Wiszowate | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Podlaskie |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Kolno |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Grabowo |
Coordinates: | 53.45°N 27°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Population Total: | 155 |
Wiszowate is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grabowo, within Kolno County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 11km (07miles) north-east of Kolno and 820NaN0 north-west of the regional capital Białystok.
Village founded before 1424.[2] Family nest of noble (szlachta) family of Wiszowaty (branch using the "Abdank" coat-of-arms). The family still lives there. In 15th century members of the family founded another two villages of the same name:[3] Wyszowate in Podlaskie Voivodeship and Wyszowate in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.