Piasty Wielkie
Piasty Wielkie | |
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Village | |
Piasty Wielkie | |
| Coordinates: 54°16′28″N 20°31′38″E / 54.27444°N 20.52722°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Warmian-Masurian |
| County | Bartoszyce |
| Gmina | Górowo Iławeckie |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | NBA |
Piasty Wielkie [ˈpjastɨ ˈvjɛlkʲɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Górowo Iławeckie, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 3 km (2 mi) east of Górowo Iławeckie, 18 km (11 mi) west of Bartoszyce, and 55 km (34 mi) north of the regional capital Olsztyn.
History
The name derives back to the Old Prussian term "paustre" for wilderness and was first mentioned in 1414 as a location of a mill and a settlement of four free Old Prussians in the region of Natangia with 27 cultivated and 3 desolate "Haken", a square measure of the Teutonic Knights.
In 1454, King Casimir IV Jagiellon incorporated the region into the Kingdom of Poland.[2] After the subsequent Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466), it was a part of Poland as a fief held by the Teutonic Order.[3]
In 1858 the manor was bought by Bethel Henry Strousberg, a railway pioneer who fell into bankruptcy in 1875.[4]
From 1945 to 1958 the village was administratively located in the Iławka County in the Masurian District and Olsztyn Voivodeship.[5]
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1933 | 291 | — |
| 1939 | 247 | −15.1% |
| Source: [6] | ||
References
- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). Select Miejscowości (SIMC) tab, select fragment (min. 3 znaki), enter town name in the field below, click WYSZUKAJ (Search)
- ^ Górski, Karol (1949). Związek Pruski i poddanie się Prus Polsce: zbiór tekstów źródłowych (in Polish). Poznań: Instytut Zachodni. p. 54.
- ^ Górski, pp. 96–97, 214–215
- ^ Horst Schulz, Der Kreis Preußisch Eylau, Verden 1983 (German)
- ^ Rozporządzenie Ministrów Administracji Publicznej i Ziem Odzyskanych z dnia 1 października 1948 r. o przywróceniu i ustaleniu urzędowych nazw miejscowości., M.P., 1948, vol. 78, No. 692
- ^ verwaltungsgeschichte.de