LOCATION
The Museum of the National Anthem is situated in Będomin. Będomin is a village located about 40 kilometres from Gdańsk within Kościerzyna County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland and is communicated with main Polish cities by roads. 54°08′N 18°07′E.
The manor house of Józef Wybicki in Będomin, PHOTO SOURCE: Wikimedia commons.
ATTRACTION DESCRIPTION
Będomin is a village where Józef Wybicki who is the author of the Polish national anthem (“Dąbrowski’s Mazurka”) was born. The Museum of the National Anthem is located in a manor house belonging once to the Wybicki family. There are exhibitions such as: “Polish national symbols”, “Józef Wybicki and his epoch”, “The fate of Dąbrowski’s Mazurka”. Wybicki was a Polish writer and a politician who was elected a deputy at the age of 20 in 1767. There is also a so-called monument of nature in Będomin. You can admire more than 400-year-old oak in Będomin. It is called Wybicki’s oak – in honour of this famous inhabitant.
INFORMATION SOURCES
Heritage Class: [ C ]Cultural Heritage
Subclass [WH] :Waterfronts and traditional harbor areas
WEB PAGES
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C4%99domin
https://pomorskie.travel/en/Discover-Cultural_heritage-Museums/290/Muzeum_Hymnu_Narodowego_w_Bedominie_oddzial_MNG
