Białków (Cybinka)
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| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Lebus | ||
| Powiat : | Słubicki | ||
| Gmina : | Cybinka | ||
| Geographic location : | 52 ° 10 ' N , 14 ° 48' E | ||
| Height : | 47 m npm | ||
| Residents : | 467 (2011) | ||
| Postal code : | 69-108 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 68 | ||
| License plate : | FSL | ||
Białków (German historically Balkow , Lower Sorbian Bołków ) is a village in the rural community Cybinka in the district of Słubice in the Polish voivodeship of Lebus . In 2011 there were 567 residents here. The place is on the road between Cybinka (Ziebingen) and Rąpice (Rampitz), four kilometers south of Cybinka and 26 kilometers southeast of Słubice .
history
The oldest mention is from 1413. Balkow belonged to the von Grünberg family since 1480 , later to the Matthaeus von Wesenbecks family , partly to the von Kalckreuth family , and from 1724 to the von Tauentzien family .
Until the 17th century, Lower Sorbian was also spoken in the village . Since the 19th century Balkow was administratively part of the Weststernberg district in the Frankfurt (Oder) administrative district of the Prussian province of Brandenburg .
Since 1944, 50,000 books, a large part of the holdings of the Secret State Archives Berlin-Dahlem, have been kept ready for use in Schloss Balkow under library supervision.
The place has belonged to Poland since 1945.
Attractions
- Village church, built in 1840 in neo-Romanesque style, now a Roman Catholic branch church of St. Andreas Bobola
- Castle (mansion), built around 1781 by Friedrich Bogislav von Tauentzien , rebuilt in the 1840s
- former Vorwerk
Web links
- Balkow, Kr. Weststernberg with detailed information on residents in the 19th and early 20th centuries
- Balkow / Białków Zamki lubuskie, with ownership history, family coat of arms, historical map and photo (Polish)