{"id":20510,"date":"2016-07-26T20:45:47","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T03:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=20510"},"modified":"2021-03-07T16:59:21","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T00:59:21","slug":"the-polish-villages-of-smolen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/20510","title":{"rendered":"The Polish Villages of Smole\u0144"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ezechiel Chodowski, my 5th cousin, 3x removed, was born in Suwino. Helena Chodkowska, my 6th cousin, 2x removed, was living in Brz\u0119czki when she was married. Finding the locations of these two villages gave me fits because neither is listed by those names in the S\u0142ownik Geograficzny Kr\u00f3lestwa Polskiego i Innych Kraj\u00f3w S\u0142owia\u0144skich (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavonic Countries).<\/em> Neither are those two villages located under those names on the current map of Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, perseverance pays off. From the death record of Ezechiel Chodowski and the marriage record of Helena Chodkowska, I knew that these villages both belonged to the parish of W\u0119gra. I looked for these villages in the vicinity of W\u0119gra on the map of Poland at mapa.szukacz.pl<\/a> and found them about 4 km to the northeast of W\u0119gra. The names of the villages on the map? Smole\u0144-Suwino and Smole\u0144-Brz\u0119czki. Interestingly, these two villages are not named on Google Maps<\/a> at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The S\u0142ownik Geograficzny<\/em> includes three main entries for Smole\u0144. The second entry includes descriptions of five smaller villages: Smolen-Brz\u0119czki, Smole\u0144-Da\u0107bogi, Smole\u0144-Poluby, Smole\u0144-Suwino, and Smole\u0144-Trzcianka. These five small villages appear on the Third Military Mapping Survey of Austria-Hungary<\/a> on Sheet 39-53, Ostro\u0142\u0119cka, although they are collectively named Smole\u0144. Both Smole\u0144 and its parish W\u0119gra are highlighted on the map below by boxes surrounding the names of the villages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Third<\/a>
Third Military Mapping Survey of Austria-Hungary for Smole\u0144<\/strong>
SOURCE: Third Military Mapping Survey of Austria-Hungary, 39-53, Ostro\u0142\u0119cka. Onlinehttp:\/\/lazarus.elte.hu\/hun\/digkonyv\/topo\/200e\/39-53.jpg<\/a>; downloaded 26 July 2016.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The places called Smole\u0144 where my ancestors lived are described in subentry 2 and includes the descriptions of 5 different small villages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"S\u0142ownik<\/a>
S\u0142ownik Geograficzny Entry for Smole\u0144<\/strong>
SOURCE: Sulimierski, Filip, Bronis\u0142aw Chlebowski, and W\u0142adys\u0142aw Walewski, eds., S\u0142ownik Geograficzny Kr\u00f3lestwa Polskiego i Innych Kraj\u00f3w S\u0142owia\u0144skich (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavonic Countries) – Warsaw 1889, Volume X, page 897, digital images, University of Warsaw ICM (http:\/\/dir.icm.edu.pl\/pl\/Slownik_geograficzny\/Tom_X\/897<\/a>) : accessed 04 July 2016). Text in Polish, translated by Stephen J. Danko, 04 July 2016.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Click on the link for a PDF copy of the S\u0142ownik Geograficzny Entry for Smole\u0144<\/a>. The record, translated from the Polish, states:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smole\u0144<\/strong> 1) village, folwark [a large manorial farmstead], and castle ruins, Olkusz powiat [district], Pilica gmina [community], Strzegowa parish, it lies on the road from Pilica to Wolbromia, in a high position; the nearby mountain is 1540 feet high. There are castle ruins, a beautiful garden, and a scenic location, 40 settlements, 293 residents. In 1827, there were 32 homes, 194 residents. In 1876, the area of the folwark was 691 m\u00f3rgs [in the Russian partition, 1 m\u00f3rg = 1.388 acres], 248 m\u00f3rgs of arable land and gardens, 2 m\u00f3rgs of pastures, 396 m\u00f3rgs of forests, 45 m\u00f3rgs unused; 1 brick building, 6 wooden buildings, unimproved forest, deposits of limestone. The village of Smole\u0144 has 40 settlements, 409 m\u00f3rgs. In 1877, leon Epstein purchased the folwark here (from Hubicki) and he contributed to the goods of Pilica. Smole\u0144 reportedly entered the goods into Ogrodzieniec (see that entry) where the owner Seweryn Bonar had erected (or perhaps had only rebuilt) the local castle. It consisted of three parts: the lower two parts stopping at a rocky mountain wall were built on a slope, and the third was located above, at the very top. According to the registers of nearby Krk\u00f3w powiat, in 1490, the village of Smole\u0144 had 4 fields. In 1581, the village of Smole\u0144 in Pilica parish, the property of the Padniowskiegos, had 9 peasant fields, \u00c2\u00bd agricultural, 1 enclosure with animals. (Pawi\u0144ski, Ma\u0142op., 81, 434). In the second half of the eighteenth century, there was a gravel factory here. There is a cave called The Clock. Therefore, the people say that, therein, at Christmas midnight the clock hour tolls. A description and image are provided in Tyg. Illustr. (1877 r., t. IV, 263).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2) Smole\u0144<\/strong>, an area of nobles, Przasnysz powiat, Chojnowo gmina, W\u0119gra parish, 7 versts [1 verst = 0.663 miles] from Pu\u0142tusk. Within this are:
a) Smolen-Brz\u0119czki<\/em>, a village with 3 homes, 22 residents, and 68 m\u00f3rgs. In 1827, there were 5 homes and 31 residents;
b) Smole\u0144-Da\u0107bogi<\/em>, a village with 3 homes, 26 residents, and 44 m\u00f3rgs.
In 1827, there were 3 homes and 18 residents;
c) Smole\u0144-Poluby<\/em>, a village with 13 homes, 127 residents, and 450 m\u00f3rgs (120 m\u00f3rgs unused). In 1827, there were 13 homes and 79 residents;
d) Smole\u0144-Suwino<\/em>, a village with 12 homes, 25 residents, and 70 m\u00f3rgs.
e) Smole\u0144-Trzcianka<\/em>, a village with 12 homes, 188 residents, and 123 m\u00f3rgs cultivated and 290 m\u00f3rgs uncultivated.
Br[onis\u0142aw] Ch[lebowski]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smole\u0144<\/strong>, a folwark in the Przewrotne area, Rzes\u00f3w powiat, not far from the M\u0142yn\u00f3wka River, a tributary of the Zyzogi.
Br[onis\u0142aw] G[ustawicz]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Copyright \u00a9 2016 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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