Biedrusko
Biedrusko | |
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  Biedrusko | |
| Coordinates:52°32′N16°56′E/ 52.533°N 16.933°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Poznań |
| Gmina | Suchy Las |
| Population | ~2,200 |
| Time zone | UTC+1(CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2(CEST) |
| Website | http:// biedrusko.org |
Biedrusko[bjɛˈdruskɔ]is avillagein the administrative district ofGmina Suchy Las,withinPoznań County,Greater Poland Voivodeship,in west-central Poland.[1]It lies on theWartariver, approximately 15 km (9 mi) north of the regional capitalPoznań.In 2006 the village had a population of ~2,200.
Biedrusko is the centre of a large military training area of thePolish Army.It contains an army barracks, a palace (undergoing restoration), and a large modern estate of apartment blocks.
History
[edit]Biedrusko was first recorded in the 13th century.[2]The village belonged to the Cistercian order (according to various sources from 1242, 1491 or 1518),[2]and administratively it was part of thePoznań Voivodeshipof theGreater Poland Province of the Polish Crownuntil theSecond Partition of Polandin 1793 when it was annexed byPrussia.The village was then subjected toGermanisation,and Prussians confiscated church goods and handed them over to German landowners in 1797.[2]From 1807 it was part of the short-lived PolishDuchy of Warsaw,in 1815 it was re-annexed by Prussia, and from 1871 it was also part ofGermany.
In 1904 theGerman Armybought the area, and then set up a large military training area. In November 1918, afterWorld War I,Poland regained independence, and on December 28, 1918, Biedrusko was captured byPolish insurgents,whose aim was to reintegrate theGreater Polandregion with Poland.[3]The village was successfully restored to Poland, and the garrison was taken over by thePolish Army.It has been in use by the Polish military since then, except during theGerman occupation of Poland(World War II) when the German Army used it again as theWarthelagertraining camp.[4]This area includes the site of several now uninhabited former villages, includingChojnica,Glinienko,Glinno,Knyszyna,Łagiewniki,Okalewo,TrzuskotowoandTworkowo.Polish crafts, services and agriculture developed in the interbellum, and in 1937, the garrison was expanded.[3]
References
[edit]- ^"Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)"(in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^abc"Biedrusko do 1918r".Portal Biedrusko.org(in Polish).Retrieved17 May2020.
- ^ab"Biedrusko w latach 1918-1939".Portal Biedrusko.org(in Polish).Retrieved17 May2020.
- ^"Garnison Warthelager - Lexikon der Wehrmacht".lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de.Retrieved12 September2018.
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