Pątnów is a

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, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the

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(administrative district) called Gmina Pątnów. It lies approximately south of

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and south-west of the regional capital

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History

Its name appears in the written records also as Patnowo, Pantchanow. In 1339 local

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Stanimir exchanged the slaughterhouse in

for a mill and a quarter

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of land in Pątnów. In 1553 it is mentioned that the wooden church existed already at the beginning of the 16th century. It was possibly funded by one Polish kings. The local Catholic parish included Pątnów and nearby Bieniec. In those times the village belonged partly to Wieluń and partly to nobleman Mateusz Skrzyński. Following the

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, in 1793, it was annexed by

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. At the beginning of the 19th century a small landed estate of about 80 ha changed the owners for Germans- the Kreczmers. In 1807, the village became a part of the short-lived Polish

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, and following its dissolution in 1815, it fell to the

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of Poland. At the beginning of 20th century there were a distillery, a manufacture of starch, ponds and a park (1.08 ha) founded by the Kreczmers. Before

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the landed estate was bought by Kobylański, the former leaseholder of an estate in Bieniec. On the village grounds there were “Osada Młyńska” (“The Mill Settlement”), although there wasn't any mill and so called “Jatka”- with reference to Janina Szymańska's estate, which had existed here in the past. In 1926 the railway stop was built. During the

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(

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), in 1940, the German gendarmerie carried out expulsions of Poles, who were placed in a transit camp in

, and then young Poles were deported to

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in Germany and

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, and others were deported to the

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in the more eastern part of German-occupied Poland. Houses and farms were handed over to

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colonists from

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as part of the ''

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'' policy.Wardzyńska, p. 255 Every German family got three Polish farms. The name of the village was Germanized to ''Patenau''. After the war, the former manor farms' terrain was taken over by Gminna Spółdzielnia (The Commune Association), which has devastated previous manor order.

Transport

The village is cut through by the Polish National road 43 connecting

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and Wieluń and by the railway line 181 connecting Herby Nowe and Wieluń Dąbrowa. There is a station for passenger trains.

Church and Chapel

The present Church was built in 1917–1927 on the place of the former wooden church. On the rood beam there is a baroque crucifix from 18th century. There is also a font from 18th century. On the village's terrain there is a beautiful stone chapel from 18th century. It is covered by a four-sided tent roof. Inside there is a historic sculpture of Pensive Christ.

References

{{Authority control Villages in Wieluń County