Dobrzyca, Piła County Explained

Dobrzyca
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Greater Poland
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Piła
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Szydłowo
Coordinates:53.2192°N 16.7872°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Population Total:280
Registration Plate:PP
Blank Name Sec2:National roads

Dobrzyca (German: Borkendorf)[1] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szydłowo, within Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[2] It lies approximately 14km (09miles) north-east of Szydłowo, 90NaN0 north-east of Piła, and 920NaN0 north of the regional capital Poznań. It is located in the ethnocultural region of Krajna.

History

The territory became a part of the emerging Polish state under its first historic ruler Mieszko I in the 10th century. Dobrzyca was a royal village of the Kingdom of Poland, administratively located in the Nakło County in the Kalisz 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.

Notes and References

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