Papowo biscuit

Papowo biscuit
	Papowo biscuit
	Papowo biscuit
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Kuyavian Pomeranian
Powiat :	Chełmiński
Gmina :	Papowo biscuit
Geographic location :	53 ° 15 ′ N , 18 ° 34 ′ E Coordinates: 53 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ N , 18 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ E
Residents :	711 ()
Postal code :	86-221
Economy and Transport
Street :	Droga krajowa 1
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Papowo Biskupie ( German Bischöflich Papau , 1942-1945 Kulmischpfaffendorf ) is a village in the Powiat Chełmiński of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship , Poland . It is the seat of the rural community of the same name with around 4400 inhabitants.

geography

Papowo Biskupie is located 26 km north of Toruń on the east bank of Jezioro Papowskie .

history

The first mention of the village was on August 5, 1222 as Papouo . Later names were also Papowe (1284), Popov (1326), Papav and Papaya (1327) and Pfaffendorf (1554). In 1647 there was a school with a teacher.

From 1975 to 1998 the village belonged to the Toruń Voivodeship .

local community

Ruins of the former castle

The rural community (gmina wiejska) Papowo Biskupie includes eight villages with school administration offices.

Worth seeing

There is a palace from 1773 in Papowo Biskupie.
The Gothic church was renovated in 2005 (bell tower), 2007 (electronics) and 2008–2009 (organ).
Ruins of Bishop Papau Castle

Personalities

Irena Santor (* 1934), singer.

literature

Waldemar Rodzynkowski: Zarys dziejów gminy Papowo Biskupie. 1996 (Polish)

Web links

Commons : Papowo Biskupie - collection of images, videos and audio files

Municipality website (Polish)
Parish website (Polish)

Footnotes

↑ mapa.szukacz (Polish, accessed on January 21, 2012)
↑ Dz.U. 1975 no 17 poz. 92 (Polish) (PDF; 802 kB)

[1] .szukacz (Polish, accessed on January 21, 2012)

[2] Dz.U. 1975 no 17 poz. 92 (Polish) (PDF; 802 kB)