Szamotuły

Szamotuły is situated in the Poznań Upland, in the immediate vicinity of the Poznań county. The town, inhabited by 18,700 people, is 35 km to the south-west of Poznań. For thousands of years the Szamotuły commune teritories have been characterized by unusually favourable conditions for settlement, which is surely due to its convenient location on the river Sama and in the Warta estuary.
The history of the town was strongly connected with two famous families of the Wielkopolska Upland: the Nałęcz and the Górka families. The remains of the house of the Górka family are: a 16-th century castle and a tower and a dungeon of Halszka-now the seat of the Górka Museum and Castle.
THINGS WORTH SEEING
*The Museum-Castle of Górka, tower and dungeon of Halszka
*Post-collegiate church
*The Baroque post-Franciscan complex with a Parish Church of the Holly Cross
*The palace and park complex in Gałowo near Szamotuły

WHAT MAKES SZAMOTUłY COUNTY SO ATTRACTIVE?
Favourable geographical location:
*transportation routes
*easy access to Poznań
*spectacular views and tourist attractions
*ecological purity
Successful investment ventures:
*the Hochland Company
*the Amica Company

TOURIST ATTRACTIONS AND FACILITIES
*Two swimming-pools
*Three lower secondary schools
*Tennis courts
*Restaurants
*The Wacław Sports Hall
*Football pitch
*Parks
*The Nałęcz Sports Hall