{"id":23962,"date":"2025-12-30T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=23962"},"modified":"2025-12-26T14:37:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T22:37:48","slug":"the-dictionary-of-polish-place-names-strachocin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/23962","title":{"rendered":"The Dictionary of Polish Place Names \u2013 Strachocin (Szelk\u00f3w Parish)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Dictionary of Polish Place Names (Nazwy Miejscowe Polski<\/em>) explains the origin of place names in Poland and details how the place name changed over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volume XVI of Nazwy Miejscowe Polski<\/em> lists several places called Strachocin. The first entry is for a village currently in the Masovian Voivodeship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nazwy Miejscowe Polski<\/em> indicates that Strachocin is two villages today (Stary Strachocin and Nowy Strachocin), was in the Szelk\u00f3wa Gmina, Ostr\u00f3w Voivodeship in the years 1975-1998, and is 11 kilometers southeast of Mak\u00f3w Mazowiecki. Mentions of the village include Strachocino<\/em> in 1431, Strachoczyno<\/em> in 1479, Pyeczkowsky<\/em> in 1482, Pyeczkowsky<\/em> [“about their assets Pyeczkowo<\/em> otherwise Strachoczyno<\/em>“], Pyeczkowo<\/em> in 1504, Pyeczkowo <\/em>and Strachoczyno<\/em> in 1511, Strachoczyno<\/em> in 1512, Strachoczino<\/em> in 1582, Strachocino<\/em> in 1783, Strachocin<\/em> in 1827, Strachocino<\/em> in 1890, Strachocin Szlachecki <\/em>and Strachocin Nowy<\/em> in 1921, Strachocin Stary <\/em>and Strachocin Nowy<\/em> in 1952, Stary Strachocin, -rego -na<\/em>, Nowy Strachocin, -wego -na, <\/em>and Strachocki<\/em> in 1971.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The name of the village may originate from the name of a settlement Strachota (Strachomir, Strach) with the suffix -ino or -in. In the 20th century, as a result of the division of villages, the names acquired elements distinguishing them using adjectives szlachecki [noble], stary [old], and nowy [new]. In the 15th-16th centuries, the variant name Pieczkowo probably referred to the manor next to the village and was derived from the surname Piec(z)ek, Piec(z)ko with the suffix -owo.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Source: Bijak, Urszula and Pawe\u0142 Swoboda, ed., Nazwy Miejscowe Polski<\/em> (Place Names of Poland<\/em>) – Krakow 2021, Volume XVI, page 59.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click the link for a PDF copy of the\u00a0Nazwy Miejscowe Polski<\/em>\u00a0entry for Strachocin<\/a>. Translated rom the Polish, the entry reads:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Strachocin<\/strong> (1), today Stary Strachocin<\/em> and Nowy Strachocin<\/em>, two villages, Ostr\u00f3w voivodeship, Szelk\u00f3w gmina, 11 kilometers southeast of Mak\u00f3w Mazowiecki: Strachocino<\/em> 1431 MkM II no. 328; Strachoczyno<\/em> 1479 SHGMz (Ep. 13, 208v\u2013209); Johanne Pyeczkowsky<\/em> 1482 SHGMz(Ep. 11, 256v); noble Joh. Pyeczkowsky<\/em> […] about their assets Pyeczkowo<\/em> otherwise Strachoczyno<\/em> 1497 SHGMz(Ep. 15, 122); noble Johannis de Pyeczkowo<\/em> 1504 SHGMz(Ep. 16, 205); Pyeczkowo, Strachoczyno<\/em> 1511 SHGMz(PT 1, 118v); Strachoczyno<\/em> 1512 SHGMz (Ep. 7, 6v); Strachoczino<\/em> 1582 \u0179Dz XVI 392; Strachocino<\/em> 1783 MpPerMz; Strachocin<\/em> 1827 Tabella II 201; Strachocino<\/em> 1890 SG XI 381; Strachocin Szlachecki, Strachocin Nowy<\/em> 1921 Sk I 77; Strachocin Stary, Strachocin Nowy<\/em> 1952 UW 15; Stary Strachocin, -rego -na, Nowy Strachocin, -wego -na, Strachocki<\/em> 1971 UN 129, 48, 46. \u2014 \u200b\u200bFrom the name of a settlement Strachota<\/em> SSNO V 217 (: Strachomir, Strach<\/em>), with suffix -ino<\/em>, secondarily -in<\/em>. In the 20th century, as a result of the division of villages, the names acquired elements distinguishing them from adjectives szlachecki [noble], stary [old]<\/em> and nowy [new]<\/em>. In the 15th-16th centuries, the variant name Pieczkowo<\/em> appears (probably referring to the manor next to the village), derived from the surname Piec(z)ek, Piec(z)ko<\/em> (SSNO IV 231), with the suffix -owo<\/em>. Lithuanian: ZMaz 347.
Urszula Bijak<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Copyright \u00a9 2025 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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