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The village, originally called Czerwony Kościół (Red Church), was first mentioned in 1144. Over the following centuries it changed owners many times. From 1841, it was the aide-de-camp of General Dezydery Chłapowski, Stanisław Chłapowski. Thanks to his wise management, the estate flourished and became richer. At that time – in 1845 – a palace modelled on neo-Renaissance Italian villas was also built, designed by the German architect Karol Würtemberg. The estate belonged to the Chłapowski family until the Second World War, and the last owner was Henryk Chłapowski, who was murdered by the Germans in 1944. After the war, the estate was taken over by the State Treasury as part of the land reform.”

The classicist palace in Studzieniec was built around 1790, when the Studzieniec – Łaziska estate was owned by Piotr Skarżyński, a Gostynin sub-state governor. The design came from the hand of Hilary Szpilowski, then acting as the architect of the city of Warsaw. The building with an exposed entrance portico with four columns – a characteristic example of Classicist architecture – was surrounded by a landscape park. The Skarżyński family owned the estate until 1939. In 1944 the estate was taken over by the State Treasury as part of the agrarian reform. Unfortunately, despite attempts at renovation, the post-war years were a period of progressive devastation of the palace. It was only restored to its former glory by the Olewnik family, who resurrected the entire complex from the ruins in 2009-2018.”

The fortified complex of medieval origin (15th century), consisting of a residential and defence tower and fortifications, was enriched in the 19th century by a park with a classicist one-storey palace. In 1866, the Rzemień estate passed into the hands of Gustaw Szaszkiewicz, through his marriage to Aleksandra Boguszówna. In 1931 the palace was extended with an additional floor and side wings. After the war, the Rzemień estate was nationalised and parcelled out. The palace was taken over by an agricultural technical college. The historic building was restored in 2021.

The castle in Rzemień, is part of a fortified complex consisting of a residential and defensive tower and earth bastion fortifications. It is a rare example of medieval defensive construction (15th century) that has survived to the present day. It is situated in a vast landscape park of several hectares, in the northern part of which a classicist palace was located in the 19th century. The tower underwent extensive renovation in the 1930s. A tower with stairs was then added. The castle-palace-park complex was the living centre of the Szaszkiewicz family, displaced from Rzemień by the Germans after the outbreak of war, due to the nearby testing of V2 rockets. After the war, the entire estate was taken over for land reform purposes.

The estate was purchased around 1829 by Gottlieb Jahns. The manor house – situated on a small hill, gently sloping towards Lake Jerzyń – was probably built at the end of the 19th century by order of Carl Reinhard Jahns, who inherited the estate in 1872. In the following years, the property changed hands many times. In 1906 it was a farmer Hugo Wede, and then in 1910 the owner of Krześlice estate Bernard Brandis. During the interwar period, the Jerzyn estate was taken over by Bank Kwilecki – Potocki and then partially parceled, and after World War II confiscated by the State Treasury.

The manor in Dakowy Mokre was built around 1880 for Bolesław Potocki from Będlew. The palace was designed in neoclassical style. It is surrounded by a landscape park of about 3 hectares. The next owner Count Maciej Mielżyński commissioned the architect Roger Sławski to expand the building, as a result of which the body was enriched with storey wings. The estate belonged to the Mielżyński family until the outbreak of World War II. After the war, the property was taken over by the Agricultural Cooperative Production, then it was gradually destroyed, until the year 2000, when the Kisiel family started its renovation. Nowadays, the manor houses the Antiques Gallery, a hotel and a restaurant.

Polwica was first mentioned in 1230. It was then that the Comes Bronisz, granted the Cistercian settlement of Gościchowo (including Polwica) to the Cistercians in order to establish a monastery there called Paradyż. In 1331, when the Teutonic Knights invaded the village, the inhabitants dug in, organised a defence and dealt the Teutonic Knights a severe beating. In the 14th century the village became the property of the nobility. Its last owners were the Skórzewski, Niegolewski and Kęszycki families. The manor house in Polwica was built in the 19th century and was occupied by the family of the manor manager. In 1819 it was the birthplace of Ryszard Berwiński – poet, publicist and participant in the Spring of Nations. The manor was the place of residence of the family of Marianna and Michał Jasiecki, described in Janina Fedorowicz and Joanna Konopińska’s book ‘Marianna i róże’.

