Drzewica
Drzewica is a town in Poland, in the region of Łódź. It is the seat of the homonymous urban and rural community in the powiat Opoczyński
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History
The first evidence of settlement at the site of the present Drzewica date from the first half of the 13th century. The city right under Magdeburg Law was awarded the place on 5 May 1429 King Władysław II Jagiello. With the assignment of rights of the place was given the right to the holding of a weekly market and four fairs in the year. Stanisław August 1766 allowed craftsmen to settle in the city and form a guild. 1785 the rights were confirmed. During the Third Partition of Poland in 1795, the city was part of Austria. With the formation of the Duchy of Warsaw Drzewica was the same part and 1815, then part of Congress Poland. 1869 lost the place to be a town. During the Second World War the town was occupied by the Wehrmacht and a ghetto it was built. 1945 reached the city, bringing the war to an end for Drzewica was the Red Army. In 1948 the town was connected to the railway network. During an administrative reform, the place was in 1975 part of the Province of Radom. A new reform abolished the province and Drzewica was part of the Łódź Province.
On January 1, 1987, the site was again awarded its town charter.
Population Development
In 1820 there were five brick and 45 wooden houses in the village. Occupied they were of 254 Christians and 77 Jews.
Culture and sights
Structures
- Church of Saint Luke of the 1315