Bredynki [brɛˈdɨnki] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biskupiec, within Olsztyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) north-east of Biskupiec and 39 km (24 mi) east of the regional capital Olsztyn. It is situated in the historic region of Warmia.
Bredynki | |
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Village | |
 Saint Roch chapel in Bredynki | |
  Bredynki | |
| Coordinates: 53°54′N 21°3′E / 53.900°N 21.050°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Warmian-Masurian |
| County | Olsztyn |
| Gmina | Biskupiec |
| Founded | 1599 |
| Vehicle registration | NOL |
| Voivodeship roads |  |
History edit
The village was founded in 1599 within the Kingdom of Poland. In 1772 it was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia in the First Partition of Poland. On 6 May 1863, the village was the site of a massacre of Polish inhabitants.[2] Local farmers protested the taking of the lake from the village and handing it over to a local miller.[2] Prussian troops fired on the crowd, killing more than a dozen people, including women, and wounding 30.[2] In 1884, the Saint Roch chapel was built by the local people to commemorate the victims.
References edit
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ a b c Groniewska, Barbara (1960). "Rola Prus Wschodnich w powstaniu styczniowym". Komunikaty Mazursko-Warmińskie (in Polish). No. 1. pp. 13–14.
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