Izba Pamięci Szczypiorna
Memorial room in a branch of the library in the Szczypiorno district of Kalisz, devoted to the legionnaires' camp of 1917 and the origins of handball.
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About the museum
The Szczypiorno Memorial Room is housed in a building from 1905–1907, which originally served as a bathhouse at the internment camp in Szczypiorno. In 1917 legionnaires of Józef Piłsudski, who refused to swear an oath of loyalty to the German Emperor, were held in the local camp. The camp also gave birth to szczypiorniak, that is, handball. In later years the building served as an estate club, a beer hall and the seat of the estate council.
After a renovation lasting from November 2012 to October 2013, the first room was opened on 13 November 2013. Since June 2020 the building has housed Branch No. 6 of the Adam Asnyk Municipal Public Library in Kalisz, and the room in its present form has existed since 2021. The collections come mainly from the association “Szczypiorniak”.
The central element is a model of the camp, from which paths lead to stories about the history of Szczypiorno, the Kalisz Maginot Line, the Ukrainian Cemetery and the former customs house. More than 700 old photographs can be seen here, as well as a replica of a CKM machine gun, pre-war military newspapers and a camp coin. The attic shows the history of handball.
Highlights
- Model of the legionnaires' camp of 1917
- More than 700 old photographs
- History of the Kalisz Maginot Line and the Ukrainian Cemetery
- Attic devoted to the origins of handball
- Free admission
Permanent exhibitions
- Izba Pamięci Legionistów – obóz w Szczypiornie – Exhibition on the internment camp of the legionnaires of 1917, with a model of the camp, photographs, a CKM replica, military newspapers and a camp coin, and on the Kalisz Maginot Line and the Ukrainian Cemetery.
- Historia piłki ręcznej – The attic of the building, devoted to the origins of szczypiorniak at the camp in Szczypiorno and to the history of handball.
- Founded
- 2013
- Operated by
- Miejska Biblioteka Publiczna im. Adama Asnyka w Kaliszu
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Admission to the room is free.
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By public transit
Wrocławska – Nosków
Buses stop at the stops “Wrocławska – Nosków”, “Wrocławska na żądanie” and “Wrocławska – Agroma”.
The building is reached from ul. Wrocławska.
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