Chojnów combines cultural history with distinctive features of architecture and nature. The museum offers historical points of reference and an educational outdoor game trail; the water tower and hornbeam provide further, clearly distinct highlights. For planning, the relevant details are the conditions for each visit and the time required.
Museum History and Visiting
The history of museum work in Chojnów dates back to 1906. The museum opened in 1908 in the renovated Baszta Tkaczy; in 1933, the collections were moved to the Piast Castle of Legnica and Brzeg. These three dates mark different stages: the beginnings of museum work, the opening at a specific location and the later relocation of the collections. This makes it possible to follow the historical sequence from the development of the museum to the transfer of the collections.
A prior arrangement is required to visit Baszta Tkaczy. Arrange your visit in advance and check the details before travelling.
The Muzeum Regionalne w Chojnowie building is not fully accessible. Wheelchair users can visit the exhibitions on the ground floor and the garden. This lets you focus your museum visit on two specific areas: the ground-floor exhibitions and the garden.
Outdoor Game Trail and Architecture
The museum invites visitors to take part in the educational outdoor game trail “Najazd Husytów na Chojnów.” The walking time is 30 minutes. This gives a specific indication of the time spent on the trail, but not the total duration of an additional museum visit. If you would like to include both activities in your day’s plans, allow for the trail and museum visit separately.
The water tower in Park Piastowski in Chojnów was built in 1915 using the then-modern reinforced-concrete construction method. The year identifies when it was built, while the material provides a second architectural point of interest. Reinforced concrete is a construction method in which concrete is combined with steel reinforcement. Those interested in architecture can therefore consider both the tower’s date and the construction method, which was modern at the time. While the museum’s history spans several stages, the water tower is notable above all for its year of construction and building method.
A Natural Highlight in Chojnów
In “Mały” Park, part of Park Śródmiejski in Chojnów, the hornbeam “Siedmiu Wspaniałych” grows with seven branches. In the vote to select Lower Silesia’s natural monument, the tree came in second. The number seven refers to the branches and is a specific feature of the hornbeam; the voting result gives this natural highlight a regional connection.
With a walking time of 30 minutes, the outdoor game trail offers a specific indication of how long it takes; the water tower and hornbeam, by contrast, are distinctive for their construction method and the tree’s shape and voting result.
Discover more destinations: Strachowice, Jerzmanowice, Krotoszyce, Warmątowice Sienkiewiczowskie, Rokitki, Pątnówek, Kawice, Legnica
To the overview of the wider area: Legnicki.
