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15-518: The Park lies within Łódź Voivodeship : in Opoczno County ( Gmina Mniszków ), Piotrków County ( Gmina Aleksandrów , Gmina Ręczno , Gmina Sulejów , Gmina Wolbórz ) and Tomaszów Mazowiecki County ( Gmina Tomaszów Mazowiecki ). Sulejów Landscape Park protects forests near Pilica river. In Niebieskie Źródła Nature Reserve in the town of Tomaszów Mazowiecki there is a unique natural karst spring of water containing calcium salts. The origin of

30-564: A renowned cutlery manufacturer, founded in 1760 in Warsaw (since 1886 in Drzewica). In the first half of the 16th century, the Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland Maciej Drzewicki built here a rectangular-shaped castle, surrounded by a moat. The castle burned in 1814 and now is a well-preserved ruin. The town of Drzewica dates back to the 13th century, when prince Konrad I of Masovia granted

45-510: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Opoczno County Opoczno County ( Polish : powiat opoczyński ) is a unit of territorial administration and local government ( powiat ) in Łódź Voivodeship , south-east Poland . It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Opoczno , which lies 72 kilometres (45 mi) south-east of

60-460: Is bordered by Przysucha County to the east, Końskie County to the south, Piotrków County to the west and Tomaszów Mazowiecki County to the north-west. The county is subdivided into eight gminas (two urban-rural and six rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population. The history of Opoczno County dates back to the Middle Ages , when its present territory

75-641: The Partitions of Poland , Drzewica was annexed by the Russian Empire (1815), together with Congress Poland . The town was an important center of the January Uprising . In 1869, Tsarist authorities reduced it to the status of a village. On September 8, 1939, a nearby forest was the place of a bloody skirmish between Polish Army and the Wehrmacht . The German occupation began that month. The Jewish population of

90-660: The area to the Drzewicki ( Ciołek coat of arms ) family. The family owned Drzewica for 500 years, and its properties stretched from the Pilica to the Holy Cross Mountains . In 1429 in Nieszawa , Drzewica was incorporated as a town on German town law , by King Jogaila . Drzewica, which belonged to Opoczno County of Lesser Poland’s Sandomierz Voivodeship , prospered in the early 16th century, when its owner Maciej Drzewicki (1467 – 1535)

105-507: The county had the area of 2454 sq. kilometers, with such towns, as Opoczno, Gowarczow , Bialaczow , Odrzywol , Drzewica and Gielniow . In 1795 Opoczno County was annexed by the Habsburg Empire , and in 1807, it was part of Radom Department of the Duchy of Warsaw . In 1837, the county became part of Radom Governorate of Russian-controlled Congress Poland , and in 1867, Konskie County

120-582: The ghetto periodically to randomly murder people. In July 1942, some Jews were taken to a labor camp while the others remained in the ghetto. In October, the Germans surrounded the ghetto and lit fires around to prevent escape. The Jews were rounded up and marched to Opoczno where, a few days later, they were sent to the Treblinka killing camp where they were immediately murdered by gas. The few Jews who were left behind to sort Jewish possessions were themselves rounded up

135-490: The name of the reserve Niebieskie Źródła, that means Blue Springs, comes from the fact that red waves are absorbed by water and only blue and green are reflected from the bottom of the spring, giving that atypical colour. 51°20′00″N 19°54′20″E  /  51.33333°N 19.90556°E  / 51.33333; 19.90556 This Łódź Voivodeship location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Polish protected area -related article

150-399: The regional capital Łódź . The only other town in the county is Drzewica , lying 15 km (9 mi) north-east of Opoczno. The county covers an area of 1,038.77 square kilometres (401.1 sq mi). As of 2009 its total population is 78,467, out of which the population of Opoczno is 21,635 (2016), that of Drzewica is 3,913 (2016), and the rural population is 52,006. Opoczno County

165-458: The town was around 750. The Germans brought Jews from several neighboring villages to Drzewica so that the population increased to more than 2000. Without livelihoods and not allowed to bring personal possessions, these newcomers lived in poverty. In the autumn of 1941, Jews were forced to live in a ghetto and the severe overcrowding (eight to ten people on average shared each room) there led to epidemics of both typhus and typhoid. Police would enter

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180-586: Was a personal secretary of King John I Albert . Drzewicki renovated the ancient castle, turning it from a Gothic stronghold into a Renaissance residence. During the Deluge , Drzewica was destroyed by the Swedish army. In the 18th century Drzewica became one of early centers of Polish industry, when one of the first Polish blast furnaces was built here by Filip Szaniawski. Soon afterwards, northern Lesser Poland became industrialized (see Old-Polish Industrial Region ). After

195-479: Was carved out of southeastern part of Opoczno County. In the Second Polish Republic , Opoczno County was part of Kielce Voivodeship (1919–39) . On April 1, 1939, the county was moved to Lodz Voivodeship. During World War II , Opoczno County was disbanded and merged into District (Kreis) of Tomaszow Mazowiecki . After the war, in 1944 – 1950, Opoczno County belonged to Lodz Voivodeship. On July 1, 1950, it

210-473: Was divided between the castellanies of Skrzynno and Zarnow . By early 14th century, Opoczno emerged as the most important urban center of the region, and when castellanies were replaced by counties, the Opoczno County ruled by a starosta was created some time between 1346 – 1368. Until the Partitions of Poland , Opoczno County belonged to Lesser Polands ’ Sandomierz Voivodeship . In the 16th century,

225-521: Was moved to Kielce Voivodeship. Drzewica Drzewica [dʐɛˈvʲit͡sa] is a town in Opoczno County , Łódź Voivodeship , Poland , with 3,778 inhabitants as of December 2021. From 1975 to 1998 the town was a part of Radom Voivodeship . Located on the Drzewiczka river (a tributary to the Pilica ), in the northwestern corner of the historic province of Lesser Poland , Drzewica is home to Gerlach ,

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