Kwilcz




Village in Greater Poland, Poland




























Kwilcz
Village

Saint Michael Church
Saint Michael Church


Coat of arms of Kwilcz
Coat of arms


Kwilcz is located in Poland

Kwilcz

Kwilcz




Coordinates: 52°33′13″N 16°5′5″E / 52.55361°N 16.08472°E / 52.55361; 16.08472
Country
Poland Poland
Voivodeship Greater Poland
County Międzychód
Gmina Kwilcz
Population

2,746

Kwilcz [kfilt͡ʂ] (German: Lärchensee) is a village in Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Kwilcz.[1] It lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) east of Międzychód and 59 km (37 mi) west of the regional capital Poznań.


The village has a population of 2,746.




Contents






  • 1 Distribution of the villages


  • 2 Sights


  • 3 Born in Kwilcz


  • 4 References





Distribution of the villages



  • Kwilcz - a large village (about 2500 inhabitants), The National Road 24, which is the most important center of village councils and village community.


  • Orzeszkowo - a village on the national road No. 24, with more than 200 inhabitants;and smaller settlements and hamlets.

  • Dąbrówka - otherwise known as Dabrowa, chalet located south of Kwilcz.

  • Kozubówka-foresterForester-settlement forest on Provincial Road 186, located on the northern shore of Lake Kwileckiego.

  • New oak-with about 42 inhabitants (2003) village situated 3 km south of Kwilcz.

  • New Mill-uninhabited forest lodge near the village forester.

  • Pólko-hamlet at the national road No. 24, with about 20 people.

  • Mill-lodge located in the reserve Beech Ostrow, near the village Mościejewo.



Sights



  • Classical parish church. St. Michael the Archangel (1766-1782), a tower with a helmet in the shape of an obelisk. The church altars with paintings from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the pulpit, gravestones Kwilecki from the late eighteenth century. The historical record also includes the fence with sculptures and two baroque chapels.


  • The palace complex, which consists of: palace Kwilecki of about 1830, two outbuildings with two mid-eighteenth century landscape park, stables and carriage house away and a wooden gazebo park.


  • Farm team, which includes, among others distillery in 1872, granary, Steward's House and carpenter from the late nineteenth century.



Born in Kwilcz



  • Luke Ciepliński "plow" - Polish Army officer, an activist of the Polish Underground State, a soldier of the Home Army and President of the fourth Board of the "WiN".


  • Walerian Borowczyk - film director; co-founder of the Polish school of the poster and the Polish school of animation.

  • Andrew Kwilecki - sociologist.

  • Francis Brodniewicz - the pre-war Polish cinema actor.



References





  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}




Coordinates: 52°33′13″N 16°5′5″E / 52.55361°N 16.08472°E / 52.55361; 16.08472











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