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Adres: Książki

Ostatnia aktualizacja: 2022-12-17

Kategorie: Miejscowość, Kawiarnia, Restauracja z kuchnią polską, Pizzeria

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Książki is a village in Wąbrzeźno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Książki. It lies approximately 10km north-east of Wąbrzeźno and 45km north-east of Toruń.The village has a population of 1,900.HistoryIn 1635, 8 families from Silesia settled in Książki. However, a true beginning of the village is 24 June 1638 – the date when a charter according to the Olęder law (the Dutch law) was granted by duchess Anna Katarzyna Konstancja, starost of Brodnica. She settled German colonists there (so called Olędrzy). In historical sources appears a German name Ksionsken. The village became a member of the starosty of Brodnica. Olędrzy were colonists from the area of the present day Netherlands, Denmark and Rhineland. They were settling in the Duchy of Prussia (Prusy Książęce) and Royal Prussia (Prusy Królewskie) since the half of the 16th century, mainly in Żuławy and Greater Poland. They were reclaiming floodlands and boggy areas, as well as introducing new agricultural techniques. In the 17th and 18th century the name “Olędrzy” was associated with colonists in general, as well as with Poles with long-term lease who settled in the area of north-western Poland. Olęder planting of towns in Poland was a part of the great settlement movement in the area covering not only mentioned regions in Poland but also north coasts of Germany and Denmark. Olędrzy, mainly German colonists, were settling willingly in the area of north-western Poland because they were granted there economic privileges: lease, rent, end of serfdom, Lutherans – freedom of worship, tithe exemption.