[1] Pogorzela is located on the western edge of the Kalisz Upland, at the junction of county roads Krotoszyn-Gostyń and the Koźmin Wielkopolski-Krobia.

Pogorzela is first mentioned in the early 15th century when it was owned by the Pogorzelski family of Wczele coat of arms.

Pogorzela was a private town, administratively located in the Pyzdry County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province.

Around 1562 the town's heir, Stanisław Pogorzelski, converted to Protestantism and handed the church over to Protestants.

[3] In 1766 King Stanisław August Poniatowski allowed the establishment of a shooting association.