Edmund Taczanowski

The son of Jozef Grzegorz Mikolaj Piotr Taczanowski and Franciszka Drweska, as a youth Taczanowski was influenced by Polish poet and national hero Adam Mickiewicz, who lived at Choryń in 1831 while Prussian authorities prevented him from returning to Russian-Poland to support the insurrection there.

Originally a Prussian officer, Taczanowski resigned to participate in the Greater Poland Uprising 1846 and in the 1848 revolt against Austrian-Polish rule.

Wounded, he was placed in French captivity, but he was later released and served as a General in the 1863 Polish revolt against Russian rule.

Under an amnesty, the Prussian government allowed his return to Choryń in 1870 where he remained with his family until his death nine years later.

The manor of Choryń is now a historic landmark bearing plaques in remembrance of both Taczanowski and Mickiewicz.