Czerwińsk nad Wisłą [ˈt͡ʂɛrviɲsk ˌnad ˈviswɔ̃] is a town in Płońsk County , Masovian Voivodeship , in central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Czerwińsk nad Wisłą . It lies on the Vistula ( Wisła ) river, approximately 29 kilometres (18 mi) south of Płońsk and 52 km (32 mi) west of Warsaw . The town has a population of 1,200.
5-543: Czerwińsk is home to a large medieval monastery with the Romanesque Abbey Church , founded in the 12th century, which is listed as a Historic Monument of Poland as one of the most precious heritage sites of its kind in the country. The oldest known mention of the village comes from a bull of Pope Adrian IV from 1155. Czerwińsk was a major center of culture and commerce in the Middle Ages. Following
10-632: The Lebensraum policy. This Płońsk County location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Romanesque architecture in Poland Romanesque architecture in Poland dates back to the 11th century to the reign of Casimir I the Restorer . It was developed in and ranging approximately from the 11th century until well into the half 13th century and it
15-960: The Kingdom of Poland in 1526 after the extinction of the Masovian line of the Piast dynasty . Afterwards, it was administratively located in the Ciechanów Land in the Masovian Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province . During the German occupation of Poland ( World War II ), in 1940, the German gendarmerie carried out expulsions of Poles , who were afterwards deported to forced labour , while their houses and farms were handed over to German colonists as part of
20-827: The fragmentation of Poland, it formed part of the Duchy of Masovia , a provincial duchy of Poland. In 1410, during the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War , the Polish army of King Władysław II Jagiełło crossed the Vistula River nearby to join the Lithuanian army before the Battle of Grunwald . In 1419, an alliance between Poland and the Kalmar Union was formed in the town. It was reincorporated directly into
25-984: Was succeeded by Polish Gothic architecture . Romanesque style in Poland was preceded by Pre-Romanesque architecture of the early Polish state. Its prime foundations were the Wawel Cathedral in Kraków , the Gniezno Cathedral and the Poznań Cathedral (later re-built in different styles). Polish Romanesque architecture was influenced by the Polish Pre-Romanesque style. Most of Romanesque buildings in Poland can be found in Greater Poland , Kuyavia , Lower Silesia and Lesser Poland regions. Many Polish Romanesque buildings represent
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