Straszewo – Gmina Koneck – Slownik Geograficzny Translations
Hello,
Below is my translation of the Słownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego entry for Straszewo. Any errors in the translations are completely my own.
Location information:
Current administrative location: Straszewo, Gmina Koneck, Powiat Aleksandrów, Województwo Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland.
Administrative location in 1895 (Słownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego): Straszewo, Powiat Nieszawa, Gubernia Warszawske, Vistula Land, Russian Empire.
1) A village and manor farm (folwark) located in powiat Nieszawa and gmina Straszewo. It belongs to the Straszewo Parish. It is a distance of 14 verst from Nieszawa. The Straszewo parish has a wooden church, school, post office, mills, and a peat mine. In 1885, the Straszewo folwark included the settlement of Czajki. The folwark has 741 morgs of land (502 morgs of farm land, 66 morgs of meadows, 13 morgs of pasture, and 25 morgs of barren land), 16 brick buildings, 4 wooden buildings, and has a 8 half field rotation. The Straszewo village has 957 morgs of land. The village, together with the folwark, has 377 inhabitants. In 1827, there were 22 houses and 256 inhabitants. The Straszewo estate covered 1118 morgs. The following villages belonged to the estate: Brudnowo, Brudnówek, Czajki, Ossówka, Rybno, and Zazdromin.
In 1250, documents indicate that Straszewo was an ancient possession of the Bishopric of Kujawski (Ulanowski, Dokum. kujawskie, str. 187, No 13). The Bishopric established a church here and formed a parish under the patronage of Saint Marcin. The date of construction is unknown, but the parish was already in existence in the middle of the 16th century. In 1557, the Bishopric paid for 17 łan (fields) of serf land and 14 1/2 łan of rental land. Also, there were 2 settlements with 2 craftsmen (Pawiński, Wielkop., II, 5). The church was rebuilt several times. In the 17th century, the new Bishop Maciej Łubieński, reconstructed the church. In 1780, the church and its standing chapter was rebuilt again. The tombs of the familial heirs to the Seroczki estate of Józef Bogatko are staged in the cemetery chapel. After the village’s occupation by the Prussian Government, the ownership of the village was transferred from the Bishopric to the government and then changed to privately owned (around 1827). The Straszewo Parish belongs to the Nieszawa Deanery and has 1360 souls.
The Straszewo gmina belongs to the District Court I, which is located in Nieszawa. It has a total area of 16,973 morgs: 10,861 morgs belonging to estates and 6112 morgs of peasant land. The population is approximately 5000 heads. The gmina produces potato starch at the Święte estate.
Słownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Poliskiego – Warsaw [1895, vol.11, p.390. Retrieved from http://www.mimuw.edu.pl/polszczyzna/SGKP/SG11.djvu?djvuopts&page=390
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Al
