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Ujazd, Tomaszów Mazowiecki County

Coordinates: 51°35′40″N 19°55′37″E / 51.59444°N 19.92694°E / 51.59444; 19.92694
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Ujazd
Town
Saint Adalbert church
Saint Adalbert church
Flag of Ujazd
Coat of arms of Ujazd
Ujazd is located in Poland
Ujazd
Ujazd
Ujazd is located in Łódź Voivodeship
Ujazd
Ujazd
Coordinates: 51°35′40″N 19°55′37″E / 51.59444°N 19.92694°E / 51.59444; 19.92694
Country Poland
VoivodeshipŁódź
CountyTomaszów Mazowiecki
GminaUjazd
First mentioned1283
Town rights1428
Population
 • Total1,700
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationETM
Voivodeship roads

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.

History

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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

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  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Góral, Jan (2002). "Roboty przymusowe w Piotrkowskiem w latach okupacji hitlerowskiej". Piotrkowskie Zeszyty Historyczne (in Polish) (4): 154.