Olszowa, Greater Poland Voivodeship
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PolandOlszowa | |
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Village | |
 St. Hedwig Church | |
  Olszowa | |
| Coordinates: 51°17′45″N 18°2′36″E / 51.29583°N 18.04333°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Kępno |
| Gmina | Kępno |
| Population | 1,000 |
Olszowa [ɔlˈʂɔva] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kępno, within Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] The village is on national road number 8, which is a part of the European route E67.
The first reference to the village's name comes from 1266. When it was mentioned in the 1305 Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis, the village was paying a tithe to the bishop of Wrocław.[2] In 1360 it was among the 23 villages given for life to Stefan Gromassy, a canon (priest) from Poznań, provided that he would help them financially.[3] In the 17th century the owners were Jan Szyszkowski, district magistrate of Kalisz, and Mikołaj Szyszkowski, chamberlain of Wieluń. After the Second Partition of Poland, Olszowa became part of the Kingdom of Prussia and fell under the district of Kempen im Possen.[4]
During the 19th and the first half of the 20th century Olszowa was divided into three Gutsbezirke (Polish: obszary dworskie, English: country manor areas). In the Interbellum period, Olszowa I was owned by Witold Daszkiewicz, Olszowa II Podgórze (English: roughly translates as at the bottom of/near a hill) by Jan Paetzold, and Olszowa III Podmiejska (English: Suburban) belonged to Franciszek Wunschik.
After World War I, it became part of the Second Polish Republic due to the success of the Greater Poland Uprising. Following the invasion of Poland and the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939, Olszowa was occupied by the Wehrmacht and annexed by Nazi Germany. The village was then renamed Erlenbrunn until 1943, and then Erlenhöh until 1945.[5] It was administered within Reichgau Wartherland until the end of the war in 1945. The Red Army liberated the village on January 21 after a brief resistance from the Nazi Army.
Following the war, Olszowa became part of the People's Republic of Poland. It fell under the jurisdiction of the Poznań Voivodeship from 1946 until 1975, when, due to the reform of the administrative divisions in Poland, it was included in the newly formed Kalisz Voivodeship. Since 1 January 1999, Olszowa has been part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship.
Country manors
There used to be three manors in Olszowa, two of which remain.
The Daszkiewicz family manor was built at the turn of the 19th century. It is a brick, single-storey house with a central entrance. As a result of the post-war nationalization, the manor was turned into a building for the primary school that functions to this day. Franciszek Wunschik's manor was constructed in the 19th century. It resembles a miniature castle with neo-Gothic towers in the corners. After 1945, the manor was rebuilt. The previous entrance was walled and is now marked by a triad of arcades. In 1981–2000, the building served as the local kindergarten.
