{"id":23533,"date":"2024-12-14T04:47:32","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T12:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=23533"},"modified":"2024-12-26T04:38:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T12:38:07","slug":"administrative-structure-of-parishes-of-the-siemiatycze-powiat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/23533","title":{"rendered":"Administrative Structure of Parishes of the Siemiatycze Powiat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The following parishes are currently part of the Siemiatycze Powiat in the Third Polish Republic: Do\u0142ubowo<\/a>,\u00a0Drohiczyn<\/a>, Dziadkowice<\/a>, Mielnik<\/a>, Milejczyce<\/a>, Narojki<\/a>, Ostro\u017cany<\/a>, Perlejewo<\/a>, Siemiatycze<\/a>, \u015aledzian\u00f3w<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kreiskommissariat Bielsk, Kammerdepartement Bia\u0142ystok, Province of New East Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia – 1796-1807<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sotzmann, Daniel Friedrich, and Johann Christoph Textor. 1808. \u201cTopographisch Militarische Karte Vom Vormaligen Neu Ostpreussen Oder Dem Jetzigen No\u0308rdlichen Theil Des Herzogthums Warschau Nebst Dem Russischen District \u2026\u201d Berlin: D.F. Sotzman. (https:\/\/lithuanianmaps.com\/TopoMapsNewEastPrussia1808.html<\/a> : accessed 14 Dec 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The above map shows Kreiskommissariat Bielsk, Kammerdepartement Bia\u0142ystok, Province of New East Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia (in existence from 1796-1807). This map is shown here because current maps are under copyright. This map shows the location of all the parishes except for Milejczyce which was, at that time, located in the section of this map labelled “Russland”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: After the third partition of Poland, the city of Drohiczyn was divided in two. The area on the right bank of the Bug River became part of Prussia and the area on the left bank became part of Galicia and later, when it became part of Russia, the left bank was renamed Ruska Strona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The administrative structure of the parishes of Do\u0142ubowo, Drohiczyn, Narojki (Orthodox\/Uniate), Ostro\u017cany, Perlejewo, Siemiatycze, and \u015aledzian\u00f3w can be described as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n