The earliest mention of the village of Gaj dates from 1401 and concerns a dispute over it between the sons of Janusz from Jarogniewice and the widow of Andrzej from the village of Kowalskie and her sons. In 1475 Mikołaj from Błociszewo, burgrave of Kościan, bought the said village from Abraham Kiebłowski for 600 grzywnas. However, less than 35 years later it is noted in sources that the village was deserted. This state of affairs was changed by Wincenty Błociszewski (Mikołaj’s grandson), who rebuilt the desolate village and made it his main residence, from which he began to spell Gajewski. Thus the Gajewski family, of Ostoja coat of arms, descended from the Błociszewski family. Today in Gaj you can admire the historic manor house and the manor farm complex from the beginning of the 19th century, which includes, among others, a distillery from 1856, a sheepfold, a blacksmith’s shop, cowsheds and warehouses.

Feliksowo is the youngest settlement in the parish of Weszczyczyn. The son of Antoni Topinski, the owner of Rusocin, married Countess Kazimiera Rozdrażewska in 1860 and built a new farm on Rusocin’s land for her dowry. He named it Feliksowo after his name. The Topinski family resided in Rusocin until the beginning of the 20th century. When the indebted Rusocin estate was taken over by the Land Bank, they moved to Feliksowo. Feliks Topinski’s descendants owned Feliksowo until World War II.

From 1903 the estate belonged to Max Neumann, and after him to the Strachanowski family, until 1939. The palace is a partially one-story, partially two-story building. It was built on a rectangular plan with a turret on the northeast side. It is covered by a gabled roof.

The one-storey Classicist manor house in Bytyń was built around 1785 for the Niegolewski family. The builder was probably Bernard Leinweber from Poznań. In the following years, the palace was surrounded by an Italian-style park, later transformed into a landscape park. The manor was then expanded twice – including adding a floor. In the years 1990-2000 it was restored and glazed wings were added. The owners of the village itself have changed over the years. It is known that in 1322 it belonged to Piotr Drogosławic, chancellor of the Kingdom of Poland and castellan of the Middle River – these are the first records of the town. Then the owners were among others Konarzewski coat of arms Poraj, Niegolewscy, Gąsiorowcy and again Niegolewscy until 1939. Like many properties of this type, Bytyń was taken over by the State Treasury after the Second World War as part of the agricultural reform carried out in the 1940s. It passed back into private hands in 1989, when the property was purchased by the Nissenbaum family foundation.

Before World War II, the manor and park complex in Piotrowice was owned by Roman Gustowski. After the over 270-hectare estate was taken over for the purposes of land reform in 1945, the manor quickly fell into disrepair and was demolished in the 1960s. However, it survived in the memories of people who frequented the manor in the interwar period, for example, as kindergarteners for tea and cookies at Mrs. Gustowska’s. Those who are more persistent could even still find the manor’s staircase, which was used to go down to the park, and which today would offer a beautiful view of Slupeckie Lake below.

In the 15th century the village was known as Eichholze, while in the 17th century it was already known as Wicholec. The establishment of the still existing manor house at the end of the 19th century is linked to the Karwat family. The landed estate included a steam distillery and Bogumiłki farmstead. The manor house itself has a late-classical character. The entrance axis features a risalite and a column portico topped with a triangular abutment. After World War II, the mansion was used for residential purposes, and the land included in the estate was parcelled out to local farmers. Remnants of the park, which dates back to the late 19th century, have survived to the present day.

The manor-park complex in Konopnica has a very distinctive appearance due to the palace, which refers to Romantic Neo-Gothic, built around the middle of the 19th century by Henryk Marconi. In the form of the building one can find elements of many architectural styles. Its body is very fragmented and consists of a main building, two towers and many annexes. The entire mansion is plastered and painted white. In addition, it has galvanized sheet metal roofing. The building lies in a well-maintained park with numerous old pedunculate oaks. Nearby is a mid-19th century manor granary.

