Purda | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Warmian-Masurian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Olsztyn |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Purda |
Coordinates: | 53.7167°N 62°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Population Total: | 1140 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 11-030 |
Area Code: | +48 89 |
Registration Plate: | NOL |
Purda is a village in Olsztyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Purda.[1] It lies approximately 160NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn. It is located within the historic region of Warmia.
The historic sights of Purda include the Gothic Saint Michael Archangel church, a typical Warmian old wayside shrine and a Catholic cemetery.
The village was founded in 1384. Polish poet and bishop Ignacy Krasicki visited Purda in 1779.[2]