Ciechocinek - a manor that used to be a kindergarten
Built for Ignacy Mościcki, later used also as a... kindergarten. Since 2003 it has been an informational and educational centre at the disposal of the President of the Republic of Poland.
The manor of the President of Poland in Ciechocinek was built in the 1st half of the 1930s. Its construction was inspired by a summer visit of the President of the 2nd Polish Republic Ignacy Mościcki in the health resort. During his stay he participated in the opening of the thermal-saline pool in the Health Park. Local authorities, led by the State Health Resort Facility, expecting further visits of the honourable guest, decided to erect a small manor directly bordering a pine park, at the junction of the current Leśna and Wojska Polskiego Street.
President Ignacy Mościcki most probably never returned to Ciechocinek, but until the end of 1930s the manor hosted high state officials.
After the war the manor was again brought under the administration of the Chancellery of the President and afterwards – of the Office of the Council of State. In 1956 it was handed over to the spa that designated it for an office of the Research and Science Centre of the Laryngological Clinic of the Medical University of Warsaw. Yet, it was used sporadically.
In 1967 the manor was taken over by the Voivodship National Council in Bydgoszcz and after the change in the administrative division of the country in year 1975 – by a Voivodship National Council in Włocławek – it functioned as a guest house.
At the beginning of the 1980s it was handed over to the town authorities of Ciechocinek and converted into a kindergarten.
In 2001 the kindergarten was moved to a new building. In the same year the City Council of Ciechocinek turned to the President of the Republic of Poland with a proposal of restoring the historical role of the manor. Due to the initiative of the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland in 2002, thorough renovation works were commenced.
The renovated Manor of the President of the Republic of Poland was opened on 2nd May, 2003. It functions as a centre for information and education. It is open for sightseeing. In the Manor there is an exhibition dedicated to the historical host of the facility – the President of the 2nd Republic of Poland Ignacy Mościcki and to the history of the Manor.
The Ciechocinek Town’s Promotion Office, with its registered office at 2B Zdrojowa Street, also participated in the organisation of the sightseeing of the Manor exhibition.
Apart from trips, the Manor of the President of Poland organises meetings with guests invited by the Chancellery of the President.
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