Museum of the Battle of the Kaczawa

The Museum of the Battle of the Kaczawa is located in Dunino, a small village in Legnica County, and gathers mementos of a clash from the Napoleonic Wars period fought in this area in 1813.

The battle and its commemoration

On 26 August 1813, near Dunino, an episode of one of the Napoleonic campaigns took place, known as the Battle of the Kaczawa. To commemorate this event, in 1908 a stone mound was raised from cannonballs collected on the battlefield, and a year later, in 1909, a pavilion in the shape of a polygonal rotunda was built next to the mound.

The museum building

The 1909 rotunda is a stone structure, entered in the register of immovable heritage monuments under number A/5930 since 2014. In conservation documentation it is listed as an exhibition pavilion, and locally it is also entered in the municipal heritage record of Krotoszyce municipality.

What to see inside

The pavilion houses an exhibition of mementos from the Napoleonic Wars, obtained from private individuals. The exhibits include pieces of weaponry and uniforms, documents and coloured copperplate engravings from that period.

History of the institution

The museum operated until 1945. Activity resumed in 1996, and since then the institution has once again made its collection available to visitors.

Nearby

A few kilometres from Dunino lies the Krotoszyce Palace, and in Legnica itself you can see the Copper Museum and the Cathedral of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul.

Practical information

• Address: Dunino 3A, Krotoszyce municipality, Legnica County
• Next to the museum pavilion stands a stone mound made of cannonballs from the battlefield
• It's worth checking opening hours and visiting rules before arriving, as the sources do not give them