Piaseczno, Tczew County

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.

For other places with the same name, see Piaseczno.
Piaseczno
Village
Panorama of Piaseczno with the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
Panorama of Piaseczno with the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
Piaseczno is located in Poland
Piaseczno
Piaseczno
Piaseczno is located in Pomeranian Voivodeship
Piaseczno
Piaseczno
Coordinates: 53°48′7″N 18°46′32″E
CountryPoland Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyTczew
GminaGniew
Population
580
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code+48 58
Vehicle registrationGTC

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 Pomeranian Voivodeship.[5] It was a popular Catholic pilgrimage destination and was often visited by starost of nearby Gniew and future King of Poland John III Sobieski.[6] As king he ordered the construction of a new, greater vault in the local church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, and visited Piaseczno shortly before his death in 1696.[6] His wife, Queen consort of Poland, Marie Casimire visited Piaseczno in 1676.[7]

In 1862, activist Juliusz Kraziewicz founded the oldest Polish agricultural cooperative (Włościańskie Towarzystwo Rolnicze) in the village.[6][8] Due to this, the Museum of the Polish Peasant Movement is located in the village. In 1868, the village had a population of 1,066, predominantly Catholic by confession.[6]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the local Polish parish priest Augustyn Bukolt was murdered by the Germans in a mass execution in the Szpęgawski Forest in October 1939 (see Intelligenzaktion).[9]

Sports

The village is represented by the football club KS Piast Piaseczno.[10]

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. 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".


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