Komorniki - that's where I live.
The village is situated in the immediate vicinity of Poznań on the trunk road Poznań - Wrocław and nearby the motorway junction A2 Berlin - Warsaw.
The major reason why my whole district is sometimes called the lungs of Poznań is the fact that Komorniki borders on Wielkopolska National Park. It’s about ten minutes’ walk to the Park from my house. The only surfaced way to the Park is the work of Jewish prisoners of war. The road is not the only trace of the Nazi occupation in the region. Arthur Greiser, the Nazi German politician, who was one of the persons primarily responsible for organizing the Holocaust in Poland, built his residence on the way to the National Park. It is still there.
In the past, Komorniki was a really peaceful place. I still remember that as a child I had to walk across farmland and cross a small river in order to get to my primary school and attend my first English classes. Unforgettable! Today, because of the modern infrastructure my hometown is hardly distinguished from Poznań. My street, however, does not illustrate the ifrastructural developement for it is a bumpy, still not surfaced lane.
My district has its own bus service, yet it sometimes takes a long time to commute to Poznań. It doesn't put people off moving here and actually there are more and more newcomers.
