Gołotczyzna

Gołotczyzna
Village
Villa Krzewina
Villa Krzewina
Gołotczyzna is located in Poland
Gołotczyzna
Gołotczyzna
Coordinates: 52°47′N 20°41′E / 52.783°N 20.683°E / 52.783; 20.683
Country Poland
VoivodeshipMasovian
CountyCiechanów
GminaSońsk
Population
 • Total
727
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
06-430[1]
Vehicle registrationWCI

Gołotczyzna [ɡɔwɔtˈt͡ʂɨzna] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sońsk, within Ciechanów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[2] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) west of Sońsk, 10 km (6 mi) south of Ciechanów, and 67 km (42 mi) north of Warsaw.

History

Gołotczyzna was a private village of the Ostoja-Ostaszewski noble family, administratively located in the Masovian Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.

In 1827 Gołotczyzna had a population of 30, which by the 1880s grew to 122.[3] According to the 1921 census, the village with the adjacent manor farm had a population of 141, entirely Polish by nationality and 95.0% Roman Catholic by confession.[4]

During the Korean War, in 1951–1953, Poland admitted 200 North Korean orphans in the village.[5]

Sights

Villa Krzewina, the former home of Polish writer and philosopher Aleksander Świętochowski, houses the Positivism Museum.

Transport

There is a railway station in the village.

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Oficjalny Spis Pocztowych Numerów Adresowych" (PDF). Poczta Polska (in Polish). Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  3. ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom II (in Polish). Warszawa. 1881. p. 678.{cite book}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (in Polish). Vol. I. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1925. p. 24.
  5. ^ Sołtysik, Łukasz (2009). "Dzieci i młodzież północnokoreańska w Polsce w latach 1953–1954 w świetle wybranych dokumentów". Rocznik Jeleniogórski (in Polish). Vol. XLI. Jelenia Góra. p. 196. ISSN 0080-3480.