{"id":24210,"date":"2026-01-26T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=24210"},"modified":"2025-12-27T07:12:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T15:12:17","slug":"the-polish-village-of-zelki-dabrowe-szwelice-parish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/24210","title":{"rendered":"The Polish Village of Zelki-D\u0105browe (Szwelice Parish)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The\u00a0<em>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>\u00a0includes one entry for the Polish village of Zelki-D\u0105browe currently in Mak\u00f3w Powiat, belonging to the parish of Szwelice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Dictionary of Polish Place Names entry for the village of Pomaski Wielkie, the village of Zelki-D\u0105browe was once known as Pomaski-Zelki.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MAP-Austrian-Military-Map-39-53-Zelki-Dabrowe-R1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"763\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MAP-Austrian-Military-Map-39-53-Zelki-Dabrowe-R1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MAP-Austrian-Military-Map-39-53-Zelki-Dabrowe-R1.jpg 763w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MAP-Austrian-Military-Map-39-53-Zelki-Dabrowe-R1-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 763px) 100vw, 763px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Zelki-D\u0105browe and Surrounding Area&nbsp;\u2013 1910<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Third Military Mapping Survey of Austria-Hungary (ELTE Faculty of Informatics,<br>Institute of Cartography and Geoinformatics); digital images,&nbsp;<em>Lazarus ELTE<\/em><br>(<a href=\"http:\/\/lazarus.elte.hu\/hun\/digkonyv\/topo\/200e\/39-53.jpg\">http:\/\/lazarus.elte.hu\/hun\/digkonyv\/topo\/200e\/39-53.jpg<\/a>: accessed 20 December 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SGK-Zelki-Dabrowne-14-565.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"886\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SGK-Zelki-Dabrowne-14-565.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24213\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3.955719557195572;width:448px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SGK-Zelki-Dabrowne-14-565.jpg 886w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SGK-Zelki-Dabrowne-14-565-300x76.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SGK-Zelki-Dabrowne-14-565-768x194.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Source: Chlebowski, Bronis\u0142aw, ed.,<em> S\u0142ownik Geograficzny Kr\u00f3lestwa Polskiego i Innych Kraj\u00f3w S\u0142owia\u0144skich<\/em> (<em>Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavonic Countries<\/em>) &#8211; Warsaw 1895, Volume XIV, page 565.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on the link for a PDF copy of the the S\u0142ownik Geograficzny entry for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SGK-Zelki-Dabrowe-R1.pdf\">Zelki-D\u0105browe<\/a>. Translated from the Polish, the entry reads:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Zelki D\u0105browne<\/strong>, in the year 1582 Zelki Dabrowne, a village in the Mak\u00f3w powiat, Smrock gmina, Szwelice parish. It is inhabited by minor nobility. In 1827, it had 13 houses and 76 inhabitants. In 1582, the village had 3 peasant land units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Copyright \u00a9 2026 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0S\u0142ownik Geograficzny Kr\u00f3lestwa Polskiego i Innych Kraj\u00f3w S\u0142owia\u0144skich (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavonic Countries)\u00a0includes one entry for the Polish village of Zelki-D\u0105browe currently in Mak\u00f3w Powiat, belonging to the parish of Szwelice. 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