English: Dominik Horodyński Plaque at Horodyński Family Chapel in the cemetery in Zaleszany, a town located in Stalowa Wola County in the Subcarpatian Province of south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the Gimina (administrative district) called Gmina Zaleszany.

Historically much of the land to the south of Zaleszany, including Zbydniów, was owned by the The Horodyński Family (History in Polish) of Korczak Nobility and the splendid ‘Manor House’ (Dwór Horodyński) of the family is currently in the process of being restored to its former ‘glory’. Bogusław Horodyński (pl) (1802-1866) was born on the family estate to Kunegunda (née Brochowski) and Dominic Horodyński (1768-1823), who had been a captain in the ‘National Guard’ and an aide on the staff of Tadeusz Kosciuszko during the Kosciuszko Uprising of 1794. Bogusław himself took part in the November Uprising of 1830 and was arrested and imprisoned before being exiled to Ljubljana in 1837 along with the famous Polish political activist Emil Korytko (The Neglected Polish Slavicist: Emil Korytko, 1813-1839, Biography in Slovenian). In 1846 Bogusław was again arrested, this time briefly, for alleged involvement in the preparation of the Kraków Uprising and in 1863 he supported the ‘Polish Insurgents’ in the January Uprising. (Edmund Ślaski, commander of one of the branches of the January Uprising, died on 22 October 1863 in Chwałowice as a result of his wounds after the Battle of Łążki and is buried at Zaleszany Cemetery where the Horodyński Family Chapel is also located.) Bogusław’s son, Zbigniew (1851-1930), later became Marshal (pl) of the Tarnobrzeg region and in addition to his considerable involvement in local community life and in progressing the local area he contributed to the transformation of the Zaleszany Parish Church from a small wooden structure to its current impressive brick form.

Perhaps the words of Zbigniew to his children, who met their deaths in WWII, will live on in tribute to the generations of many Polish families who through the centuries fought and often gave their lives during Poland’s struggles for indpendence from its hostile neighbours: “Remember beloved children that the strength of our nation and our family lies in harmony and in unity”.
The Scotch Mist Gallery contains many photographs of historic buildings, monuments and memorials of Poland.