Olszowa, Łódź Voivodeship
| Olszowa | |
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| Village | |
 Olszowa
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| Coordinates: 51°35′20″N 19°51′34″E / 51.58889°N 19.85944°E | |
| Country |
 Poland
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| Voivodeship | Łódź |
| County | Tomaszów Mazowiecki |
| Gmina | Ujazd |
Olszowa [ɔlˈʂɔva] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ujazd, within Tomaszów Mazowiecki County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) west of Ujazd, 14 km (9 mi) north-west of Tomaszów Mazowiecki, and 35 km (22 mi) south-east of the regional capital Łódź.
A small creek of Pańkówka (later called Bielina) flows through Olszowa.
In 1406 Ścibor Bielina of Wola Drzazgowa bought Olszowa from Klemens of Wykno for 30 pieces of silver (grzywna). Ścibor had three sons Michał, Wacław and Wojciech. They all were noted in 1420–1421 as owners of Olszowa. In 1924 king Jagiełło allowed the three brothers to transfer Olszowa rights to ius sredensis. Olszowa is also mentioned in 1429 when bishop Wojciech Jastrzębiec (on 5 September 1429 in Mnichowiec near Skierniewice) separated villages Olszowa and Popielawy from the parish of Małcz and on this basis and Ujazd, which newly obtained town rights (on 15 May 1428), created a new parish of Ujazd.
Little is known about Olszowa in the medieval period. In a court record of Brzeziny district one can read that in 1471 Stanisław of Gutków and Olszowa was sentenced to reimburse Piotr the citizen of Ujazd with 43 grzywna, the value of cattle, horses, sown seeds and other things. In 1488–1498 Marcin, a citizen of Ujazd, sued Wojciech of Olszowa and Gutków for compensation for his father's death of which Jakub Skórka a peasant of Olszowa was responsible.
In the 17th century the owner of Olszowa was Walerian Olszowski (*1587–†1650) (coat of arms Prus II). His father was Mikołaj O., his grandfather Jan Mikołaj O. and great grandfather was Mikołaj Niczek Czchodorff O., who is recorded in documents in 1438. It is not, however confirmed, if Walerian's ancestors resided in Olszowa. Walerian was also a grandson of Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski (*1503-†1572). Walerian served as podkomorzy of Wenden, podstoli of Wieluń and castellan of Spycimierz. With his second wife Zofia Dunin he had four sons: Andrzej, Hieronim, Zygmunt, Mikołaj and a daughter Katarzyna. His other sons also reached important ranks but Andrzej Olszowski (*2 Jan. 1621 – †29 Aug. 1677) reached the position of archbishop of Gniezno and primate of Poland (1674–1677). He was the one who crowned Jan III Sobieski for the king of Poland (at Wawel on 2 February 1676). Andrzej Olszowski was the founder of St. Adalbert church in Ujazd finished in 1680 (by his uncle's son Jan Olszowski, the castellan of Brzeziny), where a memorial plaque leaves no doubts about Andrzej's birthplace (Andream in Olszowa Olszowski ...Hic ob vicinitatem nativae Olszoviae fronte levatus basilicam hanc..). Walerian is buried at Stolec in the church of St. Lawrence where a sculptured tombstone in his memory is built in.
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