Charłupia Mała - a village located in Poland, in voivodeship of Lodz, in Sieradz district, in the commune of Sieradz, on the Mesznik (Myją) river, the left tributary of the Warta, at a distance of 5 km from SieradzUntil 1954, the Charłupia Mała commune existed. In the years 1975-1998, the town was located in the Sieradz Province.
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Geographic coordinates: 51 ° 37′N 18 ° 41′E
The village was the main property of the famous Świnka family, from which the archbishop of Gniezno, Jakub Świnka (died 1324), one of the most outstanding politicians of medieval Poland, a promoter of Polish national consciousness, came from. The village was mentioned for the first time in 1339 during the trial against the Teutonic Knights who burned it down in 1331, and the witness in this process was Valerian, a parson from Charłupia Mała. Later, the village was owned by the Biskupskis, Walewski, Zabłocki and Bem families.
In the years 1800-1828 the village was famous for the production of beer.
During World War II, from Charłupia Mała in the Sieradz district in 1940, the displacement of peasants began to empty the farms for the so-called Volhynian Germans.
In the village there is a historic neo-gothic church. Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary from 1907-1916, built according to the design of Stefan Szyller - on the site of the previous wooden churches (in 1457, the existing wooden church was described as being long standing). It has a very high (54 m) tower topped with a crown in the upper part. Built of brick, three-nave, hall, buttressed, with a unique harmony of shapes. Colloquially known as the "village cathedral", it is the sanctuary of Our Lady of Charłupska, known as the Duchess of Sieradz, and is visited by numerous pilgrims. The painting - as votive offerings - presents a gift from Jakub Bem, cousin of General Józef Bem: two Polish eagles embroidered with silver, coming from the parade saddle pad or from the Polish banner, from the time when the village was owned by the Bem family. These eagles served as the main decorative motif of prof. To Wiktor Zin, when he was designing the interior of the temple.
A number of valuable furnishings come from old churches, including the late Gothic (1538) stone baptismal font with a votive inscription and coats of arms: Lis (noble coat of arms), Jelita (noble coat of arms), Jastrzębiec (noble coat of arms) and Poraj (noble coat of arms). Also valuable fabrics, among them a chasuble from Słuck's belt from the 18th century and a cope from a robe belt.
On the wall between the nave and the presbytery, there is a late-Gothic carved Pieta from the 15th century.
In 1981, two triptychs by Stanisław Pabisiak from Kraków with scenes relating to the history of the Sieradz region were hung in the presbytery.
Mention should be made of the noble deed of the villagers during the November Uprising of 1831, who offered gold and silver votive offerings and church utensils for the needs of their homeland.
In the cemetery on the main alley there is a granite tomb with a black marble plaque of Baron Stanisław Graev (1868-1912), a well-known co-creator Polish Touring Society and his wife Franciszka née Ślaski (1876-1918).
Near the church on the Mesznik River there are relics of a late-medieval stronghold on a mound from the first half of the 19th century. 14th century
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