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Bredynki

Coordinates: 53°54′N 21°3′E / 53.900°N 21.050°E / 53.900; 21.050
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Bredynki
Village
Saint Roch chapel in Bredynki
Saint Roch chapel in Bredynki
Bredynki is located in Poland
Bredynki
Bredynki
Coordinates: 53°54′N 21°3′E / 53.900°N 21.050°E / 53.900; 21.050
Country Poland
VoivodeshipWarmian-Masurian
CountyOlsztyn
GminaBiskupiec
Founded1599
Vehicle registrationNOL
Voivodeship roads

Bredynki [brɛˈdɨnki] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biskupiec, within Olsztyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) north-east of Biskupiec and 39 km (24 mi) east of the regional capital Olsztyn. It is situated in the historic region of Warmia.

History

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The village was founded in 1599 within the Kingdom of Poland. In 1772 it was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia in the First Partition of Poland. On 6 May 1863, the village was the site of a massacre of Polish inhabitants.[2] Local farmers protested the taking of the lake from the village and handing it over to a local miller.[2] Prussian troops fired on the crowd, killing more than a dozen people, including women, and wounding 30.[2] In 1884, the Saint Roch chapel was built by the local people to commemorate the victims.

References

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  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ a b c Groniewska, Barbara (1960). "Rola Prus Wschodnich w powstaniu styczniowym". Komunikaty Mazursko-Warmińskie (in Polish). No. 1. pp. 13–14.