Zadzim (german: 1943–45 Scharhausen) is a

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, in central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Zadzim. It lies approximately south-west of

Poddębice Poddębice is a town in central Poland, in Łódź Voivodeship, about 40 km northwest of Łódź. It is the capital of Poddębice County. Population is 7,245 (2020). History Poddębice was a private town, administratively located in the ...

and west of the regional capital

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History

The first written mention of Zadzim comes from 1386. It was the home of Zadzimski family, who erected a church in the village somewhere around the early 15th century. Later, the settlement belonged also to Zaleski family from Otok, and the families of Radomicki,

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, and Lubomirski. In the 16th century it was divided in three smaller and separate settlements called Wola Zaleska, Wola Sypińska and Wola Zadzimska (currently Wola Flaszczyna). In the 18th century, the estates were purchased by Dąmbski family from Lubraniec. Count Józef Kazimierz from Lubraniec was a

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Sieradz Sieradz ( la, Siradia, yi, שעראַדז, שערעדז, שעריץ, german: 1941-45 Schieratz) is a city on the Warta river in central Poland with 40,891 inhabitants (2021). It is the seat of the Sieradz County, situated in the Łódź Voivode ...

in 1756–1766. For the last time before the

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of the Polish state, the village was bought by the Jarociński family. In the centre of Zadzim stands the

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Church of St Margaret (pw. św. Małgorzaty) built of brick in 1640–1642 in place of the original wooden church from 1416. The founder and main benefactor of the present structure was Count Aleksander Zaleski from Otok,

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NID, (Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa)
''Rejestr zabytków nieruchomych, województwo łódzkie.''

Notable people

Zadzim is the birthplace of Jewish painter

Leopold Pilichowski Leopold Pilichowski (March 23, 1869 – July 28, 1933) was a Polish realist painter in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, active during the final years of the foreign partitions of Poland. He was known for his commitment to social commentary ...

(1869–1934), student of Jan Matejko, who was active during the final years of the foreign partitions of Poland.

References

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