The estate in the 19th century belonged to the Germans. In 1890, the manor and the estate were sold to Kazimierz Pluciński. From 1903 to 1933 the owner was Zygmunt Pluciński, son of Kazimierz. In 1939 the estate belonged to Zygmunt’s wife Zofia Plucińska. The mansion consists of two parts: the one-story part, which is older, dating from the mid-19th century and covered with a gable roof, and the one-story part, which is younger, dating from the late 19th century with a flat roof. The two parts are connected by a risalit with an attic closed with a gable.

In the 19th century the village belonged to Władysław Szułdrzyński – the owner of the surrounding estates, who lived in the palace in Sierniki. The classicist mansion in Marlewo was probably built in the 1920s for the same family. The building has a basement and is one-story with a usable attic. It was built on a rectangular plan and covered with a high hipped roof. In the axis of the front elevation, facing north, there is a four-column portico topped with a triangular pediment with a semicircular window. Between the manor house and the road are the remains of a landscaped park. Currently the mansion is in private hands.

The village was first mentioned in 1462, while the currently existing mansion was founded by the Złotnicki family in the mid-19th century. Then, after passing into the ownership of the Ponikowski family, in the early 20th century it was transformed in the direction of the late-classical style, on an irregular L-shaped plan. The building is both single- and two-story. During the occupation, the estate was overseen by the Nazi administration. After World War II, the landed estate was nationalized and became the property of the State Treasury. In 1948, a state farm was established here. A landscape park has been preserved to the present day.

The landed estate includes an eclectic manor house with slight elements of classicism. It is a one-story building with a usable attic, built on an elongated rectangular plan, with a risalit topped by a triangular extension and a side wing. Today’s building is the result of a reconstruction carried out by the Tuchołk family, but the right outbuilding is a remnant of the classicist Paledzki manor house, after alterations made by Wiktor Moszczeński. In 1945 the estate was nationalized, the manor was initially taken over by the Polish Culture Center, and in 1949 the Farm Complex.

The first mention of the village dates back to 1258. At the beginning of the 19th century the estate passed into the hands of the Potworowski family. In 1886 the present palace was built for Bronisław Potworowski – on an elongated plan, with a facade facing south. The project was created under the direction of architect Stanisław Hebanowski. Over the following decades, the estate passed into the hands of a related family – in 1930 it was inherited by Karol Twardowski, who then in 1938 rebuilt the palace – a floor was added, which was covered with a gable roof, while two outbuildings were added to the main building. After the period of Nazi rule and the end of World War II, the Twardowski family did not return to the property, which was taken over and parceled for the benefit of the local farmers, the PGR and the State Treasury. Nowadays, apart from the buildings of the court complex, there is also a park, the creation of which dates back to the 19th century. The entire court-park complex remains in private hands.

The manor-park complex in Nienadowa (Dubiecko municipality) is one of the better preserved residence-farm complexes in southeastern Poland. It consists of a strict representative center delineated by the extent of the landscaped park, within the boundaries of which are located: the classicist manor house building and outbuildings – both built just after 1809. – as well as a slightly later cordegarde built before 1853. An extensive area to the north of them is occupied by a complex of farm buildings. We can consider Antoni Dembiński – the owner of the complex at the turn of the 18th/19th century – as the creator of the preserved establishment. Nienadowa passed into the hands of the Dembiński family in 1726 and remained their property until 1947.

The manor-park complex in Strzyżewice includes a manor house built in 1902 and a park, which dates back to the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. In the post-war period the complex was incorporated into the structures of the State Agricultural Farm.

The manor complex in Jasionka existed as early as the 18th century, which is confirmed by historical maps, but its metric is probably older. In 1831 the Jasionka estate was purchased by Ludwik Jędrzejowicz. In 1887, the 19th-century manor house was rebuilt and expanded on the initiative of then-owner Stanislaw Jędrzejowicz, according to a concept by Tadeusz Stryjeński. In the hands of the Jędrzejowicz family, the establishment in Jasionka remained until the land reform in 1944.

The manor-palace complex in Brzostowo includes a palace built in the 19th century in eclectic style for the Arndt family, and a park with water features dating from the second half of the 19th century. In the post-war period, the palace was rebuilt to house the Michal Drzymala School Complex of Food Management.

