Klebark Wielki
Klebark Wielki | |
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Village | |
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Area code | +48 89 |
Vehicle registration | NOL |
Klebark Wielki (Polish pronunciation: .
Klebark Wielki's landmark is the Holy Cross church. There's also an Armenian khachkar commemorating the Armenian genocide.
History
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The village of Klebark dates back to the 14th century and was initially populated with
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Again destroyed and depopulated during the Swedish invasion of Poland in 1656, the village was soon again repopulated with Polish settlers.[3] After the Partitions of Poland it fell to Prussia. The village was a strong center of Polish resistance to attempts at Germanisation, forced by the Prussian and later German administration.[3] In 1863, local priest Juliusz Grzymała hid Polish insurgents in the parish, from 1872 the parish brought Polish newspapers to the village.[3] In 1881 a Polish library was created, which was to be a counterweight to the official German school.[3] Near the end of World War II, in January 1945 Soviet soldiers tortured and murdered the local Polish parish priest Paweł Chmielewski.[3] After the war Klebark Wielki was reintegrated with Poland.
Notable people
- Jan Liszewski [pl] (1852–1894), Polish teacher, publicist, activist, founder of the Gazeta Olsztyńska newspaper, was born in the village[3]
References
- ^ "Wieś Klebark Wielki (warmińsko-mazurskie)". Polska w liczbach (in Polish). Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Klebark Wielki - Historia Klebarka". Archived from the original on 2008-10-19. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
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