Brzeźnica, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Brzeźnica [bʐɛʑˈɲit͡sa] (German: Briesenitz)[1] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jastrowie, within Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[2] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) west of Jastrowie, 25 km (16 mi) west of Złotów, and 116 km (72 mi) north of the regional capital Poznań.

Brzeźnica
Village
Saints Peter and Paul church in Brzeźnica
Saints Peter and Paul church in Brzeźnica
Brzeźnica is located in Poland
Brzeźnica
Brzeźnica
Coordinates: 53°25′54″N 16°41′41″E / 53.43167°N 16.69472°E / 53.43167; 16.69472
Country Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyZłotów
GminaJastrowie
Population
690
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationPZL

History

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The territory became a part of the emerging Polish state under its first historic ruler Mieszko I in the 10th century. Brzeźnica was a royal village of the Kingdom of Poland, administratively located in the Wałcz County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province.[3] It was annexed by Prussia in the First Partition of Poland in 1772, and from 1871 to 1945 it was also part of Germany.

References

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  1. ^ Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder und Neiße by M. Kaemmerer
  2. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  3. ^ Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warsaw: Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences. 2017. p. 1a.