The village was first mentioned in the 13th century. The manor-park complex in Kochłory includes a manor house built at the turn of the 19th century in Baroque style for Tadeusz Sokolnicki, and a park dating back to the 19th century. The manor house building consists of a residential, one-story body and an attic. The northern gable of the body uses a semicircular risalit covered by a domed roof. A four-column portico was used in the facade. The entire building was covered with a mansard roof with dormers. After World War II, the mansion served as a Nursing Home.

The first brick mansion in Staromieście was probably built in the second half of the 18th century by an unknown architect. In the mid-19th century, the mansion was surrounded by a small park and bordered on the north and west by farm buildings. The area of the park varied as new areas were successively added to it. In 1878 the Staromieście estate, together with Miłocin and Ruska Wieś, was purchased by the Jędrzejowicz family and remained their property until 1944. In the same year the Jędrzejowicz estate was taken over by the State Treasury. The park with the palace, was handed over to the local cooperative , “Jedność”, which carried out horticultural production in the transferred facility, while in 1954 the area of the former manor-park complex was handed over to the hospital.

The palace-park complex in Dojlidy includes a palace built in the 1880s by Ewald Hasbach in the style of French, Dutch and Tuscan Neorenaissance. The palace is surrounded by a small garden and landscaped park. At the beginning of the 20th century, the residence was remodeled. The interiors were maintained in an eclectic style. Two risalits with towers and an additional floor covered with a mansard roof with dormers were added. Inside, the original stoves and fireplaces have been preserved. The palace itself became the headquarters of the Political Personnel Training Center after the Hasbachs left in 1944. Later, workers from the Plywood Factory lived in the palace, the first floor was occupied by a post office and a kindergarten. Currently, the mansion houses the headquarters of the Provincial Office for the Protection of Monuments in Bialystok. Hasbach Palace is under the management of the Podlaskie Provincial Conservator of Monuments.

The manor-park complex in Kopytówka was built in the 1870s, according to a design by architect Filip Pokutyński. The building was given an eclectic character with elements of English Gothic. The body was enriched with octagonal turrets and porches. The Dunin family coat of arms, “Swan”, was also exposed on the facade. After World War II, the estate was transformed to serve the needs of the State Forestry Board and then the Agricultural Production Company “Piast”.

The village was known as early as the 14th century, belonging to many families, i.e. Stradomski and Lipowski. However, it is to the Hussarzewski family that the estate owes its incorporation through a dowry into the entail of the Lubomirski dukes. The estate served the agricultural development of the Ordynacja, while the manor house was not rebuilt in the estate itself after the destruction of the residence during World War I.

The first mention of Osiek dates back to around 1303. From the mid-18th century, the landed estate became the property of the count Sierakowski family h. Ogończyk. The last pre-war owner of Osiek and numerous manors and properties included in the ancestral estate was Count Adam Sierakowski – a social activist and politician. In 1939, the count and his family were murdered by the Nazis. After World War II, the estate was adapted for use as a state farm.

The village was known as early as the 13th century and was in the possession of many families, i.e. the Tarnowski counts, or the Ostrogski and Lubomirski dukes. To the latter family Przeworsk owes the constitution of a considerable landed estate, and finally the ancestral ordination of the Lubomirski dukes, which existed until the end of World War II.

Wieś znana od XIV wieku, na przestrzeni wieków należała do wielu rodzin. W czasach najnowszych majątek powiązany z rodziną Cichowskich, właścicieli także okolicznych majątków. W majątku prowadzono hodowlę koni oraz handlem owocami. Także za posiadania tej rodziny powstał dwór, wybudowany pod koniec XIX wieku oraz rewitalizowany w l. 30 XX wieku.

In the 18th century the entire village was owned by Jan Gliszczyński, then by the Kołaczkowski family. From 1781 it was the property of Józef Wybicki, an officer in the Italian legions and creator of the national anthem. The general’s son, Józef Ksawery, sold the village to Dezyder Chłapowski. At the end of the 19th century it belonged to the Grodzicki family, then to the von Graeve family, Broel-Plater, from 1912 to Zdzisław Brzeski, and in the interwar period to the Prus-Głowacki family. After the end of World War II, the estate was taken over under the Land Reform Decree. In 2011, after many years of efforts by the heirs of Zofia Prus-Glowacka, part of the estate, including the manor and park complex, became the property of the family again.