Wągłczew
| Wągłczew | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
  Wągłczew | |
| Coordinates: 51°36′N 18°33′E / 51.600°N 18.550°E | |
| Country |
 Poland |
| Voivodeship | Łódź |
| County | Sieradz |
| Gmina | Wróblew |
Wągłczew [ˈvɔŋɡwt͡ʂɛf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wróblew, within Sieradz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) west of Wróblew, 14 km (9 mi) west of Sieradz, and 67 km (42 mi) west of the regional capital Łódź.[1]
History
First mentioned in 1358AD, It was a royal village, when the Casimir the Great received Wągłczew and Sadokrzyce from the Augustinian Order in exchange for villages in Kaliski.
In the nearby forests insurgents under Edmund Taczanowski operated during the failed January Uprising of 1863AD.
Gallery
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Wągłczew
Monuments
According to the "Liber beneficiorum ..."[2] There was an ancient wooden church. The current was built in 1622-1626 by a mason Jerzy Hoffman. The church is a building late Renaissance, one-nave with a 4-storey tower, topped with a baroque dome. It has a barrel vault with lunettes on the type of stucco decoration Kalisz-Lublin. Windows on two floors. Marble plaque over the entrance:and Baroque interior. In the main altar from the 17th century Depicting a Crucifixion. Elaborately carved altar frontal, in the middle of a two-armed cross. Noteworthy is also the pulpit of the 18th century in the shape of a boat and valuable liturgical equipment of the seventeenth century of approx. 1648. Former convent next to the church, closed in 1865 has been used as a parsonage.
According to the register of monuments of the National Heritage Institute [1] on the list of monuments are inscribed objects:
- Canons Regular monastery, 1626:
- church, now parish church. of St. Clement, Reg. No. 866 of 10.28.1967
- monastery, now the rectory, Reg. No. 867 of 28.10.1967
- The Wągłczewie Roman Catholic cemetery with the graves of Charles Mniewskiego (d. In 1870), Hilary Role-Zakrzewski of Kaliszkowa (d. 1893), and his wife Adela of Wardęskich-Załuskowskiej Godziemba (d . in 1901).
References
- ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ↑ Jan Laski (Gniezno 1880, Vol. I, p. 414) in the 2nd half. XV.
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Coordinates: 51°36′N 18°33′E / 51.600°N 18.550°E