Piaseczno, Tczew County

Coordinates: 53°48′7″N 18°46′32″E / 53.80194°N 18.77556°E / 53.80194; 18.77556
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Piaseczno
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Piaseczno [pjaˈsɛt͡ʂnɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gniew, within Tczew County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-west of Gniew, 34 km (21 mi) south of Tczew, and 64 km (40 mi) south of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania.

Piaseczno is a regional Christian pilgrimage destination due to the historic Piaseczno Well. Other sights of the village are the Gothic Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary and the Museum of the Polish Peasant Movement.

The settlement Piaseckie Pola is part of the village.[2]

History

17th-century coat of arms of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth on the vault of the church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary

The area became part of the emerging Polish state in the 10th century under its first historic ruler Mieszko I. In the 14th century, it was invaded and occupied by the Teutonic Order. First records of the village stem from the time when the region was part of the State of the Teutonic Order. In 1353, Grand Master Winrich von Kniprode assigned the local church to the convent of nuns of Chełmno/Kulm.[3] In 1454, King Casimir IV Jagiellon re-incorporated the region to the Kingdom of Poland, and in 1466, the Teutonic Knights renounced any claims and recognized it as part of Poland.[4]

Piaseczno was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tczew County in the

Marie Casimire visited Piaseczno in 1676.[7]

In 1862, activist Juliusz Kraziewicz founded the oldest Polish

Catholic by confession.[6]

During the

Szpęgawski Forest in October 1939 (see Intelligenzaktion).[9]

Sports

The village is represented by the football club KS Piast Piaseczno which was founded in 1969.[10] The club groundshare with local side Mewa Gniew at their 300 capacity stadium in the town of Gniew.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Rozporządzenie Ministra Administracji i Cyfryzacji z dnia 13 grudnia 2012 r. w sprawie wykazu urzędowych nazw miejscowości i ich części, Dz. U. z 2013 r. poz. 200
  3. ^ Die bau- und kunstdenkmäler der provinz Westpreussen. A.W. Kafemann. 1884. p. 295.
  4. ^ Górski, Karol (1949). Związek Pruski i poddanie się Prus Polsce: zbiór tekstów źródłowych (in Polish and Latin). Poznań: Instytut Zachodni. pp. 56, 88–90, 206–207.
  5. ^ Biskup, Marian; Tomczak, Andrzej (1955). Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w. (in Polish). Toruń. p. 112.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ a b c d Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VIII (in Polish). Warsaw. 1887. p. 47.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VIII, pp. 47–48
  8. ^ "Wystawa "150 lat Kółek Rolniczych w służbie polskiej wsi"". Tczewska.pl (in Polish). 3 October 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Augustyn Bukolt" (in Polish). Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Skarb - Piast Piaseczno".
  11. ^ "Podmioty współpracujące i korzystające z zakresu usług GOSiR w Gniewie". gosirgniew.com (in Polish). Retrieved 11 January 2024.
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