Located on the old trade route from Strzelce to Lubliniec and farther north, it served as a resting place for merchants and pilgrims alike. Its armed defendants ensured that a necessary degree of order prevailed on the wild forest paths. It is difficult to establish who ruled the stronghold as the documents of that time give several names of local landlords such as Skarbimir, W?o?cibór, Caspar, or Piotr, a knight. Who, and for how long, ruled the stronghold on the Pagan Mound is impossible to ascertain today. We do know, however, that part of the village known today as the so-called Ma?a Kielcza or Kieleczka belonged to the Castellan’s dominion in Toszek which had already existed in the 12th century and as such was property of the duke. Also, the very name, Pagan Hill, which became widespread locally, is misleading. In the 13th century, Christianity was well established in the area and although pagan cults were still present here and there, they were definitely losing ground. One of the very interesting places in Kielcza is a small mound with a captivating history behind it. The elevation is in the shape of a truncated cone. It is located behind the church and used to be the place of a stronghold. It is known as the pagan mound. Afforested today, in the Middle ages the mound was surrounded by a moat and two stockades. The place was a safe refuge on the forest route from Strzelce to Lubliniec. It is most likely that the sharpened stockades gave the name Kielcza (reminiscent of the Polish K?y, or sharp fangs) to the village. We may assume that in the Middle Ages the elevation was topped with a wooden defence tower of a residential character. Archaeologists estimate that the stronghold was active between the 13th and the 15th century. At the beginning of the 15th century Kielcza was divided into three parts. One was owned by Skarbimir, another by W?o?cibór, and the third was probably what was later to become the Kielcza Ma?a or Kieleczka settlement. Kieleczka was part of the Toszka castle property, so it belonged to the duke. There are several legends on Kielcza’s foundation. One of them ascribes founding the village to highwaymen. According to another it was a knight’s idea. The fact that there are three villages can be explained in several ways. The simplest explanation is the division into three was the result of the village subsequently changing owners. The owners we know by name were Skarbimir, Jacek, Florian, and the knights: Piotr and Caspar. Unfortunately these are the only names that can be found in medieval documents. Unfortunately, there is scant information about the names we do have. The number of villages can also be explained by internal colonisation.