An extensive village located north of Zgorzelec. In the 1380s, one of its parts was in possession of Benesz from Dubu, the national head of the community, who held the office of a steward in the court of Prince Jan of Zgorzelec. In the 15th century, the individual parts of the village were in possession of various Zgorzelec families, for example, the Tschirwitzs, the Geisslers, the Canitzs, the Utmanns and the Kramers. In the years 1486-1491, Georg Emerich, a famous mayor of Zgorzelec, bought all the ports of the village and became the only owner of Jedrzychowice. In 1723, the village was acquired by the Zgorzelec town council itself. The local limestone pits on Diabla Gora (Devil Mount) were widely known for ages. As early as in the 1520s, the local limestone was used for production of a perfect mortar, which in turn was used for rebuilding of houses in Zgorzelec after the fire in 1525. The BVM Birth church is from the 13th century and was reconstructed several times. The aisle of the church is covered by a barrel vault with stucco decoration from before 1614. In the western part of Jedrzychowice, there are the ruins of a Renaissance manor, which was probably built in the second half of the 16th century and reconstructed in 1611. In the past Polish kings dwelled here, for example, August the Strong (1699) and Stanislaw Leszczyiiski (1706 and 1707), as well as Aleksander Sobieski (son of King Jan III) and the Grand Prince Konstantin Romanov (1813). Furthermore, in the village there is also a railway viaduct, which was put to use in autumn 1846, i.e. earlier than the famous viaduct of Zgorzelec.
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