- Gąsawa
Infobox Settlement
name = Gąsawa
settlement_type = Village
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Kuyavian-Pomeranian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Żnin
subdivision_type3 =Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Gąsawa
latd = 52
latm = 46
lats =
latNS = N
longd = 17
longm = 45
longs =
longEW = E
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population_total = 1400
website = http://www.gasawa.pl/Gąsawa IPA-pl| [|g|ą|'|s|a|w|a|] ( _de. Gonsawa is a village in
Żnin County ,Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship , in north-central Poland. It is the seat of thegmina (administrative district) calledGmina Gąsawa . It lies approximately convert|10|km|mi|0 south ofŻnin and convert|43|km|mi|0|abbr=on south-west ofBydgoszcz . The village has a population of 1,400.Gąsawa received the city rights in 1388 and lost them in 1934.
It is famous as the place of the assassination of the
Leszek I the White , prince of Poland (November 23 1227 ). In 1600 Gąsawa hosted theLubrański Academy ( _pl. Kolegium Lubrańskiego) which temporarily moved out of plague-strickenPoznań .The main tourist attraction in Gąsawa is the 17th century wooden St. Nicolas Church with a unique collection of multi-layered mural paintings, the earliest from the 17th century, and the most recent from 1807 [ [http://cejsh.icm.edu.pl/cejsh/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?05PLAAAA0032791] Iconographic Baroque mural paintings in a wooden church "accessed 3 July 2007"] .
The church itself, a larch construction with a slate roof, was in a such a bad state around 1850 that local officials asked the regional Prussian government to allow the church to be dismantled and build a new one instead. The response gave permission to only overhaul the building. Existing wall paintings were covered with a layer of reed and ordinary plaster, and forgotten for some 150 years [ [http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/15233.html] Saint Nicolas' Church in Gasawa. "accessed 7 July 2007"] [ [http://www.znin.pl/index_en.php?par=0&cid=401&unroll=10] Monuments of Sacred Architecture, Żnin county official website "accessed 7 July 2007" ] .
The town name was spelled "Gonzawa" in some old documents.
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