Podrzeczany | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Podlaskie |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Hajnówka |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Czyże |
Coordinates: | 52.7833°N 46°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Podrzeczany is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czyże, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 3km (02miles) west of Czyże, 140NaN0 north-west of Hajnówka, and 400NaN0 south of the regional capital Białystok.
In the illustration of the Podlaskie voivodeship from 1576, the present-day village of Podrzecze was called Podrzecze or Loknicza. It is possible that in distant times Podrzecze was connected with the nearby Łoknica, so perhaps they were treated as one village. The main difference between the villages mentioned was that Łoknica was a private manor village, belonging to the Loknicki family, while Podrzeczany was a royal village. In a church document from 1775, it was recorded that 52 people living in 10 houses were registered in the village.