Granówko is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in the administrative district of

Gmina Granowo __NOTOC__ Gmina Granowo is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Grodzisk Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Granowo, which lies approximately east of Grodzisk Wielkopolski and ...

, within

Grodzisk Wielkopolski County __NOTOC__ Grodzisk County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passe ...

Greater Poland Voivodeship Greater Poland Voivodeship ( ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. The province is named after the region called Greater Poland (''Wielkopolska'' ). The modern province includes most of this historic re ...

, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Granowo, east of

Grodzisk Wielkopolski Grodzisk Wielkopolski is a town in western Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship (Wielkopolskie), with a population of 13,703 (2006). It is south-west of Poznań, the voivodeship capital. It is the seat of Grodzisk Wielkopolski County, and also o ...

, and south-west of the regional capital

Poznań Poznań ( ) is a city on the Warta, River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business center and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's ...

. An old mansion is located there, currently being renovated. The mansion was built in the early 19th century by Nepomucen Nieżychowski (1774–1781) Nepomucen Niezychowski
- Biographical information from relative's website, Elonka.com the estate's owner at the time, and it served as the seat of the Nieżychowski family. In 1898 it came into the hands of Count

Rodryg Dunin Rodryg Dunin (June 26, 1870 – October 26, 1928) was a Polish noble (szlachta), a hrabia (Count), and an industrialist and an agriculturalist.Polski Słownik Biograficzny (the Polish Biographical Dictionary) 1948 - Tome 6, Subtome 1list of tomes) ...

(1870–1928) through his marriage to Lucia Taczanowska (1862–1917), the widow of Stanislaw Niezychowski (1851–1897). In 1928 the estate was returned to Taczanowska's eldest son by her first marriage, Jozef Niezychowski (1885–1960),Jozef Niezychowski
- Biographical information from relative's website, Elonka.com and Dunin purchased a separate estate, Ruchocice.

References

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Polski Słownik Biograficzny ''Polski Słownik Biograficzny'' (''PSB''; Polish Biographical Dictionary) is a Polish-language biographical dictionary, comprising an alphabetically arranged compilation of authoritative biographies of some 25,000 notable Poles and of foreigner ...

'' (the Polish Biographical Dictionary) 1948, entry for "Rodryg Dunin"

External links

Color picture of Granówko mansion
{{Gmina Granowo Villages in Grodzisk Wielkopolski County