Great War in Jednorożec parish (Mazovian Province)

Jednorożec, the greatest village in Kurpie region on the western edge of Kurpiowski Forest, became completely ruined in the result of operations of Russian and German armies in 1915. The First World War is also the important caesura in Church history in the village – 1916 was the beginning of functioning of the separate parish there. The battle‑front which was passing that way dispersed inhabitants of Jednorożec – some people escaped to neighbouring places, some were displaced. The church that was built in 1862 burnt down; it was necessary to rebuilt the church after ceasing war‑actions. Around the newly raised church social and religious life of inhabitants began to concentrate. A huge part of the Church in Jednorożec, mostly commitment of local priests in levelling of social differences and preventing conflicts among inhabitants (inhabitants of Kurpie and descendants of nobility) during the First World War and later years, are perceptible in memoirs written by  autochthons.