Pogorzela is a town in

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, with 2,037 inhabitants (). Pogorzela is located on the western edge of the Kalisz Upland, at the junction of county roads

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and the

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History

Pogorzela is first mentioned in the early 15th century when it was owned by the Pogorzelski family of

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. Pogorzela was a

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, administratively located in the Pyzdry County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province. It was the ancestral seat of the Pogorzelski family, and later on, it passed to other families, including the houses of Radzewski, Olewiński, Zbijewski. The first church of Saint Michael was built before 1450. Around 1562 the town's heir, Stanisław Pogorzelski, converted to

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and handed the church over to Protestants. In 1608 it was restored to Catholics. The town received royal privileges for markets and fairs from

Sigismund II Augustus Sigismund II Augustus ( pl, Zygmunt II August, lt, Žygimantas Augustas; 1 August 1520 – 7 July 1572) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, the son of Sigismund I the Old, whom Sigismund II succeeded in 1548. He was the first ruler ...

in 1566,

Sigismund III Vasa Sigismund III Vasa ( pl, Zygmunt III Waza, lt, Žygimantas Vaza; 20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632 N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden and Grand Duke of Finland from 1592 to ...

in 1617,

Władysław IV Vasa Władysław IV Vasa; lt, Vladislovas Vaza; sv, Vladislav IV av Polen; rus, Владислав IV Ваза, r=Vladislav IV Vaza; la, Ladislaus IV Vasa or Ladislaus IV of Poland (9 June 1595 – 20 May 1648) was King of Poland, Grand Duke of ...

in 1639 and Stanisław August Poniatowski in 1766. The town had

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s of shoemakers, weavers, coopers and millers. In 1766 King Stanisław August Poniatowski allowed the establishment of a shooting association. In 1999 Pogorzela was administratively moved from

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Landmarks

* Pogorzela Town Hall * Late- Baroque Saint Michael the Archangel Church, built between 1778–1785 * Ratusz Memorial in honor of the victims of the Nazi German occupation of Poland * Tyszkiewicz Palace, * The Château Park, now a City Park, * Windmill of 1870. * Cemetery * Former synagogue gutted during

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References

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