Published: 2023-12-31

The history of the manor and castle of Berezowiec of the Kmita Stretowicz family in the light of written sources between the 16th and the first half of the 17th centuries, and archaeological research (part 1)

Joanna Wawrzeniuk , Natalia Poczobut , Leonid Koledinskij
Saeculum Christianum. Historical Writings
Section: Rozprawy i Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2023.30.2.12

Abstract

There is a castle hill to the east of the village of Berezowiec (Karelichy region, Grodno district, Belarus), on the Servech River, entered in the register of monuments as a stronghold from the Iron Age, the Middle Ages, and modern times. By analysing written and genealogical sources, it has beeen possible to establish that the Berezowiec castle and manor belonged to the Kmita Stretowicz family between the late 15th and 16th centuries. In addition, it can be demonstrated that in the first half of the 16th century, on the Servech River, there were two estates called Berezowiec. One estate belonged to treasurers of the Sołtan family, and the other to the Kmita Stretowicz family. The initiation of the research in the hillfort was influenced by a local legend, according to which there was a castle near the village of voivode Kmita. The research was conducted both in the archives and in the field, on the top of the hill and at its the foot. The inventories of the farm and the Berezowiec estate include houses, outbuildings, the manor fence, and farm buildings.

Keywords:

Berezowiec, Kmita manor, historical sources, modernity

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Wawrzeniuk, J., Poczobut, N., & Koledinskij , L. (2023). The history of the manor and castle of Berezowiec of the Kmita Stretowicz family in the light of written sources between the 16th and the first half of the 17th centuries, and archaeological research (part 1). Saeculum Christianum. Historical Writings, 30(2), 166–181. https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2023.30.2.12

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