Ujazd [ˈujast] is a town in Tomaszów Mazowiecki County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Ujazd.[1] It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) north-west of Tomaszów Mazowiecki and 39 km (24 mi) south-east of the regional capital Łódź. It is located within the historic Łęczyca Land.
Ujazd | |
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Town | |
 Saint Adalbert church | |
_flag.svg) Flag _COA.svg) Coat of arms | |
  Ujazd  Ujazd | |
| Coordinates: 51°35′40″N 19°55′37″E / 51.59444°N 19.92694°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Łódź |
| County | Tomaszów Mazowiecki |
| Gmina | Ujazd |
| First mentioned | 1283 |
| Town rights | 1428 |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,700 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | ETM |
| Voivodeship roads |   |
History edit
Ujazd was granted town rights in 1428 by Polish King Władysław II Jagiełło thanks to efforts of Piotr Tłuk, swordbearer of Łęczyca.[2] It was a private town of Polish nobility, including the Dunin, Szczawiński, Denhoff and Ostrowski families,[3] administratively located in the Brzeziny County in the Łęczyca Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[4] Its royal privileges were confirmed by Polish Kings Casimir IV Jagiellon, Sigismund III Vasa, and Stanisław August Poniatowski, in 1476, 1615 and 1786, respectively.[3] In the 17th century, Primate of Poland Andrzej Olszowski, native of nearby Olszowa erected the Baroque Saint Adalbert Church.
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the occupiers operated a forced labour camp for Poles and Jews at a local sawmill.[5]
References edit
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Ćwikła, Łukasz (2017). "Walerian Olszowski herbu Prus II (zm. 1650), ojciec prymasa Andrzeja Olszowskiego i dobrodziej familii w pamięci potomstwa wyrażonej na nagrobku ojca w Stolcu". Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Historica (in Polish) (98): 11.
- ^ a b Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XII (in Polish). Warszawa. 1892. pp. 761–762.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Atlas historyczny Polski. Województwo sieradzkie i województwo łęczyckie w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1998. p. 3.
- ^ Góral, Jan (2002). "Roboty przymusowe w Piotrkowskiem w latach okupacji hitlerowskiej". Piotrkowskie Zeszyty Historyczne (in Polish) (4): 154.
