Brzeźnica, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Coordinates: 53°25′54″N 16°41′41″E / 53.43167°N 16.69472°E / 53.43167; 16.69472
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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

Brzeźnica [bʐɛʑˈnit͡sa] (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.

History[edit]

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[edit]

  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.