Rososzyca is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

in the administrative district of

Gmina Sieroszewice __NOTOC__ Gmina Sieroszewice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Sieroszewice, which lies approximately east of Ostrów Wielkopol ...

, within

Ostrów Wielkopolski County Ostrów (Polish for "river island") may refer to: Places Poland ; Greater Poland Voivodeship * Ostrów Wielkopolski, a town in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland) * Ostrów, Greater Poland Voivodeship in Greater Poland Voivodeship ( ...

Greater Poland Voivodeship Greater Poland Voivodeship ( pl, Województwo wielkopolskie; ), also known as Wielkopolska Voivodeship, Wielkopolska Province, or Greater Poland Province, is a voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 ...

, in west-central Poland. It is in the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

of Sieroszewice. Rososzyca lies approximately east of Sieroszewice, east of

Ostrów Wielkopolski Ostrów Wielkopolski () (often abbreviated ''Ostrów Wlkp.'', formerly called simply ''Ostrów'', german: Ostrowo, Latin: ''Ostrovia'') is a city in west-central Poland with 70,982 inhabitants (2021), situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship; ...

, and south-east of the regional capital

Poznań Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint Joh ...

and is situated on the edge of the valley near the mouth of the river Barycz, at an altitude of approx. 125 m. The village has an approximate population of 1,000.

History

First recorded in 1377AD as a

, owned by the

knight A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the Pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity. Knighthood finds origins in the Gr ...

, Nicholas of Dóbr Klasztoru in Ołobok. From the end of the eighteenth century until 1928 it belonged to the Skórzewski family who in the nineteenth century built a palace here. Previously, the family Roso(w)ski of the Korab coat of arms, had owned it. Before the year 1887 the village belonged administratively to the Odolanowski county; from 1887 to 1975 and since 1999 to the

and in the years 1975-1998 it belonged directly to the Kalisz Voivodeship.

Tourist attractions

* Skorzewski Palace, currently in ruins and the nearby park *Saint Mark church from 1818 *19th century

folwark ''Folwark''; german: Vorwerk; uk, Фільварок; ''Filwarok''; be, Фальварак; ''Falwarak''; lt, Palivarkas is a Polish word for a primarily serfdom-based farm and agricultural enterprise (a type of ''latifundium''), often very ...

buildings, including a granary *medieval ruins from 15-16th centuries near the palace

References

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