Domaniewice - a large commune village in Poland in voivodeship of Lodz, in Lowicz poviat, in the Domaniewice commune, on the Kalinówka river on the route Łódź – Lowicz.
In the years 1975–1998, the town administratively belonged to the Skierniewice Province.
Geographic coordinates: 52 ° 00′22 ″ N 19 ° 48′09 ″ E
Communication
Domaniewice is situated on the route Mainly - Łowicz, national road No. 14. Bus connections are served by PKS and private carriers.
The village is also situated on the railway line No. 15.
North-west of the village (in the town of Krępa) there is Domaniewice railway station, which is currently closed for passenger traffic. As part of the Łódzka Kolej Aglomeracyjna project, it is planned in the future to restore passenger traffic at this Domaniewice station and to build a new Domaniewice Centrum - railway stop (the railway line is already open and stops are open).
History
The first settlement already in ancient times - it would result from the pagan cemetery discovered here.
Archbishop Jarosław Skotnicki in 1357 founded the village under German law.
Historical monuments
According the register of monuments of the National Heritage Board of Poland on the list of monuments the following objects are entered:
- chapel Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 1st half of the 17th century, registration number: 99-VI-8 from March 29, 1961 and 112 from August 15, 1967
- church cemetery, register number: 949 A from December 30, 1993
Historic Celest Chapel
It stands on the edge of the village Celesta chapel pw. The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, built in the years 1631-1633 from the foundation of Jakub and Wojciech Celest, who came from here (or rather nearby Chatolin), Krakow burghers, merchants. Early Baroque, facing south. west, on a square-like plan, with an apse closed in a semicircle. Covered with an elliptical dome on sails, topped with a round lantern. Four early baroque marble portals. Equipment from the 18th century. In the main altar there is a miraculous painting "St. The family of the Northern Italian school from the beginning of 17th century of great artistic value. In the choir, an organ from 1765, seven-voice, with a Rococo prospectus in the form of a Polish eagle with a crown with spread wings, decorated with carvings and gilded. The game mechanism and the sound apparatus are mostly antique. A tripartite arrangement of prospect pipes imitating the wings and filling the hull of an eagle. At the base of the brochure there are ornaments with "rocaile" motifs, forming a kind of console, masking the lower part of the wardrobe. The reproduction of the Domaniewice organs can be found on the title page of the publication dealing with organs from around the world, entitled Organs of the World, London 1966
The baroque chapel serves as a Marian sanctuary (Sanctuary of Our Lady of Domaniewice, the Comforter of the Afflicted). Indulgence on September 8.
Right on the route, on the western spur of the Domaniewicki Hills, there is a parish church from 1910, designed by Józef Dziekoński, erected on the site of the previous one from 1525. Inside, furnishings from 1525. This is the parish of Saint Bartholomew the Apostle in Domaniewice.
The tourist trail of Fighting Poland - the Home Army.
Zbigniew Bródka, a professional firefighter in Łowicz, ice skater, gold medal winner at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics lives in Domaniewice.
Where next
Interesting places in the area:
- Towards the south. - west You can reach Głowno through a forestless plain of the Łowicz district.
- In the South-East village Łyszkowice on the river Bobrówka, mentioned in 1380, center of the archbishop's estates; in 1850, a sugar factory, a distillery. Nowadays pharmaceutical plants.
- To the north of the village, 2 large water reservoirs (200 and 80 ha, formed in the natural depressions of the Bobrówka valley and fed with its water), called "Lake Okręt" and "Lake Rydwan" - a refuge for waterfowl.
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