The Trail of Famous Lubliners

At the Narutowicza street, next to the Church of the Assumption of Our Lady of Victory, stands a memorial to Jan Kochanowski (1530-1584). It was executed by Franciszek Strynkiewicz on the occassion of the 400th anniversary of the birth of the writer. It was originally situated in the Old Town, next to the Crown Tribunal. ...

Józef Czechowicz (1903-1939) was not only a great poet and prose writer, eulogist of Lublin, teacher, editor of children’s magazines ("Płomyczek" and "Płomyk") and a co-founder of the newspaper Kurier Lubelski, but also a soldier who participated in the Polish-Bolshevik war. ...

The statue of Maria Curie-Skłodowska, stands of the square of her name, surrounded by the buildings of the University of Maria Skłodowska-Curie. The statue by Marian Konieczny, was unveiled on the centenary of her birth (1867-1934). The scientist was connected to Lublin and the Lublin region through the family ties. Her grandfather was Józef Skłodowski, the headmaster of the Lublin Province School (see: stop 13). His brother Jan was a judge in Opole Lubelskie, and his son, also named Jan, was the tenant of land in Kamionka near Lubartów. Maria's uncle, Zdzisław Skłodowski, served a ...

Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (1812-1887) is one of the most prolific writers in history, the author of a considerate number of historical novels, i.e. "An Ancient Tale". As a Student of the Lublin Province School (in the years 1828-1827) he lived in a tenement house at Grodzka Street number 24, at the Lublin Old Town. As a reminder of his association with the town, the façade of the building is adorned with a sgraffito portrait of the writer. ...

Stefan Wyszyński, known as the Primate of the Millennium, used to live in the tenement house at Archidiakońska Street number 7 during the his time as a student at the Catholic Universityof Lublin in the years 1925-1929. An appropriate commemorative plaque with a quote from John Paul II is implemented in the wall of the building. ...

At the non-existent Szeroka Street number 28, on the grounds of the jewish quarter liquidated by the nazis, stood the house of Yaakov Yitzhak haLevi Horowitz-Sternfeld (1745-1815). Due to his gift of clairvoyance and foretelling the future, he was called the Seer of Lublin (haHozeh miLublin). He was a famous tzaddik and the co-founder of the chasidism in the Kingdom of Poland. His great authority attracted crowds of pilgrims to Lublin. Today his tomb, located in the old jewish cemetery, is visited by the represenatives of the jewish diaspora from all over the world. ...

H. Łopaciński Voivodeship Public Library at Narutowicza street number 4 is located in two post-Piarist monastery’s annexes from the XVII century, one connector building erected between 1936 and 1939, and a newer building completed in 2007. ...

The Lublin Castle is one of the architectural and historical symbols of Lublin. It is believed that already in the VI century AD there was an early medieval settlement at the Castle Hill, as the natural values of the hill favored the establishment of a defensive, wooden structure. In the XII century it was a seat of a castellan, and in the XIII century a tower called donjon was built that we can admire to this day. The crucial date in the history of the castle was the year 1341, when the Tatars invaded Lublin. After this event, king Casimir the Great decided to built a brick castle in place of ...

August and Juliusz Vetter, brothers of German descent, members of the Evangelical Reformed Church in the Republic of Poland, are remembered in Lublin's history as well-known industrialists, philanthropists, social activists, and patrons of culture. They were one of the main founders of the commercial school building at Bernardyńska street. Built in 1906-1907, the beautiful neo-Gothic building still functions as a complex of several vocational and post-secondary schools. Inside there is a room dedicated to the school's tradition and its patrons. (see the Multicultural Trail). ...