Sędzin – Gmina Zakrzewo – Slownik Geograficzny Translations
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Below is my translation of the Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego entry for Sędzin. Any errors are completely my own.
Location information:
Current administrative location: Sędzin, Gmina Zakrzewo, Powiat Aleksandrów, Województwo Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland.
Administrative location in 1895 (Słownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego): Sędzin, Powiat Nieszawa, Gubernia Warszawske, Vistula Land, Russian Empire.
In 1252, it was know as Zandyno and in 1366 as Sandzyno. Sędzin is a village, colony, and manor farm near the village of Bachorza and located in powiat Nieszawa and gmina Sędzin. The village belongs to the parish of Sędzin. The village is located at a distance of 21 verst from Nieszawa. Sędzin is 1 verst from the border of Kreis Poznań. The parish has a wooden church. The colony has 207 inhabitants and the peasants have 1445 morgs of land. The village and manor farm have 240 inhabitants and 191 morgs of land for the peasants. In 1827, Sędzin had 35 homes with 323 inhabitants.
In 1881, the Sędzin folwark was separated from the Raciążek estate and had 1184 morgs of total area (780 morgs of arable farm land, 254 morgs of meadows, 64 morgs of pasture, 50 morgs of forest, 36 morgs of unused land, 19 brick buildings, 12 wooden buildings, and a 13 and 15 half field crop rotation. Sędzin has unused forests, a windmill, and a mill.
Sędzin is the former estate of the Bishop of Płock. In 1252, Kazimierz, the Duke of Kujawy, gave some freedoms to the village. In 1366, Jacussius de Sandzyno was the canon of Płock (Kod. Maz.,16, 78). In 1750, a wooden church was issued by the Płock chapter and was under the patronage of Saint Mateusz. In 1842, the church was restored and a brick rectory was erected and then tiled. The Sędzin parish belongs to the Nieszawa Deanery. The parish has 1180 souls.
The Sędzin gmina belongs to the III district court of law and precinct that is located in Radziejowie. In 1867, the Sędzin gmina totaled 22,864 morgs of land, with 15,748 belonging to estates and 7116 belonging to the peasants. There are 4526 inhabitants.
Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego – Warsaw [1895, vol. 10, p.465]. Retrieved from http://www.mimuw.edu.pl/polszczyzna/SGKPi/indexse2.html#x3-50002
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Al
