History

The village was first mentioned in written records in 1334. Between 1355 and 1358, Siemowit II issued a document confirming that Dziwysslo Copacz de Dmossyno (Dymyszek Kopacz) had been granted the following estates: Dmosin with the “castrum”, Rudniki, Lobowidza, Budziszewice Rękaciec and Regny together with the right of patronage over the parish churches in Dmosin and Budziszewice. Documents from 1407 and 1417 provide evidence that a market settlement existed next to the church. At that time, Dmosin was owned by Dersław Kopacz and Dadźbog Kopacz “of Dmosin”. In 1407, the village obtained town privileges under the Chełmno law from King Władysław Jagiełło. In 1430, the privileges were confirmed by the Dukes of Masovia Siemowit V, Casimir II and Ladislaus I at the request of the above-mentioned brothers. At the same time, the town was granted the privilege to hold a weekly market and one annual fair. At that time, there was a wooden church in the village.

One of the most prominent owners of Dmosin, who already used the surname Dmosińscy (Dmoszyńscy), was Mikołaj, who lived in the first half of the 16th century. He undertook the construction of a brick church under the invocation of St. Margaret and St. Andrew the Apostle, officially opened for worship by Primate Jan Łaski in 1521. The construction was not completed.

Historical records from 1609 confirm the existence of a wooden church in Dmosin. It was burnt down in 1657 during the Swedish Deluge.

In 1700, the Congregation of the Missionary Fathers from Łowicz purchased the parish land in Dmosin from its then owner, Archbishop Radziejowski. A chapel was built on the site of the burnt wooden church. The chapel was first mentioned in an inventory from 1797. As stated in that inventory, “near the church, in the middle of the village, there is a wooden chapel on the site of the old church”. The cemetery around the chapel was enclosed partly with a wall and partly with a wooden fence. There was only one altar in the chapel. The chapel existed until 1832.

In 1728, the construction of the present-day church was undertaken thanks to the efforts of priest Jędrzej Zygfryd Rynek-Superior of the Łowicz House of the Missionaries. It was consecrated in 1761 by Sufragan Dąbiński as the church under the invocation of St. Andrew the Apostle and St. Margaret the Virgin and Martyr. It was a single-nave building with a narrower, three-sided chancel. In 1797, Russian invaders removed the Missionaries, seized the land of Dmosin and sold it. Between 1807 and 1814, Dmosin was incorporated into the lands of the Duchy of Warsaw and then of the Kingdom of Poland. Its status was reduced to that of a rural settlement. After the Napoleonic period, Dmosin was incorporated into the District of Brzeziny and the Russian Partition. In 1864, the village of Dmosin became the seat of a municipality included in the Piotrków Governorate.

During the war in 1914, the church caught fire and was seriously damaged. Repairs were undertaken by priest Artur Smoniewski. In the years 1925-1930, the then parish priest, priest Canon Kazimierz Maluga had the church extended to include two aisles and two porches - at the western elevation and at the eastern wall.

In 1722, a bell tower with three bells was built. It was destroyed by a fire in 1914. Between 1916 and 1918, two bells were removed by German soldiers. In the following years, the local community renovated the bell tower. In 1956, two new bells were purchased, which were consecrated and named Andrzej and Józef.

Description

The church was erected in the central part of the village, to the west from the Głowno-Kołacin road. It is a basilica with a Baroque nave and chancel. The aisles and porches were added in the 1920s. Oriented. The naves were erected on a rectangular floor plan. From the west, they are adjoined by a church porch, built on a square floor plan. From the east, they are adjoined by the chancel, on a floor plan of three juxtaposed rectangles (with a three-sided termination from the east), the porch and the sacristy. The dominant component in the structure of the church is the gabled nave. Each of the aisles, which are slightly lower, is covered with a shed roof. The porches and the sacristy are covered with three-hipped roofs. The building is made of brick and plastered on both sides. The outer walls are set on a plinth and divided by pilaster strips. Against the background of the smooth walls, there are window openings – rectangular and topped with an elliptical arch in the nave. In the aisles, porches and the sacristy, the window openings are rectangular, with a full arch at the top. In the top wall of the chancel, there is a rectangular panel adorned with a mosaic modelled on the mosaic dedicated to Mary Mater Ecclesiae in St. Peter’s Square, inscribed with the words Totus Tuus.

The western wall is crowned with a triangular top divided by double pilasters. The plinths placed on the pilasters extend above the surface of the roof. The eastern wall of the nave is crowned with a stepped top surmounted by pinnacles. A ridge turret is positioned centrally above it.

There is a prominent under-eaves cornice running along all the walls.

Inside the nave, there is a flattened barrel vault. The chancel has a dome-shaped vault and the sacristy - a cross-barrel vault.

The main altar dates to approximately mid-17th century, with more recent parts. The top of the altar is decorated with a painting of the Holy Virgin Mary with the Child, probably from the 18th century. The original painting was significantly altered. In the church, there is also a painting of Saint Lawrence, inscribed with initials I. P. 1779, and a painting of St. Margaret from the first half of 19th century.

The bell tower was built in the 18th century. It is a brick structure with a wooden upper storey. Quadrilateral. Its corners are reinforced by pilasters. The bell openings are topped with semi-circular arches. The second storey has an openwork, beam structure and is covered with a little pavilion roof.

The church is open to the public. It can be toured before and after church services on Sundays and on public holidays and upon prior arrangement (46) 874-33-20, e-mail address: pardmosin@gmail.com

Summer time: Sundays and public holidays: 07:30, 09:00, 12:00, 18:00; Weekdays: 07:30, 18:00

Winter time: Sundays and public holidays: 07:30, 09:00, 12:00, 17:00; Weekdays: 07:30, 17:00

Compiled by Agnieszka Lorenc - Karczewska, Regional Branch of the National Institute of Cultural Heritage in Łódź 8 April 2019

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