The Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i Innych Krajów Słowiańskich (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavonic Countries) includes one entry for the same Polish village of Gościejewo, currently in Maków Powiat.
Gosciejewo and Surrounding Area – 1910
Third Military Mapping Survey of Austria-Hungary (ELTE Faculty of Informatics,
Institute of Cartography and Geoinformatics); digital images, Lazarus ELTE
(http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/digkonyv/topo/200e/39-53.jpg: accessed 20 December 2025)
Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Słownik Geograficzny entries for Gościejewo.
Translated from the Polish, the first entry reads:
Gościejewo, a village on the Pełta River, Maków powiat, Karniewo gmina, Szwelice parish. In 1827, there were 9 houses and 76 inhabitants.
Translated from the Polish, the second entry reads:
Gościejewo 1.) (mentioned in documents as Goszcegou), a village in the Maków powiat, Szwelice parish. Mentioned in a 13th-century document among the estates of the Płock church. In 1582 it had 8 łans [literally “field,” a unit of land measurement used in Poland since the 13th century]. In the 1827 census, it is listed as a government-owned village.
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