Bredynki Explained

Bredynki
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Warmian-Masurian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Olsztyn
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Biskupiec
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1599
Coordinates:53.9°N 24°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Registration Plate:NOL
Blank Name Sec2:Voivodeship roads

Bredynki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biskupiec, within Olsztyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 9km (06miles) north-east of Biskupiec and 390NaN0 east of the regional capital Olsztyn. It is situated in the historic region of Warmia.

History

The village was founded in 1599 within the Kingdom of Poland. In 1772 it was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia in the First Partition of Poland. On 6 May 1863, the village was the site of a massacre of Polish inhabitants. Local farmers protested the taking of the lake from the village and handing it over to a local miller.[2] Prussian troops fired on the crowd, killing more than a dozen people, including women, and wounding 30.[2] In 1884, the Saint Roch chapel was built by the local people to commemorate the victims.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Groniewska. Barbara. 1960. Rola Prus Wschodnich w powstaniu styczniowym. Komunikaty Mazursko-Warmińskie. pl. 1. 13–14.