Krzysztof Budzyń (born 4 September 1957) is a Polish entrepreneur and amateur historian, specializing in the history of the Śrem region in western Poland, and author of many publications on this subject.

Education and business career

Krzysztof Budzyń was born in

Śrem Śrem () is a town on the Warta river in central Poland. It is the seat of Śrem County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. As of 1995, the population of Śrem was 29,800. Śrem is to the south of Poznań, a local road junction on the road from ...

, Poland. Since his birth, he has been living in his home village Binkowo near Śrem. After finishing elementary school in Pysząca, he attended Gen. Józef Wybicki High School in Śrem. After passing his ''

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'' school leaving examinations, he was studying at the Chemical Engineering Faculty of

Szczecin University of Technology Szczecin University of Technology () was one of the biggest universities in Szczecin, Poland. History Szczecin University of Technology was established on 1 December 1946 as School of Engineering in Szczecin (''Szkoła Inżynierska w Szczecinie' ...

, where he was awarded a Master of Science degree. After graduating from university, he worked for companies of the chemical industry for some time; in the late 1980s he decided to start his own business. In 1990, he opened a wholesale company dealing in household chemicals and cosmetics; in 1995 he extended his business to include a chain of retail outlets.

Work as a regional historian

Despite his technical background and running a trading company, Krzysztof Budzyń has been interested in humanities, especially history and literature, for many years; occasionally he is also engaged in literary work himself. He made his debut as early as 1981 in ''

Szpilki ''Szpilki'' (, ) was a Polish satirical magazine. It was established in 1936 by a group of lettered leftists, including Eryk Lipiński, , and (chief editor).J. Łojek, J. Myśliński, W. Władyka, ''Dzieje prasy polskiej'', Warszawa 1988, p. 103 ...

'' (''Pins''), a Polish magazine of humour and satire, as an author of

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. Since the early 1990s he has been writing articles on regional history to local newspapers and the periodical ''Pierwiosnek'' (''Primrose'') published by the Gen. Józef Wybicki High School in Śrem. He is a

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and collector of historical mementoes – old maps, documents, photographs, postcards, mainly from the Śrem region, covering the territory of present

Śrem County __NOTOC__ Śrem County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in ...

and the neighbouring communes of

Kórnik Kórnik is a town with about 7,600 inhabitants (2018), located in western Poland, about south-east of the city of Poznań. It is one of the major tourist attractions of the Wielkopolska region and the Greater Poland Voivodeship because of the hi ...

and

Mosina Mosina is a town in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, south of Poznań, with 12,107 inhabitants (2004). The Mosiński Canal runs east and west through the town, and joins the Warta River just to the east. History Mosina is o ...

, which were part of Śrem County in the past. Since 2008, Krzysztof Budzyń has been publishing ''Śremski Notatnik Historyczny'' (''Śrem Historical Notebook''), a "magazine for lovers of the Śrem region", a periodical published irregularly, featuring articles on the history of the region and its eminent citizens. Six volumes of ''Śremski Notatnik Historyczny'' have been published so far. Krzysztof Budzyń is the publisher, editor-in-chief and author of a great deal of texts in the magazine. Part of his collections was displayed at the exhibition "Moja Ziemia Śremska (ze zbiorów Krzysztofa Budzynia)" ("My Śrem Region – Krzysztof Budzyń's collections") in the Raczyński Library in Poznań from 25 November 2010 to 31 January 2011.Information on the exhibition
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Publications

* ''Śremski Notatnik Historyczny'' (''Śrem Historical Notebook'') − periodical published since 2008 (vol. 1−6) * ''Legendy ze Śremu i okolic'' (''Legends from Śrem and Environs'') (2008) * ''Słownik biograficzny Śremu'' (''Śrem's Biographical Dictionary'') (2008) − co-author * Christian Parma, ''Kórnik − Treasurehouse of Culture and Nature'' − author of the chapter on Kórnik's environs * ''Nasz Dolsk − dawne widoki miasta i okolicy'' (''Our Dolsk – Old Views of Town and Vicinity'') (2009) * ''Książ Wielkopolski - miasto i okolica na dawnych pocztówkach i fotografiach'' (''Książ Wielkopolski - The Town and Vicinity on Old Postcards and Photographs'') (2011)

Notes

Bibliography

* ''Moja Ziemia Śremska (ze zbiorów Krzysztofa Budzynia)'' (''My Śrem Region – Krzysztof Budzyń's collections'') − catalogue of the exhibition at the Raczyński Library in Poznań

External links

Krzysztof Budzyń's website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Budzyn, Krzysztof 21st-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers 1957 births Living people Szczecin University of Technology alumni