Czarnolas, Zwoleń County

For other places with the same name, see Czarnolas.

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
Village
The Kochanowski Museum
Czarnolas
Coordinates: 51°25′43″N 21°42′11″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Masovian
County	Zwoleń
Gmina	Policzna

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

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. "Muzeum Jana Kochanowskiego w Czarnolesie". muzeumkochanowski.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-02-22.
3. Palacz, Tomasz (1986). Czarnolas Jana Kochanowskiego (in Polish). Wydawn. Lubelskie. ISBN 978-83-222-0374-3.
4. 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)