Małków (Łódź Voivodeship) - Małków (województwo łódzkie)

Małków - village in Poland, in voivodeship of Lodz, Sieradz district, in Warta commune.

Information

The national road No. 83 runs through the village Sieradz – Turkish.

Geographic coordinates: 51 ° 41'21 "N, 18 ° 38'09" E

Distances from selected cities: Guard - 2 km, Sieradz - 10 km, Kalisz - 47 km, Łódź - 67 km, Wroclaw - 140 km, Poznan - 170 km, Warsaw - 200 km.

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Worth seeing

The most interesting object is palacebuilt on the river Guard, on the steep slope of the Warta valley, on a high escarpment. There is a panoramic view of the Warta valley from the escarpment.

History

  • The first records of the village come from 1390. Relics of a settlement from the 12th - 14th centuries were discovered in the marshes by the Warta. After World War II, a cremation burial site of the Lusatian culture from the Hallstatt period was discovered in Małków. The area has also been found to be inhabited during the pre-Roman period and the younger Roman period. The first known owner of the village was Albert from Małków (Malcowo). In the 16th century Małków belonged to Elżbieta and Feliks Piekarski and Jarosław Kawęcki, and in the 18th century it was in the hands of the Łubieński family.
Palace in Małków
  • In the years 1810 - 1825 a new residence was built for the then owners of Małków and Bartochów - the last castellan of Sieradz and a brigadier of the national cavalry - Paweł Biernacki (1740-1826) and his wife Konstancja née Małachowska (1773-1842). Until then, they lived in Bartochów, and they bought the property in 1788 from Feliks Walerian Łubieński. The residence was probably founded on the initiative of Paweł Biernacki's nephew - Alojzy Prosper Biernacki (1778-1854), an outstanding expert in the latest achievements in the field of agriculture and horticulture and a well-known designer of modern gardens. The seat was probably designed by the chief architect of Warsaw Fryderyk Lessel (1767-1822), who also built a residence in nearby Gzikowo for Józef Lipski.
  • After the Biernacki family, the owners of Małków were Stanisław Pstrokoński from Rozdżała (from 1875), and in 1895 it passed into the hands of Maria Pstrokońska and her mother Walentyna, who sold it in 1929 to Adam H. Krzyżanowski with the right to life imprisonment. Walentyna and Maria Pstrokoński invited representatives of science, culture and art to Małków. They hosted, among others, Władysław Reymont, Stanisław Jagmin - sculptor, Czesław Tański - painter and aviation pioneer (he painted the "Dawn" plafond in the living room of the palace), Antoni Kanieński - the first draftsman "Tygodnik Ilustrowany"Józef Rapacki - creator of landscapes and genre scenes, Melania Mutermilch - painter and Zygmunt Andrychiewicz - painter, living here permanently since 1921, whose paintings include in museums in Warta and Sieradz.
  • During World War II, in 1941, the manor was taken over by the Germans and the works of art that had been collected for years were plundered.
  • After the war, the palace was run by the Warta Psychiatric Hospital and brought it to ruin.

In the 1980sTechnical University of Lodz she tried unsuccessfully to arrange a creative work house here. In 1996, the palace and park were purchased by Halina Łuczak, and from her in 2001 by a family of businessmen named Ptak, who carried out a thorough renovation of the monument.

Historical monuments

According to the register of monuments kept by National Heritage Institute the following objects are entered on the list of monuments:

  • palace complex, first half 19th century:
    • palace, registry number: 826 from December 28, 1967
    • garden pavilion, registration number: 827 from December 28, 1967
    • park, registration number: 34 / P-VIII-2 from November 8, 1948 and 828 from December 28, 1967
  • The palace, in the classicist style, on a rectangular plan, one-story, with high basement, with a residential attic. The most monumental is the eastern façade, decorated with three avant-corps supported by Doric columns, topped over the entablature with triangular tympanums. From the garden side, the avant-corps on the axis is topped with a tympanum with a deep two-column portico. Two- and three-bay interior layout.

After 1912, three four-column Doric porticoes decorated with triangular gables were added to the front elevation. The high foundation gave the building a monumental character.

Park in Małkowo
  • Until 1973, there was also a Classicist granary from 1825 on the farm.
  • The palace is located in a beautiful landscape park, situated on the slope of a slope covered with deciduous trees.

Among the lush greenery stands a statue of Władysław Stanisław Reymont from 1976, a bronze cast, a work of art. sculptor Kazimierz Moczkowski from Łódź, in place of the previous one from 1932-1936 (the work of S. Jagmin). In the depths of the park, a pavilion from the first half of the 19th century. 19th century

  • The entrance is a classicist gate from 1828, made of brick, on a rectangular plan. The walls are divided by double pilasters, a frieze above the wide entablature. Rectangular entrance opening. Originally there was a wooden entrance grate.

Interesting places

In the vicinity of the village, 188 m high moraine hills. The eastern edge of the hills turns into a steep valley slope Worth it, relative heights reach here up to 60 m. The hills are dome-shaped, there are numerous ravines with steep slopes. The genesis of the hills is associated with the Central Polish glaciation. They are built of sand and gravel, which have been used as a sand and gravel for many years.

Drive

The village can be reached by the national road No. 83 from the Warta side or from the Sieradz side. It is also possible to get there by buses, but they do not run very often.

Communication

There is no local communication

Gastronomy

Restaurant Chateau Małków, Małków 97 98-290 Małków tel. 43 829 55 11

contact

Warta Commune Office in Warta

Security

Tourist information

Information is provided by the Warta Commune and Town Hall

Trip

You can take the national road No. 83 towards the Warta (north) or towards Sieradz (south).

Where next

  • Warta - a town from 1255 with a preserved medieval urban layout and numerous monuments, mainly sacred. Stanisław Skarżyński, a well-known pre-war aviator, was born here. Here begins the hiking trail of Władysław Reymont leading through Małków, Sędzice, Wróblew, Charłupia Wielka to Sieradz.
  • Less than 2 km to the west, the Łysa Góra hill, 189 m above sea level.
  • At a distance of 1 km to the north, the village of Duszniki is situated on the high left bank of the Warta.
  • 4 km to the south, the village of Biskupice, with a granary from the first half of the 19th century. 19th century
  • Tubądzin known from two objects. One of them is a ceramic tiles factory, the other is the Walewski manor house built in the second half of the 18th century. It is one of the most recognizable buildings of this type in the voivodeship. It houses the Walewski Museum.

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