Greater Poland Uprising on the Old Market Square.

It is about 300 metres from here to Stary Browar.

Sources (in Polish)

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