Al. 900-lecia 3,

97-340 Rozprza

tel.: (44) 615 80 54,

tel.: (44) 615 80 68,

fax: (44) 615 80 04

The oldest mention of Rozprza comes from 1065. It used to be the seat of a castellany. Until the 1360s, the castellany of Rozpierz belonged to the district of Łęczyca, then it found itself in the newly created duchy of Sieradz, which in the 14th century was transformed into a voivodship. Rozprza had town rights in the years 1372-1870. In the 16th century it was a small noble town, it suffered serious losses in the 16th century during the Swedish invasion. The brick church of St. Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which today is a Marian sanctuary, was built by J. Zaremba in the years 1783-87, and rebuilt in the years 1914-1919. The interior is decorated with four altars with rococo ornaments and paintings from the 15th/1st-19th centuries and a rococo pulpit. The main altar is decorated with two sculptures from the 16th century depicting St. Stanislaus Bishop Martyr and St. Nicholas, covered with 24 carat gold.

It is also worth seeing the brick building of the Rozpierz synagogue, built in 1898 on a rectangular plan, and devastated by the Nazis during World War I. The characteristic elements of the exterior design in the form of pilaster strips and simplified cornices have been preserved to this day. On the border of Rozprza and Łochyń, at the mouth of the Prudka (Bogdanówka) to Luciąża, you can find a conical hill fort, which is the remains of a former stronghold, dating back to the 10th/1st-14th centuries. The truncated cone of the settlement, up to 3 meters high, is surrounded by a silted moat up to 13 meters wide. The locals call this place "The Mound".

INFORMATION ABOUT THE MUNICIPALITY OF ROZPRZA