Kobylniki [kɔbɨlˈniki] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Obrzycko, within Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of Obrzycko, 8 km (5 mi) north of Szamotuły, and 39 km (24 mi) north-west of the regional capital Poznań.
The landmark of Kobylniki is the Neo-Renaissance Kobylniki Palace, designed by Zygmunt Gorgolewski and built for the Twardowski family.
History
Kobylniki was mentioned in 1218 as a possession of the Cistercian monastery Łekno, and later it was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Poznań County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the forest of Kobylniki was the site of large massacres of Poles from nearby towns and villages, carried out by the Germans. There is a memorial at the site. During the Intelligenzaktion, Poles from Kobylniki were also murdered in Kościan and the Mauthausen concentration camp.
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