Category Archives: Northern Mazovia

DOWNLOAD

DOWNLOAD – Former border village between the Płock and Wyszogród castellans.

A stronghold mentioned in 1233 r., located on the Wkra river. Shafts to 3 m in height. Later, the hill was used to build the castle. There was probably a chapel next to the castle.

Unieck

Unieck. In the village there is a parish church. pw. st. James the Elder, wood, erected in 1871 r. Log construction, boarded with foliage. The classicist façade with a recessed middle part is topped with a gable roof, on which an octagonal signature. Three-nave, with a straight closed presbytery. Inside a statue of the Mother …

Dektarzewo

Dektarzewo. The village is picturesquely situated on the Wkra river, near the forest complex, a center of traditional folk art (weaving).

Parish Church. pw. st. Catherine, Gothic, brick, not plastered, erected in 1 half. XVI w., transformed in the 19th and 20th centuries. Single-aisle with …

Sarbiewo

Sarbiewo. A village on Raciążnica, mentioned in 1403 r. The family nest of the Sarbiewskis of the Pravda coat of arms. Parish Church. pw. st. Stanislaus the Bishop, wood, built in 2 half. 17th century, rebuilt several times. The seat of one of the oldest parishes in Mazovia. Log construction, boarded with foliage. …

Raciaz

RACIG

The city is located on the Racia Plain, over Raciążnica (right tributary of the Wkra river) and its tributary Karśnica. Ok. 4900 inhabitant. The seat of the commune and commune offices. Food industry center (dairy – launched in 1974 r., then the largest milk processing plant in Poland; betting …

Gralewo

Gralewo. In the village there is a parish church. pw. st. Margaret erected at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries., rebuilt in the 16th and 17th centuries, significantly damaged in 1915 r., rebuilt over the years 1920-28 wg proj. Włodzimierz Dubik. Late Gothic, brick masonry with the use of …

Baboszewo

BABOSZEWO – The village mentioned in 1254 r. in the bull of Pope Innocent IV. Currently, it is the seat of the commune office and the local industrial center (joinery plant, precast factory, mill). Parish Church. pw. Our Lady of Częstochowa built in the years 1909-14 wg proj. Stefan Szyller. …

arcelin

arcelin – Village. 17 of August 1920 r. between Arcelin and Ćwiklin, Polish troops 9 Cavalry Brigades under the command of Maj. Jan Głogowski was stopped by the Bolshevik march to the west 52 i 53 Rifle Brigade of 18 The Rifle Division supported from the north. two brigades …

Falcon

Falcon – Village. Place of birth of Zuzanna Morawska (1848-1920), educator and novelists, author of fairy tales for children and historical novels (m.in.: "On the ruins of the order", "Wolf's Nest", "Prince's squire"). Morawska lived and worked in Mława for many years.

In years 1909-39 was operating here …

Kraszewo

Kraszewo – Village. Former settlement site, the remnant of which is a mound – probably the tomb of a tribal chief from the 10th century. p.n.e., and a burial ground from the turn of the ancient and modern eras (late / late / late Roman and early Roman period). They are located in the north-east. parts of the village.

Parish Church. …