Radziejowice () 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 ...

Żyrardów County __NOTOC__ Żyrardów County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 19 ...

Masovian Voivodeship Masovian Voivodeship or Mazowieckie Province (, ) and any variation thereof, is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) in east-central Poland, containing Poland's capital Warsaw. Masovian Voivodeship has an area of and had a 2019 po ...

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

gmina The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and tow ...

(administrative district) called

Gmina Radziejowice __NOTOC__ Gmina Radziejowice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Żyrardów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Radziejowice, which lies approximately south-east of Żyrardów and south-west ...

. It is situated on the Pisia River, approximately south-east of

Żyrardów Żyrardów is a town and former industrial hub in central Poland with approximately 41,400 inhabitants (2006). It is the capital of Żyrardów County in the Masovian Voivodeship, west of Warsaw. Etymology Żyrardów, initially a textile settleme ...

and south-west of

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

History

Radziejowice was the seat of the Radziejowski

noble family Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy (class), aristocracy. It is normally appointed by and ranked immediately below Royal family, royalty. Nobility has often been an Estates of the realm, estate of the rea ...

, which gained considerable influence in Poland in the 17th century. Stanisław Radziejowski often hosted Polish King

Sigismund III Vasa Sigismund III Vasa (, ; 20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632 N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden from 1592 to 1599. He was the first Polish sovereign from the House of Vasa. Re ...

in Radziejowice, his son

Hieronim Radziejowski Hieronim Radziejowski (1612 — 8 August 1667) was a Polish szlachcic, noble, politician, diplomat, scholar and a military commander. He was the starost, governor of Sochaczew since 1643 and Deputy Chancellor of the Crown, Vice-Chancellor of the ...

hosted King

Władysław IV Vasa Władysław IV Vasa or Ladislaus IV (9 June 1595 – 20 May 1648) was King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and claimant of the thrones of Monarchy of Sweden, Sweden and List of Russian monarchs, Russia. Born into the House of Vasa as a prince ...

in 1642, and his grandson

Michał Stefan Radziejowski Augustyn Michał Stefan Radziejowski (3 December 1645 – 13 October 1705) was an archbishop of Gniezno, bishop of Warmia, and cardinal primate of the Roman Catholic Church in Poland. He was the son of Hieronim Radziejowski. After the death of t ...

hosted

Countess Palatine Hedwig Elisabeth of Neuburg Hedwig Elisabeth of Neuburg (Polish: ''Jadwiga Elżbieta Amalia Sobieska''; 18 July 1673 – 10 August 1722) was a Polish princess by marriage to James Louis Sobieski. She was the daughter of Philip William, Duke of Neuburg and Landgravine ...

, wife of Polish Prince

James Louis Sobieski James Louis Henry Sobieski (Polish: ''Jakub Ludwik Henryk Sobieski''; French: ''Jacques Louis Henri de Sobieski''; 2 November 1667 – 19 December 1737) was a crown prince ( królewicz) of Poland in years 1674–1696 and duke on Oława in years 1 ...

. After the death of Michał Stefan Radziejowski, it subsequently passed to the Prażmowski,

Ossoliński The House of Ossoliński (plural: Ossolińscy) was a Polish aristocratic family from the Lesser Poland region. Because Polish adjectives have different forms for the genders, Ossolińska is the form for a female family member. History The Ossoli ...

and

Krasiński Krasiński (sometimes spelled Krasinsky, if originally transliterated from Russian, Ukrainian or Belarusian) is a surname of Polish, or generally Slavic, origin. In its feminine version, the Polish surname becomes Krasińska, and the Russian or Be ...

families. The Krasiński family founded a Catholic parish in 1786 and built a new Neoclassical church in 1822. In 1827, the village had a population of 249. In 1870, a brickyard was established in Radziejowice. Following the German-Soviet

invasion of Poland The invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, Polish Campaign, and Polish Defensive War of 1939 (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint attack on the Second Polish Republic, Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak R ...

, which started

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany until 1945.

Sights

The landmark of Radziejowice is the

Radziejowice Castle Radziejowice Castle is a complex of Classical architecture, Classical residences surrounded by a park, located in the village of Radziejowice, Żyrardów County, Żyrardów Powiat, Masovian Voivodeship in Poland. Since 1965 the complex has perfor ...

, Palace and Park Complex, which additionally contains a lake, wooden manor house and busts of several famous Poles, including

Fryderyk Chopin The Fryderyk is the annual award in Polish music. Its name refers to the original Polish spelling variant of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin's first name. Its status in the Polish public can be compared to the US Grammy and British BRIT Awar ...

Ignacy Jan Paderewski Ignacy Jan Paderewski (;

r 1859 R, or r, is the eighteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ar'' (pronounced ), plural ''ars''. The lette ...

– 29 June 1941) was a Polish pianist, composer and statesman who was a spokesman for Polish independence. In 1919, he was the nation's Prime Minister of Poland, prime minister and foreign minister durin ...

Henryk Sienkiewicz Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz ( , ; 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916), also known by the pseudonym Litwos (), was a Polish epic writer. He is remembered for his historical novels, such as The Trilogy, the Trilogy series and especially ...

Juliusz Słowacki Juliusz Słowacki (; ; ; 4 September 1809 – 3 April 1849) was a Polish Romantic poet. He is considered one of the " Three Bards" of Polish literature — a major figure in the Polish Romantic period, and the father of modern Polish drama. Hi ...

Stanisław Wyspiański Stanisław Mateusz Ignacy Wyspiański (; 15 January 1869 – 28 November 1907) was a Polish playwright, painter, poet, and interior and furniture designer. A patriotic writer, he created symbolic national dramas accordant with the artisti ...

and

Józef Chełmoński Józef Marian Chełmoński (7 November 1849 – 6 April 1914) was a Polish painter of the Realism (art movement), realist school with roots in the historical and social context of the late Romanticism in Poland, Romantic period in partitioned Pol ...

. Other sights include the Neoclassical Saint Casimir church. Radziejowice castle and park (1).jpg, Castle and park RADZIEJOWICE 13 Kościół p.w.Św.Kazimierza.jpg, Saint Casimir church TDrRADzDwor 01.jpg, Wooden manor house H Fryderyk Chopin sculpture in Radziejowice Park.jpg, Bust of

References

{{Authority control Populated riverside places in Poland Villages in Żyrardów County