Count Karl Joseph Matthias Grudzinski, owner of the city of Chodziez, issued a privilege in 1730 to divide a portion of his forest in the southwest of his estate to German farmers to create Strozewo Hauland, later Hermstal.  This portion of the Grudzinski estate had a fragmented history dating to the 15th century.  As early … Continue reading Strozewo Hauland (also Hermstal, Struzewer Holländer, and Chodziezer Buschholländer; today Strozewice)