Książki
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Kuyavian Pomeranian | ||
| Powiat : | Wąbrzeski | ||
| Gmina : | Książki | ||
| Geographic location : | 53 ° 19 ′ N , 19 ° 4 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 101 m npm | ||
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| Postal code : | 87-222 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 56 | ||
| License plate : | CWA | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | Wąbrzeźno - Jabłonowo Pomorskie | ||
| Rail route : | Toruń – Olsztyn | ||
| Next international airport : | Bydgoszcz Airport | ||
| administration | |||
| Website : | www.ksiazki.eport.zjednoczenie.com | ||
Książki ( German Hohenkirch , before 1878 Ksionsken ) is a village in the powiat Wąbrzeski of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland . It is the seat of the rural community of the same name .
location
The village is located in the historic Kulmerland , in the former West Prussia . The city of Toruń (Thorn) is located about 50 kilometers southwest.
history
The first written mention of the village called Ksionsken at the time comes from July 24, 1638. At that time , Anna Katarzyna Konstancja, the Starostess of Strasburg ( Brodnica ), settled 51 families from Holland , Denmark and Northern Germany in the village. They joined the eight families who had settled from Silesia in 1635 . The settlers received lands according to the so-called "Dutch law". This secured them economic advantages, long-term or unlimited land rights, exemption from labor , religious freedom and exemption from tithing . At this time, the region belonged to Strasburg for autonomous, under the auspices of Poland-Lithuania -standing Prussian royal share .
Through the first partition of Poland-Lithuania in 1772, western Prussia was reunited with the region around Strasburg under Frederick II of Prussia with the eastern part of the Kingdom of Prussia to the extent that these parts were connected to one another at the time of the Teutonic Order . On October 1, 1887, the community of Ksionsken was detached from the Strasburg district in West Prussia and incorporated into the new Briesen district under the new name Hohenkirch .
Until 1920 the church belonged to Hohenkirch circle Briesen in marienwerder the province of West Prussia of the German Reich .
Towards the end of the First World War , the district area with Briesen had to be ceded to Poland due to the provisions of the Versailles Treaty in 1920 for the purpose of establishing the Polish Corridor . With the attack on Poland in 1939, the seized territory of the Polish Corridor came under international law to the German Reich . The Marienwerder administrative district with the Briesen district was incorporated into the Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia , to which Hohenkirch belonged until 1945.
Towards the end of the Second World War , the Red Army occupied the region in the spring of 1945 . As far as members of the German minority had not fled, they were in the period that followed sold .
church
In 1720 the first wooden Protestant church was built, which was enlarged in 1775 to a capacity of 300 people. From 1868 to 1869 the wooden church was replaced by today's stone building in neo-Romanesque style.
1863 was a stone chapel of Baptists , which was destroyed 1945th
local community
economy
The community has a consistently agricultural character, with 650 farms taking up 79.6% of the community area. The cultivation of sugar beets, potatoes and various types of wheat predominates. In animal husbandry, pigs and cattle predominate.
Sports
The women's football division of GKS Zryw Książki played in the Polish first division in the 2001/02 and 2002/03 seasons .
Others
On the Ksiazki – Brudzawki road there is now a memorial to the 50 Polish residents who were murdered by SS units in the nearby sand pit on September 8, 1939 .
Opposite the church is a military cemetery where the Soviet soldiers who died in fighting with Germans in January 1945 were buried.