{"id":24285,"date":"2026-02-01T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=24285"},"modified":"2026-02-09T19:55:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T03:55:34","slug":"the-polish-village-of-dzierzanowo-szwelice-parish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/24285","title":{"rendered":"The Polish Village of Dzier\u017canowo (Szwelice Parish)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The&nbsp;<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>&nbsp;includes multiple entries for Polish villages called Dzier\u017canowo. One of these is currently located in Mak\u00f3w Powiat and belongs to the Szwelice Parish.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MAP-Austrian-Military-Map-39-53-Dzierzanowo.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-Dzierzanowo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MAP-Austrian-Military-Map-39-53-Dzierzanowo.jpg 763w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MAP-Austrian-Military-Map-39-53-Dzierzanowo-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 763px) 100vw, 763px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Dzier\u017canowo 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-Dzierzanowo-2-277.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"891\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SGK-Dzierzanowo-2-277.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24288\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3.8405732198835647;width:442px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SGK-Dzierzanowo-2-277.jpg 891w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SGK-Dzierzanowo-2-277-300x78.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SGK-Dzierzanowo-2-277-768x200.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 891px) 100vw, 891px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Source: Sulmierski, Filip, Bronis\u0142aw Chlebowski, and W\u0142adys\u0142aw Walewski, eds.,<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 1881, Volume II, page 277.<\/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-Dzierzanowo.pdf\">Dzier\u017canowo<\/a>. Translated from the Polish, the entry reads:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>     3.) <strong>Dzier\u017canowo<\/strong>, a village and folwark [a large manorial farm], situated on the Pe\u0142ta River, in Mak\u00f3w powiat, Karniewo gmina, Szwelice parish. In 1827, there were 24 houses and 224 inhabitants. See also Czarnostowo.<\/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&nbsp;S\u0142ownik Geograficzny Kr\u00f3lestwa Polskiego i Innych Kraj\u00f3w S\u0142owia\u0144skich (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavonic Countries)&nbsp;includes multiple entries for Polish villages called Dzier\u017canowo. 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