Kaczkowo is a village in the administrative district of
Gmina Gniewkowo
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Gmina Gniewkowo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Inowrocław County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Gniewkowo, which lies approximately north-east of Inowrocław and ...
, within
Inowrocław County
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, in north-central Poland.
History
Stanisław Tuczyński sold Kaczkowo,
Skalmierowice,
Mierogonowice,
Jędrzejewo,
Glinno, and
Olęndry to
Tomasz Przetocki in 1663. In 1670, Przetocki sold the manor of Kaczkowo to Bishop
Stanisław Dąmbski
Stanisław Kazimierz Dąmbski (or Dąbski; ca. 1638 – 15 December 1700) was a politically powerful Polish prelate and king-maker. He was in turn, bishop of Chełm, Łuck, Płock, Kujawy and finally, bishop of Krakow.
Life
Dąmbski was the ...
(ca. 1638–1700). Dąmbski built a summer palace there. At his death, the manor included the villages of Kaczkowo, Glinno, Skalmirowice, Mierogonowice,
Topola
Topola ( sr-Cyrl, Топола, ) is a town and municipality located in the Šumadija District of central Serbia. It was the place where Karađorđe, a Serbian revolutionary, was chosen as the leader of the First Serbian Uprising against the Otto ...
,
Płonkowo,
Dobiesławice, and
Zapola.
The bishop's brother, Zygmunt Dąmbski, Count of Lubraniec, inherited the manor of Kaczkowo. The manor then passed to Zygmunt's son, Wojciech Dąmbski, in 1706, and on to Wojciech's son, Antoni Dąmbski, in 1725. Antoni sold the manor to his brother-in-law (and third cousin) Kazimierz Dąmbski, in 1741. Kazimierz's son, Jan Chrziciel Dąmbski, Count of Lubraniec, inherited the manor in 1765. He was living at Kaczkowo in 1812, when foreign troops from Wuerttemberg destroyed the palace.
In 1831, Jan Chrziciel's elder son, Apolinary Dąmbski, inherited Kaczkowo, while his younger son, Kazimierz (whose right to the title "Count Dombski" was recognized by the Prussian government in 1821) inherited Płonkowo. He died in 1833, leaving two daughters and a son, Stanislaw Kostka, who had no issue.
The village of Kaczkowo was served by the Roman Catholic parish of
Płonkowo.
In 1882, Kaczkowo had 19 houses, and 141 inhabitants, all Lutherans. Nine inhabitants were illiterate. The nearest post office, telegraph office and railway station were at
Gniewkowo
Gniewkowo (Polish pronunciation: ) is a town in Inowrocław County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland with a population of 7,301 inhabitants (2005). It is located within the historic region of Kuyavia.
Location
Gniewkowo ...
, four kilometers away.
[''Słownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego,'' vol. III, (Warsaw: 1882), p. 655]
References
Villages in Inowrocław County
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