The cavalry training center of the Polish Army of the Second Republic of Poland in 1928-1939 in the Grudziądz garrison. It was the largest military training unit of this type in Europe.
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The role of the Cavalry Training Center in the history and even the present of Polish horse riding cannot be overestimated. The center educated not only officers of the permanent service and reserve cavalry, but what we call a Polish school, which is a variation of the natural school of Italian horse riding, was established at the Cavalry Training Center in Grudziądz. Previously known as the Central Riding School, Cavalry School Camp. The leading instructors and riders in the interwar period were associated with the Cavalry Training Centre.
It was in Grudziądz that Lt. Col. Karol Rommel, Capt. Leon Kon, Lieutenant Colonel Jan Kossak Major Adam Królikiewicz, Capt. Kazimierz Szosland, Major Michał Antoniewicz, Major Wilhelm Lewicki and many others. The successes of Polish horse riding in the interwar period were associated with Grudziądz. The Cavalry Training Center organized a number of courses for officers and non-commissioned officers (e.g. Staff Officers Course, Squadron Commanders Course, Horse Riding NCOs Course, Horse Riding Instructors Course, Professional Cavalry NCOs Course, Veterinary Doctors Course, Regimental Adjutants Course).
After the Second World War, despite the fact that the Center no longer existed, the officers associated with it participated in the reconstruction of Polish horse breeding and equestrianism. Lt. Col. Karol Rómmel, Major Adam Królikiewicz, Major Wiktor Olędzki, Capt. Jan Mikunas, Capt. Jaroslaw Suchorski, Col. Kazimierz de Rostwo-Suski, Col. Antoni Dębski and Mr. Marek Rozczynialski as trainers. Col. Aleksander Piotraszewski, Major Marian Fabrycy, Mr. Sas-Jaworski as Breeders. Leon Chatizow as a racing coach.
The current generation of equestrian trainers have mostly been trained by cavalry and artillery officer trainers.
The officers who served in emigration had significant achievements in equestrian sport. Major Anatol Pieregorodzki, and later Gen. Michał Gutowski, as coaches of the Canadian national eventing team, achieved Olympic successes. Major Michał Antoniewicz was the coach of the US national team, also with Olympic successes. Major Janusz Komorowski was the coach of the national team of Argentina, Major Seweryn Kulesza was the coach of the national team of Belgium and Ireland. Rtm. Bronislaw Skulicz and Capt. Antoni Żelewski were coaches in Belgium. Major Władysław Zgorzelski distinguished himself as a coach and polo player in Uruguay. Major Jerzy Iwanowski ran the equivalent of the Spanish Riding School in South Africa.
Author: Leszek Nagórny
Below you will find links to related materials in the Polish Digital Equestrian Library.
Entry updated: 29.05.2023/XNUMX/XNUMX
Publications in the Polish Digital Equestrian Library:
Click on the links below to access related materials in the Polish Digital Equestrian Library (will open in a new tab):
“Origin and activity of the Cavalry Training Center in Grudziądz” (2022) – Renata Urban
“Traditions of horse sports in Poland until 1939” (2022) – Renata Urban
“One driving school, different fates” (2019) – Hanna Łysakowska
“Equestrian sport in the cavalry of the Second Republic of Poland” (2018) – Robert Woronowicz
Grudziądz – Capital of the Polish Cavalry 1920-2011 | MOVIE
“Commanders of the Cavalry Training Center in Grudziądz” [link] (2010)
“How Leon Kon brought an Italian driving school from Russia to Poland” (2003) – Hanna Łysakowska
“Polish seat, what Grudziądz was for Polish horse riding” (2002) – Lesław Kukawski
“Halls of Polish Riding Tradition in Grudziądz” (1994) – Lesław Kukawski
“On the Polish cavalry of the 1991th century” (XNUMX) – Cezary Leżeński, Lesław Kukawski
“Central Cavalry School and the 2nd Grochowski Uhlan Regiment” (1990) – Leon Kon
"Fascinations of Grudziądz" (1990) - Józef Hlebowicz
“Army Horse” (1990) – Leslaw Kukawski
"History of equestrian competitions in Poland" (1982) - Witold Pruski (pp. 57-72)
"Polish Riding School" (1978) - Henryk Leliwa-Roycewicz
“Reflections on the Polish horse riding school” (1976) – Witold Pruski
“Cavalry Training Center in Grudziądz” [link] (1938) | MOVIE
"Book of Polish Riding" (1938) - Collective work
"Cavalry Feast in Grudziądz" (1936) - Antoni Bogusławski
“Great Military Riding Schools. Poland – Grudziądz” (1934) – Tadeusz Grabowski
Rider and Breeder (1934) No. 12 - Horse Sport
Rider and Breeder (1933) No. 10 - Cavalry
Equestrian and Breeding Dictionary - Lesław Kukawski
Related Legends:
Joseph Trenkwald
Soldier, rider, bronze medalist of the Olympic Games Amsterdam 1928, team eventing, Knight of the Virtuti Militari, Emperor Charles Cross, Cross of Valor.
Kazimierz Suski de Rostwo
Soldier. Rider. Coach. Olympian at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris (7th place). Lt. Col. Commander of the 21st Vistula Uhlans Regiment (Battle of Mokra).
Leon Burniewicz
1939nd Vice-Champion of Poland in the Comprehensive Riding Horse Competition. Soldier, Trainer. Activist of the Polish Equestrian Association. Awarded the Medal for the War of XNUMX. Major of the Polish Army.
