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Skomlin
- a settlement, a commune seat in Wieluń county and
in Łódź voivodeship. Skomlin borders Opole
voivodeship over Prosna river. The village lies on the crossroads of Byczyna -
Wieluń and Praszka – Wieruszów roads.
The
village population is 1600 and the whole commune is 3600 people. The
first mention about the old nobility village comes from 1210. Its first owners
were: knight Zbranimir, Cistercian convent, the
Szoff from Silesia, the
Zawadzki, the Wollic, the Bartochowski, the Bąkowski.
In 14th
century Skomlin became a parish. In
1520 the first school appeared in the village. In 1746 a new larch church was
built in the place of a burnt one, the new church is still used. From
1795 to 1807 Skomlin was in Prussia and from 1815 to 1914 in Russia annexation.
In 1905 in the Bąkowski estate the first fire brigade was formed. In
1916 the brass band which still exists was established. People’s occupation was
mainly agriculture and trade with Germans across Prosna river.In the period
between the two World Wars there were four markets, two mills, smithies and the
butchers.
During
the Second World War 53 inhabitants were killed, several farms were burnt, half
of the people were banished from the country to Germany
to forced labour.
Andrzej Poranek, a Skomlin inhabitant, risking his own life was hiding a Jew of
Skomlin origin.
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January 1945 Russian Army liberated Poland. All
shops were nationalized, farming-co-operatives and the first clothes workplace
‘’Terpol’’ were formed. However, agricultural produce still dominated. In
1973 were built: a new school with a gym, a commune
office building, militia
station, health centre and a kindergarten.
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fot.
S. Karnicki |
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Primary School from bird's eye view |
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fot.
D. Reszka |
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Kindergarten
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After 1989 in Skomlin appeared many
private shops and a manufacturing company producing metal constructions ‘’Semet’’.
In
1999 a lower secondary school Gymnasium was formed.
HISTORIC MONUMENTS:
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the larch baroque church from
1746 (see more), which is renovated
(see more).
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three-tiered granary from 1777 (still used).
There
are about one hundred houses dated
from 1900 which are still dwelled. In the south and north there are forest
complexes with animals and birds. Since 1993 there
is "Stowarzyszenie Miłośników
Ziemi Skomlińskiej" (SMZS), a special association of about fifty people
who make an effort to help Skomlin inhabitants. The chairman of this association
is prof. Jan Małolepszy. In 2005 local fire brigade celebrated its centenary. The fire brigades are also in the nearest
villages: in Wichernik (since
1913), Wróblew (since 1926), Toplin (since 1964) and Klasak Duży (since
1965). In
1996-2000 telephones in the whole commune were installed. At present, after
building the sewage treatment plant, the sewage system is still
being built. Gymnasium teachers prepared the cycle lane
in the commune area. In 2010 Skomlin will be celebrating 800 years.
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Polish
version: Krzysztof Domagała
Translation:
Aleksandra Furman |
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