Stronsko - Strońsko

Strońsko - village in Poland, in voivodeship of Lodz, in Zduńska Wola district, in the commune of Zapolice.

Geographic coordinates: 51 ° 33′N 18 ° 52′E

The village is situated on the northern outskirts Miedzyrzecz Warta and Widawka Landscape Park, located 12 km southeast of Sieradz, on the high, right-bank edge of the ice-marginal valley Worth it, from where there is an expansive view of The Sieradzka Basin.

The village is beautifully situated on the right, high (30 m) slope of the Warta valley. From the road there is a wonderful view of Strońsko with the church towering over the village, Sieradz and the valley and the Warta River. The settlements on both sides of the river are located on the slopes of the valley, and its bottom, 3-5 km wide, is covered with fields, meadows, pastures with alder thickets. The Warta flows in wide meanders among sandy shores.

In the village, the remains of a manor park with an old ash tree with a short, thick trunk. On a steep slope we see plum orchards.

At the cemetery there is an obelisk in honor of the soldiers of the "Łódź" Army, 280 of whom died here at the beginning of World War II in September 1939 and whose graves are located in the cemetery. Also the grave of General Br. Bronisław Laliczyński commanders in 1939 4th Legions Infantry Regiment from KielceBunkers and fortifications from World War II have been preserved in the area. On the first weekend of September, you can see a historical reconstruction of the fights on the Strońsko-Beleń-Zagórzyce line, which were fought by Polish troops with the attacking Nazis here in September 1939.

In 1873, Edmund Stawiski from Podłężyce discovered a cemetery of the Pomeranian culture in the area surrounding the church. He also found interesting materials of Polish culture in the form of tiles.

Late-Romanesque church of the 13th century in Strońsko

The list of monuments kept by the National Heritage Institute includes:

• parish church st. Ursula, 1st half 13th century, 18th century, registration number: 69-IV-17 from 09/09/1949 and 49 from 21/07/1967
• cemetery chapel, early XIX century, reg.No .: 74-IV-22 from 9/09/1949 and 50 from 20/07/1967

One of the oldest historic buildings in the Łódź Province is located in Strońsko. It is the Romanesque brick church. of St. Ursula and 11 Thousand Virgins, from the first half of the 13th century - in the oldest part including the chancel and part of the nave. Rebuilt in 1458, 1600 and 1726, the chapel and tower were added in the 20th century. Elements of the Romanesque style are best visible on the outside of the chancel and part of the nave, where the Romanesque texture of the walls and two closed semicircular windows have been preserved. The apse wall has an arcaded brick frieze and a semicircular window on the axis. On the bricks scratched inscriptions from the 16th and 18th centuries and holes in the brick, characteristic round hollows - a trace of the ritual not burning of fire with a fire drill or according to other assumptions, for penance or for obtaining brick powder for healing purposes. In the southern porch, above the entrance door, the most valuable monument of the temple - a stone semicircular tympanum, depicting the legendary basilisk framed by a braided ornament. It is a unique character of the decoration in Poland, pointing to the Scandinavian (or maybe Tyrolean) origin of the tympanum, because it is a motif often found in Romanesque art in Scandinavian countries.

Baroque furnishings of the church from the 17th and 18th centuries. In the side altar, a painting of the Transfiguration of the Lord from the 18th century worshiped by the local population. Two stoups from 1504. Józef Bem. The news about the parish priest from the January Uprising period, Fr. Antoni Ślepowroński (born in 1807), who "participated in the uprising and had incitement sermons".

The church is situated on the high slope of the Warta valley, towers over the area and is an excellent vantage point.

The blue-colored walking Trail of the Warta Walk runs through Strońsko, connecting towns associated with the fights to maintain defensive positions on the Warta line in September 1939.

Registered training paragliding position: take-off from the slope in the SW wind direction. It is a place to make short rallies and perfect take-offs before going to the mountains. Take-off coordinates N 51 ° 32 ′ 31 ″ E 18 ° 51 ′ 46 ″ Landing on vast fields along the village of Strońsko (height difference 20 m).

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