Marcelin, Poznań — Area Guide & Where to Stay

What are the main landmarks in Marcelin?

Fort VIIa anchors the western side of Marcelin, one of the eighteen forts of Twierdza Poznań, raised between 1887 and 1890 on ulica Marcelińska. The register of monuments entered it under A-245 in 1983. Poland renamed the fort for General Zygmunt Zieliński in 1931, and its grounds fall inside the Natura 2000 area covering Poznań's fortifications. A maple avenue runs along ulica Zgorzelecka.

The Dwór na Marcelinie sits at number 4, a neo-Renaissance house of the fourth quarter of the nineteenth century, with the old farm's granary and two cement-block silos surviving alongside.

What is the history of Marcelin?

Marcelin began as a folwark, the manor farm on Poznań's western edge that Konstancja Łubieńska owned. Adam Mickiewicz knew her well. The poet's eldest daughter Maria stayed at the Marcelin manor in the first half of the nineteenth century, and in 1850 Łubieńska opened a housekeeping school for girls on the estate.

The Wielkopolskie Zakłady Teleelektroniczne, the Teletra telecommunications works, later took ground near the fort, and office towers went up around them.

Where is Marcelin?

Marcelin holds the ground between ulica Bukowska on the north, ulica Bułgarska on the east, and Osiedle Bajkowe on the west. Lasek Marceliński takes the south.