Stanislaw Czerniawski
Cavalry Captain of the Polish Army, Olympian (Berlin 1936), Knight of the Order of Virtuti Militari. He died in defense of Poland on September 10, 1939 near Chruślin.
Tadeusz Sokolowski
Soldier, sportsman, 3x MP medalist, 2nd vice-champion of the Army (1935), Olympian of the Olympic Games Berlin 1936 (Running II), 1937-39 head of the equestrian section of WKS Legia, Cichociemni tortured by the Gestapo in Minsk.
Robert Woronowicz
Permanent service officer of the Polish Army, specialty - representative cavalry. Cavalry Training Instructor. Equestrian instructor of PZJ and physical recreation with a specialty in equestrianism. Creator and trainer of the Volunteer Cavalry since 1993.
Jerzy Iwanowski
Soldier, cavalryman, horse breeder, officer of General Maczek's XNUMXst Armored Division. Creator of the Lipizzaner riding school in Johannesburg.
Boleslaw Wieniawa-Dlugoszowski
First Lancer of the Second Polish Republic. Doctor, poet, polyglot, cavalryman, adjutant of Józef Piłsudski. General HR. Polish Ambassador in Rome. He died tragically in New York. His ashes were buried at the Rakowiecki Cemetery in Krakow.
Michal Toczek
Soldier, major, artilleryman. Rider and trainer. He was awarded, among others, 3 times with the Cross of Valour. PN Winner, New York 1926, Nice 1926 Hamlet 2.20. (And them.),
Michal Gutowski
Olympian. Rtm, 17 Greater Poland Lancers Regiment. Chevalier, among others, of the Order of Virtuti Militari, Legion of Honor, Cross of Valor 5 times. General at rest.
Casimir Gzowski
Rtm. 15th Poznan Lancers Regiment. Silver medalist of the Olympic Games in Amsterdam 1928. in the show jumping competition, on the horse Mylord.
Michal Woysym-Antoniewicz
Major of the cavalry of the Polish Army, silver and bronze Olympic medalist in equestrian.
Seweryn Kulesza
Major of the Polish Army cavalry, Olympic silver medalist in equestrian (Berlin 1936). Polish Champion in eventing in 1936 and 1937, and in dressage in 1937.
Janusz Komorowski
Major of the Polish Army, sports equestrian, Olympian from Berlin, medalist of the Polish Championships in eventing. After the war, a horse riding coach in England and Argentina.
Witold Pilecki
Cavalry captain of the Polish Army, soldier of the Home Army, prisoner and organizer of the resistance movement in KL Auschwitz. Author of reports on the Holocaust.
Zdzislaw Dziadulski
Two-time Olympian (IO Paris 1924 - horse 'Zefir', IO Amsterdam 1928 - 'The Lad' - reserve horse). 7th Mounted Rifle Regiment in Biedrusko (Poznań).
Jan Kazimierz Mikunas
Soldier, rider, teacher, trainer. Chevalier of the Order of Virtuti Militari. Polish vice-champion of eventing, Warsaw 1934.
Zdzislaw Kawecki
Silver medalist at the Berlin Olympics (horse 'Bambino'). Knight of the Cross of Valor, Silver Cross of Merit. 7th Wlkp. Mounted Rifle Regiment
Leslaw Kukawski
Horse breeder, rider, publicist, recognized cavalry historian, activist and equestrian judge.
Stefan Adam Zamoyski
Landowner, soldier, cavalryman, adjutant of General Sikorski. He contributed to the repatriation of about 1500 horses plundered by the Germans.
Henryk Leliwa-Roycewicz
Soldier. Rider. Riding trainer. Participant of the Warsaw Uprising. Commander of the Kilinski battalion. PAST winner.
Wladyslaw Anders
Soldier, horseman, owner of a racing stable, commander of the 15th Poznań Lancers Regiment. Winner of Monte-Cassino.
Henryk Dobrzanski
Soldier, rider, Olympian. The last Polish commander of a Detached Unit during World War II. He died with a gun in his hand.
The first Nations Cup for Poland – Nice, 1925
The Nice Pogrom, or how the Poles won the first Cup of Nations.
Casimir Szosland
Maj. Sergeant of the Polish Army, the leading Polish equestrian in the years 1923-1935, two-time Olympian (1924 and 1928 - silver).
Charles Rommel
Soldier, trainer, artist in painting, drawing and horse riding. Three-time Olympian (1912 - Stockholm, 1924 - Paris, 1928 - Amsterdam). He was active in KJK in Łódź (1937) and JLKS Sopot (after the war).
JASIEK
Mr. Hordyński from the vicinity of Tarnobrzeg, at a competition in Piotrków Trybunalski in 1922, recognized him as Mantel (later Jasiek), taken into the army in 1909, he was 17 years old at the time of this competition.
PICADOR
1924 | Olympic Games Paris | individual bronze medal in show jumping - rtm. Adam Królikiewicz, 1st Light Cavalry Regiment of Józef Piłsudski.
Adam Królikiewicz
The first Polish Olympic medalist - bronze medal, Olympic Games Paris 1924 (Picador horse).
Gallery:
Unless other information is provided in the photo, it comes from the publication entitled “Cavalry Alma Mater in Grudziądz 1920-1939” (2008). With the consent of the heirs of Mr. Lesław Kukawski.
Greeting of President Ignacy Mościcki by children. Also visible are: President Władysław Raczkiewicz (on the right in the background, holding a top hat), aides-de-camp to the President of the Republic of Poland: Capt. Józef Hartman (on the left behind the president) and Capt. Stefan Kryński (right behind the president). 1936. Source: NAC.
