Bachorza – Gmina Zakrzewo – Slownik Geograficzny Translations
Hello,
Below is my translation of the Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego entry for Bachorza. Any errors are completely my own.
Location information:
Current administrative location: Bachorza, Gmina Zakrzewo, Powiat Aleksandrów, Województwo Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland.
Administrative location in 1895 (Słownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego): Bachorza, Powiat Nieszawa, Gubernia Warszawske, Vistula Land, Russian Empire.
An extensive area of muddy meadow lands. The area was once the bottom of a lake or river (w dokumecie z 1297 nosi miano fluvium w kod. dypl. Rzyszczew. IV – 142), which linked the Gopła Lake with the Wisła River. It begins in the Grand Duchy of Poznań at the north end of the Gopła Lake and enters the Kingdom of Poland in Powiat Nieszawa, between the two villages of Kobielice and Bronisław and extends to the east with a small bow towards the north between the following villages: Sędzin, Krzywosądz, Kuczkowo, Czołpin, Siniarzewo, Ujma, Słupy, Krotoszyn, Wysocinek and for the Wolica mill, north of Breść Kujawski, that connects to the Zgłowiączka River. Bachorza once had a great commercial importance as a waterway between the surrounding Gopła area, the Wisła, and the Baltic; but sailing on it could only take place during the spring tide. Swamps are probably the remains of one of its branches, wherewith the Gopła once connected to the Wisła River. There still is the stream bed of the Zgłowiączka River that reaches the Wisła near Włocławek. In 1836, the government’s recommendation was to dig a channel, but the correct leveling effect had not been achieved. In 1858, owners of the adjacent land shared forces to dig under the direction of the Tonne technique. The channel was dug three miła long, six feet wide, and ten feet deep, which dried up 4,000 morgs of land and cost 7,000 rubles.
Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego – Warsaw [1895, vol.1, p.77]. Retrieved from http://www.mimuw.edu.pl/polszczyzna/SGKP/SG01.djvu?djvuopts&page=77
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Al
