Skrzeszew ' is a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 in the administrative district of Gmina Repki

Gmina Repki

Gmina Repki is a rural gmina in Sokołów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Repki, which lies approximately 10 kilometres south-east of Sokołów Podlaski and 95 km north-east of Warsaw.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population...

, within Sokołów County, Masovian Voivodeship

Masovian Voivodeship

-Administrative division:Masovian Voivodeship is divided into 42 counties : 5 city counties and 37 "land counties"...

, in east-central Poland. The village has a population of 460. It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) east of Repki, 19 km (12 mi) east of Sokołów Podlaski, and 106 km (66 mi) east of Warsaw

Warsaw

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In 1428 the village was given by Vytautas the Great

Vytautas the Great

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 to bishopric

Diocese

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 of Luck

Luck

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. The parish of Skrzeszew was established in 1446. In 1808 the village was bought by Franciszek Obniski, who equipped the interior of the church. The Baroque

Baroque architecture

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-Neoclassical

Neoclassical architecture

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church from 1st half of 18th century, was damaged in 1915 and restored in 1918. The manor of Skrzeszew was destroyed by Soviet occupation forces in 1939.