Manor complex with the Romiszewski Manor House Krzykawka
ul. Starowiejska 2, 32-329 Krzykawka
Tourist region: Jura Krakowsko-Częstochowska
The manor house was erected in 1724, and figures found on the ceiling beam confirm the date of its construction. The manor was first mentioned in 1756 in documents relating to the division of the estate after the death of the building's first owner, Jan Romiszewski. In 1818, the manor belonged to Józef Chodorowicz (bought a year earlier at auction, together with the Krzykawka estate), while it remained the property of his descendants until 1905. After the parcelling out, it passed into the hands of the Gaszyński family and belonged to their heirs, the Bogucki family, from 1945 to 1950. The last owner of the manor was Antoni Bogucki. Later, the building was nationalised. For years, the manor house was the administrative building of a farm and a production cooperative. The neglected building suffered damage of many different kinds but was partially renovated between 1984 and 1989. A major renovation was carried out a little later, in the 1990s.
Originally, the rectangular-plan manor house had a partial basement, was timber-framed and plastered, without an eastern extension, and was covered with a Kraków-type roof (very popular in this part of Małopolska). In the 1980s it was reconstructed as a brick, plastered, single-storey, shingled, broken Polish roof. The entrance in the middle of the front elevation is preceded by a typical porch supported by four columns and topped by a triangular gable. The interior consists of four rooms separated by a passage hallway.
Today, the manor house is home to a branch of the Maria Płonowska Cultural Centre and the Bolesław Municipal Library, and it has also served as Centre of Polish Legend since 2005. The anniversaries of the January Uprising and the Battle of Krzykawka are celebrated here, and meetings, classes in the ceramics and handmade paper workshops and exhibitions are held in the well-equipped room in the topmost floor of the manor house.
Nearby, in a clearing, there is a monument commemorating the battle between the January Uprising insurgents and the Tsar's army, in which Francesco Nullo and insurgent Władysław Romer, uncle the founder of Polish cartography, Eugeniusz Romer, were killed on 5 May 1863.