Orzeszkowo (Międzychód County) - Orzeszkowo (powiat międzychodzki)

Orzeszkowo (Międzychód County)

Orzeszkowo Polish Calvinist Cemetery from the 19th century panorama.jpg

Orzeszkowo - a small village in Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship, in you will say Międzychodzki, in Kwilcz commune, by the national road No. 24, 1 km east of Kwilcz. The village is part of the village council Kwilcz, is the largest Niesołecka village in the Międzychód County, with a population of around 200.

Information

In the years 1975-1998, the town belonged administratively to the then Poznań Province.

Geographic coordinates: 52 ° 33′03 ″ N, 16 ° 06′05 ″ E

tombstones at the Calvinist cemetery from the 19th century

Historical monuments

  • manor house from the first half of the XIX
  • Evangelical church from 1861
  • Calvinist cemetery (Calvinism-Reformed Evangelicalism), early 19th century
The Bronikowski tomb at the Calvinist cemetery in Orzeszków
Entrance gate at the Calvinist cemetery in Orzeszków
Obelisk next to the grave of Jan Wilhelm Kassyusz in the Calvinist cemetery in Orzeszków

Calvinist cemetery located on the edge of the Kwilecki Stream valley, established at the beginning of the 19th century. Polish Calvinist nobility was buried there. After 1945 it was devastated, in 1985 it was tidied up, turned into a lapidarium. Among the old trees, there are tombstones and tombs from the 19th century. Also transferred from the cemetery in Czempiń. A magnificent obelisk next to the tomb of Jan Wilhelm Kassyusz (1787-1848), a Calvinist pastor, educator, and national activist.

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  • Kwilcz
    • parish church st. Michael from 1766-1782
      • 2 towers-chapels from 1780-1790
      • church cemetery
      • burial cemetery from the first half of the 19th century
      • fencing of cemeteries with a gate and sculptures from 1780-1790
    • palace complex, which includes:
      • Kwilecki palace from around 1830, two outbuildings from the second half of the 18th century,
      • a landscape park, an exit horse stable and a carriage house, and a wooden park gazebo
    • farm complex, where there are, among others distillery from 1872, granary, stewardess and carpentry from the end of the 19th century.
  • Prusim

A village situated on two lakes: Młyńskie and Kuchenne, which makes the town the most attractive village in the commune in terms of tourism. It is becoming an increasingly popular place for recreation and active tourism. Based on the buildings of the former farm, the Olandia conference and leisure center was created, with an open-air museum of miniatures related to the Dutch settlement in Poland and an exhibition of agricultural equipment. Kossaka The Battle of Racławice.

A small village in Poland, located in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, in the Międzychód County, in the Kwilcz Commune, by the national road no. 24.

    • Palace and farm complex.
      • The palace was built in the years 1856-1858 for the then owner of the village, Georg von Reiche.
      • The palace is situated in a vast (13.3 ha) park, considered to be the largest park plane in Greater Poland.
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