Wenecja (Żnin)
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| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Kuyavian Pomeranian | ||
| Powiat : | Żnin | ||
| Gmina : | Żnin | ||
| Geographic location : | 52 ° 49 ' N , 17 ° 46' E | ||
| Residents : | 300 | ||
Wenecja ( German Venetia ) is a village in the urban and rural municipality Żnin ( Znin ) in the powiat Żniński of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship , Poland . It has about 300 residents. It is known for its narrow-gauge railway museum and the castle ruins .
Geographical location
Wenecja is about five kilometers south of Żnin on the Gąsawka ( Gonsawka ). To the south of the village are the three lakes Biskupińskie, Weneckie and Skrzynka.
history
Wenecja Castle was built by Mikołaj Nałęcz (around 1330–1400) in the second half of the 14th century as part of the border security of the empire of the last Polish Piast king, Casimir the Great . It was damaged in disputes and partially demolished by the 16th century. In the following centuries, the castle continued to deteriorate, until further parts were blown up in the 19th century and used as building material for the construction of the road to Żnin. Since then the castle has been in ruins. It was Mikołaj Nałęcz who gave the place Mościska the name Wenecja , as he got to know Venice during his studies.
Through the first partition of Poland , Żnin and Wenecja came to Prussia from 1772 to 1919 , only interrupted by the time of the Duchy of Warsaw (1807–1815). In the Prussian office of Znin , Venetia was initially considered a Vorwerk .
From 1975 to 1998 the village belonged to the Bydgoszcz Voivodeship .
Attractions
On the 11.9 kilometer long section Żnin – Wenecja– Biskupin - Gąsawa of the former Zniner Kreisbahn , the narrow-gauge railway is operated in the summer months. It has a track width of 600 mm. The place is located on the Szlak Piastowski (Piast hiking trail). The reconstructed Iron Age open-air museum Biskupin is five kilometers away .
- Kościół Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny , neo-Gothic church from the 19th century
- 19th century manor house
- Forge from 1908
- Wenecja castle ruins
- Wenecja Narrow Gauge Railway Museum ( Muzeum Kolejki Wąskotorowej Wenecja ).
literature
- Johann Friedrich Goldbeck : Complete topography of the Kingdom of Prussia . Volume 2: Topography of West Prussia. Marienwerder 1789, p. 96.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ according to Jerzy Sobczak: Pałuki . Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza, Poznań 1987, ISBN 83-03-01818-3 (Polish).