INFORMATION PORTAL OF THE MARSHAL'S OFFICE OF THE KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE Region IN TORUŃ

In Nawra, where the future Sczaniecki Family Museum of the Landed Gentry will be located, conservation and revitalisation work is underway on the historic palace and park complex. Today (22 June), in the presence of Marshall Piotr Całbecki and representatives of local authorities, a contract was signed with the contractor for the first stage of revitalisation of the park part.

– The history of the reconstruction of Nawra is long. It was 17 years ago that we tried to make a deal with the previous owner, the Ministry of Agriculture, to save the building. However, the Sczaniecky family was very keen that it was not the state, but they themselves who gave it to the public as donors. And this is what happened, after many years of efforts and lawsuits. I would like to thank the municipality and its inhabitants for their exceptional goodwill towards this investment. We are even carried here on the wings of goodwill, gratitude and cooperation of the local community. This is the most beautiful thing that could happen to us. This palace has always been a place where history has been created, the good history of Poland here in the land of Chełmno – said Marshal Piotr Całbecki today in Nawra.

The palace in Nawra – entered in the register of monuments back in 1929 – our local pearl of classicist architecture, was built in 1798-1805 for Konstanty Kruszyński, and then rebuilt for the Sczaniecky family, who lived there until World War II. The Kujawsko-Pomorskie Heritage Center, which is a cultural institution of the regional government, was entrusted with the mission of restoring the park and palace, which were officially handed over to the regional government by the Sczaniecki family in the summer of 2022 by Marshal Piotr Całbecki.

Today’s agreement, which was signed by the director of the Heritage Centre, Dr Marek Rubnikowicz, and the president of the Dolmar company (which is the contractor for the works), Grzegorz Jasiński, provides for the restoration of the park’s layout and beauty from the late 19th century. In concrete terms, this means, among other things, laying out paved avenues and pavements, creating a representative driveway with a gazebo, deepening and developing the ponds, creating an orchard (and planting in it), tending to the existing trees and shrubs (before the war, this was the largest and most interesting collection of ornamental shrubs in Pomerania), creating small park architecture and installing an irrigation system.

The contract of Dolmar, which is also the general contractor for other investments in the Nawrzanów palace-park complex, is in this case worth 7 million zlotys (the previously signed contract for the remaining works is worth 39 million zlotys). The company has 18 months to complete the task.

The source of funding for the entire investment in Nawra, which includes the conservation renovation of the palace and the revitalisation and restoration of the remaining elements of the complex, is our regional programme, European Funds for Kuyavia and Pomerania.

Director Marek Rubnikowicz estimated today that the investment is 20 per cent advanced, with completion in 2027.

Today’s meeting with journalists in Nawra was also attended by the mayor of Chełmża municipality Bartosz Szprenglewski and the mayor of Nawra municipality Marianna Rolbiecka.

Beata Krzemińska

Spokesperson of the Marshal’s Office

22 May 2025