Odrzykoń is a
village
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in the administrative district of
Gmina Wojaszówka, within
Krosno County,
Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of
Wojaszówka, north of
Krosno, and south-west of the regional capital
Rzeszów
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.
The history of human settlement here dates back to the period known as the
Lusatian culture. In early
Middle Ages
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, a Slavic
gord existed here, later replaced with a wooden castle. The castle was burned during the Mongol invasions of Poland, first
in 1241 and again
in 1259. In a 1348 document, the village was spelled Kamieniec; in 1402 - Ehremberg alias Orzykon; and in 1446, Odrzykoń.
In 1348, King
Kazimierz Wielki built here
Kamieniec Castle, which remained private property of the Kamieniecki family. In 1475, the castle was attacked by Hungarian troops of
Matthias Corvinus
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. On March 12, 1526, Crown
Hetman Marcin Kamieniecki invited to the castle Hungarian King
John Zapolya, also
Fausto Sozzini visited Kamieniec. On December 7, 1655, near Odrzykoń, a
choragiew of Gabriel Wojnillowicz defeated Swedes in the
Battle of Krosno (see
Deluge (history)). On March 16, 1657, the army of
George II Rakoczi, allied with the
Swedish Empire, entered southern Poland, capturing and burning the Kamieniec Castle. Rebuilt, the complex was once again destroyed by Swedes during the
Great Northern War
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. During
Bar Confederation, Polish rebels found refuge in the ruined and neglected castle.
In 1828, following the marriage of
Aleksander Fredro with Zofia Skarbowa, the famous writer became owner of half of the ruined complex. Fredro based his
Zemsta on a mid-17th century lawsuit between owners of the castle, Piotr Firlej and Jan Skotnicki. In 1831, after the
November Uprising
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was an armed rebellion in Russian Partition, the heartland of Partitions of Poland, partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire. ...
, a demented man named Jan Machnik of
Dukla
Dukla is a town and an eponymous municipality in southeastern Poland, in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 2,017. The total area of the commune is . Dukla belongs to Lesser Poland, and until the Pa ...
resided in the ruins.
Seweryn Goszczynski based main character of his book “Król zamczyska” (“King of the Castle”) on Machnik.
File:Odrzykon1 (js).jpg,
File:Odrzykon pomnik 1.JPG, Tadeusz Kościuszko
Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko (; 4 or 12 February 174615 October 1817) was a Polish Military engineering, military engineer, statesman, and military leader who then became a national hero in Poland, the United States, Lithuania, and ...
monument, 1894
References
{{Gmina Wojaszówka
Villages in Krosno County