Golina Town and Commune
GOLINA TOWN AND COMMUNE OFFICE
ul. Nowa 1
62-590 GOLINA
phone/fax: +48/63/ 241 80 95
Mayor - Mirosław Durczyński
Chairman of the Town Council - Urszula Furmaniak
www: www.golina.pl
e-mail: golina@golina.pl
Urban-rural commune, located in the central-western part of the Konin County, at the edges of Kujawy Lakes complex. The total area of 99 square kilometers is inhabited by 11.8 thousand people, including 4.5 thousand residents of Golina town. The county consists of 18 villages and 3 settlements. Important Warsaw-Poznań roads and railway tracks run through the commune's territory, including the entrance ramp for the A-2 freeway.
Golina first became known in the 14th century. It got its municipal rights in 1362 under privilege for Stanisław Kiwała from Ostrów given by Kazimierz Wielki. It used to be a privately owned town, the residence of Golińskis’ family and Żychlińskis’ family. Before the partitions, it was within the Kalisz Voivodeship. In 1793, the commune became a part of Prussia. Between 1807 and 1815, it was joined to the Grand Duchy of Warsaw and after 1815, it was in the Congress Polish Kingdom. Golina lost the municipal rights in 1870 to regain them in 1921.
Radolina village, located within the commune limits, is a place where Piotr Wysz was born. Wysz was a Krakow Bishop and the first chancellor after the Krakow University had been renovated in 1400. Mikołaj, who created the university's charters and worked as a professor and chancellor, was born in Sługocin. Bazyli Goliniusz, also known as Fabrycius, also had a place in the history of the university as a professor and chancellor.
In Przyjma place, there have remained the ruins of the former residence of Przyjemskis’ family (under Rawicz coat of arms), which had been founded at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries and was ruined during the Polish-Swedish war period in the years 1655-60. Przyjemskis’ family, which, from the end of the 16th century up to the beginning of the 18th century belonged to the Polish political elite, has marked its presence in Wielkopolska history with numerous established foundations. Thanks to this family, numerous stone monasteries in Kobylin, Koźmin, and Rawicz were built. Przyjemskis' family members were the founders of many places, including Rawicz. They owned over 100 villages and a few dozens of towns. They reached the highest honors in the Polish state, therein honors of Marshal of the Polish Kingdom. They were well known in diplomacy and bravely sacrificed themselves on battlefields
Major historical monuments of the commune: 19th century mansion and park, 18th century wooden church in Golina, 16th century parish church in Myslibórz, the Painting of the Consoling Virgin Mary dating from the early 17th century located in the main altar of the Consoling Virgin Mary Church in Kawnice.
The main tourist attraction of the commune is the area located around the Warta river, forming the Warta Landscape Preserve. It is the habitat of many birds and plants not commonly found in other areas and rare water and swamp vegetation. Another tourist destination to consider is the Bieniszewski Forest, bordering Głodowskie Lake (54 hectares).
The commune's economy is predominantly agricultural. The agricultural land takes up 7.2 thousand hectares, including 5.3 thousand hectares of arable land, and a thousand hectares of pastures. High variety of soil types results in variety of crops. Apart from rye and potatoes, wheat and sugar beets are also grown here. When it comes to the animal production, dairy cattle breeding and production of high quality milk for DANONE and OSM Konin are growing. There are about 2.3 thousand of individual farms.
The town has well developed footwear, food-processing and metal industries. There are also construction companies actively operating in the commune. In total, there are 623 non-agricultural businesses employing almost 1000 people.
