Kuźnica Żelichowska: Holiday apartments and holiday homes

In the wider regional surroundings of Kuźnica Żelichowska lies Tuczno – Zamek rycerski XIVw., a 14th-century knight's castle. For those interested in culture and history, this knight's castle is a specific point of reference.

You can rent a holiday apartment in Kuźnica Żelichowska.

Geographical location

Kuźnica Żelichowska is located in the Gmina Krzyż Wielkopolski, in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, in the Greater Poland Voivodeship in western central Poland.

The Church of Our Lady, Help of Christians, in Dębogóra is described as being located 3 km east of Kuźnica Żelichowska.

Landscape

Historical records place Kuźnica Żelichowska on the Trzebinia, which is now called Słopica, and refer to the former Płonnik Lake as present-day Jezioro Polne. For travellers interested in landscape history, this connection between the historical and present-day names of the body of water is a specific detail of the place.

Culture and history

Archaeological and historical traces have been documented for the village from the Stone Age through the Wielbark culture of the Roman Imperial period to the Middle Ages.

Kuźnica Żelichowska is also associated with a massacre of six Italian generals during the Second World War, which took place on 28 January 1945. After the Germans withdrew, local Poles buried the victims.

The history of the place is also connected with private Polish noble estates as well as with the political history of Prussia and Germany after 1772.

The settlement's historical identity also includes local ironworking, including old metallurgical furnaces. A meadow leased by the master of the local forge is also mentioned.

For further orientation, you can also visit the pages for Kuźniczka, Czarnków, Pestkownica, Marylin, Miłkowo, Trzcianka, Przesieki, Huta Szklana.

For the higher-level travel overview: Czarnikau.