Drzewica - city in Poland in voivodeship of Lodz, in Opoczno district, headquarters of the Drzewica commune. Located on the river A treeon South Mazovian hillshistorically it has gravitated towards Lesser Poland. The town is located halfway between Piotrków Trybunalski, a Radom.
It is located in the eastern part of the Łódź Province, in the western part Radom Plains. It is surrounded by forests from the north, east and south.
A river flows through the town A tree, right tributary Pilica, with a natural meandering edge. Its waters supply the Drzewicki Lagoon with an area of 82 hectares, which performs retention and recreational functions. The Brzuśnia River (a tributary of Drzewiczka) of the first class of water purity also flows through Drzewica.
Geographic coordinates: 51 ° 26′49 ″ N 20 ° 28′19 ″ E
Historically belongs to Lesser Poland. Once upon a time there was Sandomierz land, then in Sandomierz voivodship.
A few hundred meters from the city center there is a castle, visible from quite a distance, located on the Drzewiczka River. The owner of Drzewica, the founder of the castle, the archbishop of Gniezno Maciej Drzewicki (1467-1535) of the Ciołek coat of arms, later the Primate of Poland and the Grand Chancellor of the Crown, the Crown Deputy Chancellor, was the owner of the first known Polish bookplate made for his library in 1516 and the second from 1518.
The urban-rural commune of Drzewica, according to the data of the Central Statistical Office of Poland, on June 30, 2012, had 10,880 inhabitants (5,364 men and 5,516 women), of which 4,000 people lived in the city (1,964 men and 2,036 women) and 6,880 people in the villages ( 3,400 men and 3,480 women).
Drzewica had city rights in the years 1429–1869 and now has them since 1987.
It is the seat of the "Gerlach" tableware factory, which has been operating since the end of the 19th century.
In the register of monuments kept by National Heritage Institutethe following objects are entered on the list of monuments:
- church of st. Łukasza, reg.no .: 297 / A / 56 of October 26, 1956, 338 / A / 67 of June 21, 1967 and 48 / A of May 7, 1980
- Roman Catholic parish cemetery, ul. Cemetery, mid. XIX, reg.no .: 473 / A from 5.11.1991
- Jewish cemetery, ul. Kolejowa, XIX-1942, reg.no .: 472 / A from 5.11.1991
- castle complex:
- castle (ruin), 1527-35, register number: 47 / A from April 28, 1980, gothic-renaissance
- manor house (in the outer ward), 19th century, register number: 46 / A from April 28, 1980
- park (remains), 19th century, reg.no .: 46 / A from April 28, 1980
The castle in Drzewica was already a kind of anachronism in the time when it was built, it was gothic, and then the Renaissance was already common in Poland. It was built in the years 1527-1535 by the Archbishop of Gniezno, Maciej Drzewicki. The building was supposed to overshadow the nearby royal castles in Backyard and Inowłódz.
Throughout the years, the residence was not rebuilt and has retained its form from the 16th century. The castle, erected from the foundations, was in the form of a gothic castle, defended by four corner towers. towers at the corners. An interesting fact is that the towers were built at an angle to the wings of the castle. In one of them, north-east, there is an entrance gate, still well-preserved to this day, with a wide entrance for vehicles and horses and a narrow pedestrian crossing.
Drzewica was in the hands of the founder's family until the beginning of the 18th century, then it became the property of the Sołtyk and Szaniawski family. The latter donated the disused castle to the Bernardine monastery around the middle of the 18th century.
The nuns lived in the castle until 1814, when it was consumed by a great fire, in which all wooden elements and beautiful interiors burnt down. Only bare walls remained. Since then, for 200 years, the castle has been in a state of ruin.
The outlines of the foundations are legible and the bare, unadorned walls are visible.
The castle in Drzewica, although in ruins, is still impressive. Especially on the scale of the province, which does not abound in strongholds. The facility has been owned by a private owner for years, who had a concept of reconstruction and adaptation of the building for hotel purposes, not yet implemented. Only all entrance openings to the courtyard were secured, making it difficult for vandals to act.
[* http://www.drzewica.pl/portal.php website of the town]
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