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On 29th November of 2022 an opening of the Kociewian Cultural Centre took place. The institution opens up a new perspective for tourism and education in the region. It becomes a new operator of a few of the structures of the former cistercian abbey and baroque park complex. Said institution will be tasked with spreading and strengthening the culture of the region - Kociewie.

According to the schedule, construction works under the project to establish the KCC are in progress. The reconstruction of the former library building is at the most advanced stage.

The renovation and construction works in the buildings covered by the project to establish the KCC are in progress. Most of the works on the former library, a building from the 1980s which will house the Kociewian Centre for Education and Culture, have already been completed. The structure has been reinforced, damp-proofing and repair of the roof have been carried out, sanitary and electrical installations as well as fire and smoke extraction installations have been modernised. Monitoring system has also been installed. Internal works are in progress – damp-proofing, reconstruction of walls, flooring and wall cladding works have already been carried out.

The project to establish the Kociewian Cultural Centre in Pelplin is entering its next stage. After completing the most urgent works in the former library building dating back to the end of the 1980s, in which the Kociewian Centre for Education and Culture will be built, work has begun on the thorough renovation of one of the two historic buildings that will be administered by the KCC – the former Gate House.

Interview with Tomasz Lesner from the Institute for European Initiatives

In Pelplin, on the site of the former Cistercian Abbey, works under the project of establishing the Kociewian Cultural Centre are in progress. Let us recall that in addition to the organisation of the KCC, the project envisages extensive renovation and modernisation works on three buildings that will be under its management: the 15th century Gate House (the seat of the Diocesan Tourist Information Centre), the so-called House of the Sisters from the first half of the 19th century (where the House of the Artist will be built) and the contemporary library building (the future Kociewian Centre for Education and Culture).

The project to establish the Kociewian Cultural Centre in Pelplin is entering its next stage.

In March 2019, as a result of a tender, the Diocese of Pelplin signed a contract for the renovation, reconstruction, adaptation and modernisation of the buildings of the organisational and administrative facilities of the Kociewian Cultural Centre and the execution of certain fixed assets under the project entitled: “Kociewian Cultural Centre – modernisation and adaptation of historic buildings belonging to the Cistercian Abbey in Pelplin”.