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OPINOGÓRA: On May 2, 2025, organizers invite you to Sigismund’s Name Day.An attractive event is being prepared during May Day at the Museum of Romanticism in Opinogóra.

Zygmunt is a male name and surname of Germanic origin. It is derived from the German forename and surname Siegmund derived from the words: „sigu” meaning „victory” and „mund” or „munt”, „protection”, „shield”. It can therefore be translated as „defense by victory.” The organizers of the literary event „Siegmund’s Name Day” are, of course, not referring to some nameless Siegmund, but to Count Napoleon Stanislaw Adam Felix Zygmunt Krasinski.

Who was Count Sigismund Krasinski?

Count Napoleon Stanislaw Adam Felix Zygmunt Krasinski – poet, playwright and novelist. One of the trinity of bards (next to Adam Mickiewicz and Juliusz Słowacki), the greatest poets of Polish Romanticism. II Ordynat na Opinogórze. (born February 19, 1812 in Paris, died February 23, 1859 there) 

Count Zygmunt Krasinski made his debut in 1828 as the author of Gothic tales imbued with the macabre. Already then, the most characteristic features of Zygmunt Krasinski’s writing became apparent: his obsession with suffering, annihilation and death^[, and, at the same time, the internal conflict between life’s convention and the ethos of the Romantic national liberation struggle. As a result, they yielded a bountiful harvest of literary works full of frenetic images of hell and sharp dissonances on religious and social issues. Later – around 1847, with the publication of „The Last” – the bard replaced the extreme despair of his previous works with a message of Christian ethics, which in time, supplemented by messianic thought, turned into fervent calls for evangelical love. Among the most outstanding works of Zygmunt Krasinski are the dramas „Nie-boska komedia” and „Irydion”.

What is „Sigmund’s Name Day”?

„Sigismund’s Name Day” – is an annual literary event organized at the Museum of Romanticism in Opinogóra that honors the beginning of the summer tourist season at the facility, held on the day when the author of „The Un-divine Comedy” celebrated his name day.

What is the program of the event „Sigismund’s Name Day”?

The official start of the „Sigismund’s Name Day” event, at the Museum of Romanticism in Opinogóra, will begin at 2:00 p.m. It will begin with the laying of flowers at the Krasinski crypts in the Opinogóra church. This will be followed by the presentation of the Zygmunt Award in the museum’s Orangerie – awarded by the Museum of Romanticism in Opinogóra for, among other things, supporting the idea of protecting the heritage of the Krasinski family, disseminating knowledge about Zygmunt Krasinski, his works and the place where he lived and worked – Opinogóra, helping to realize the statutory activities of the Museum of Romanticism in Opinogóra.

The program of the „Sigismund’s Name Day” event also includes the promotion of the 10th Notebook of „Amor Patriae Nostra Lex”, containing accounts of the last 25 Meetings with Literature in Opinogóra. The meeting will be hosted by writer Dr. Teresa Kaczorowska. At 15:00 a musical feast will be held – a concert entitled” The Power of Love”. Maggie Tunkiewicz-Zakrzewska (vocals), Mariusz Dubrawski (piano), Karol Podkul (accordion), Michał Zuń (double bass) will perform.

What is the Museum of Romanticism in Opinogóra?

The Museum of Romanticism in Opinogóra is a palace and park complex, created in the Krasinski Residence. The facility consists of residential and representative buildings, which are located on a small hill, while outbuildings are located at its foot. On the initiative of General Wincenty Krasinski in 1811, theresidential establishment was created. At present, the complex consists of a Neo-Gothic Palace, a Court Officina, a Manor House, a House with Columns, a Gardener’s House, a Farmhouse and an Orangery. 

All the buildings are located within a historic park of over 22 hectares, which marks the boundary of the entire Historic Palace and Park Complex in Opinogóra. The completed projects have restored to historical space the objects that functioned in the past on the grounds of the Historic Palace and Park Complex, and today, performing new functions, they perfectly fit into the character of the place and the requirements of the modern recipient. 

The Museum of Romanticism in Opinogóra is not limited to exhibition activities only. Its uniqueness is evidenced primarily by the popularization of the Romantic era through the organization of poetry meetings, academic sessions, classical music concerts, museum lessons, educational events and other.

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