Category Archives: Northern Mazovia

Spruce

Spruce

A village by the Nasielsk-Ciechanów railway line. The seat of the commune office.

15 of August 1920 r. there was fierce fighting between Polish troops with 144 pp. under the command of Maj. Ocetkiewicz, from the warehouse 18 DP, …

Klukowo

Klukowo – In the village there is a brick parish church. pw. Our Lady of Częstochowa erected in the 1965-69 wg proj. Stanisław Marzyński, in place of the burnt in 1963 r. wooden church from 1763 r.…

New town

New town

A large village with over 2000 inhabitant, located on the Sona River (the left tributary of Wkra), by the Płońsk-Nasielsk road. The seat of the commune office.

The beginnings of the settlement are related to the existence of an early medieval stronghold, and then the princely court. W XIV c. courts were held here …

Joniec

Joniec. A village situated on the Wkra river, seat of the commune office. Mentioned in the 11th century. under the name Juniec. From the 11th to the end of the 18th century. property of Płock bishops. The remains of the former stronghold are its remains at the river crossing.

Classicist parish church. pw. …

king

king. A village near Wkra, mentioned in 1425 r. as the property of the Płock bishops. Parish Church. pw. st. Zygmunt, built in 1639 r. from the Wojciech Baranowski foundation – the bishop of Płock, rebuilt many times. Log construction, boarded, single-nave with separate, chancel closed on three sides. …

Bolęcin

Bolęcin – Once upon a time a private farm and tarry. The name comes from the name Bolęta (Boleslaw, Pain-mind). The village is attractively situated on the backwaters of Wkra with sandy shores. It is a water sports and recreation center for the inhabitants of Płońsk and the surrounding area. A war cemetery covering by the Wkra River …

Plonsk

Plonsk

A town on the Płońsk Upland, over Płonka (right tributary of the Wkra river). The center of the processing industry (Hortex plants, grain mill), automotive (Ford assembly plant), printing (Elanders), grocery (confectionery factory – PepsiCo Wedel SA ). Ok. 22900 inhabitant. The seat of the commune and commune offices. …

August

AUGUST

1. Church of St. st. pm, Modesta and Krescencji 2. Church and Monastery of the Benedictine Sisters 3. Church of the Holy Spirit 4. Church of St. Stanisław t Kostka 5. Town hall 6. Manor house in Kasztelanka 7. Monument dedicated to residents who died during World War II

BORKOWO KOŚCIELNE

BORKOWO KOŚCIELNE

A village on the Racią Plain.

Parish Church. pw. st. Apollonia, brick, built in 1923 r. Inside, a figure of the Mother of God with the Child, late gothic. Classicist wooden mansion with 1 half. XIX w. surrounded by the remains of a landscape park.

A brick water mill from the 1930s …

Dziembakowo

Dziembakowo. A village on the Racią Plain. Manor house from the middle of. XIX w., rebuilt. About the features of classicism. Brick and plastered, with Tuscan pilasters in the corners. On a rectangular projection, one-story with a two-story center section. In the center of the front there is a portico consisting of two Tuscan columns and …