According to current maps, there are nine places in Poland called Czernice. One of these villages, located in Mak\u00f3w Powiat in the Masovian Voivodeship, is now known as Czernice Borowe. Another village in the same vicinity is now known as Nowe Czernice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Older maps, however, show that this same village was simply called Czernice. When was the name of this village changed from Czernice to Czernice Borowe? The multi-volume series\u00a0Place Names of Poland: History, Origin, Changes<\/em>\u00a0(Nazwy Miejscowe Polski: Historia, Pochodzienie, Zmiany<\/em>) edited by Kazimierz Rymut provides some clues as to when this name change occurred. The entry for Czernice Borowe appears in\u00a0Nazwy miejscowe Polski : historia, pochodzenie, zmiany. [T.] 2, C-D<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Czernice<\/strong> (1), dzi\u015b Czernice Borowe<\/em> i Nowe Czernice<\/em>, dwie wsi, ciech., gm. Czernice Borowe, 11 km na zach. od Przasnysza: Czerznice<\/em> 1398 SHGMz (WP 267, 176-7); Czirnicze<\/em> (1414-25) 1456 SHGMz (MK 3, 48v); Czyrznicze<\/em> 1484 SHGMz (Ep. 11, 108-9); Czirnycze<\/em> 1530 Pu\u0142t 384; Czersnicze<\/em> (!) 1567 \u0179Dz XVI 341; Czersnie<\/em> 1783 MpPerMz; Czerznicze<\/em> 1827 Tabella I 86; Czernice-borowe<\/em> 1880 SG I 821; Czernice Borowe<\/em>, Czernice Nowe<\/em> 1952 UW 30; Czernice Borowe<\/em>, –ni<\/em>c –wy<\/em>ch, Nowe Czernice<\/em>, –wych<\/em> –nic<\/em>, czernicki<\/em> 1972 UN 140, 13. – Od czernica<\/em> ‘czarnoziem’ SGPRei V 87, w formie 1. mnogiej. W zapisach stp. wyst\u0119puj\u0105 formy z rz<\/em>. W\u015b le\u017cy w pobli\u017cu ciemnych bor\u00f3w, st\u0105d dodatkowy cz\u0142on Borowe<\/em>. Lit.: ZMaz 149; RospSEMiG 63; Rzetelska-Feleszko, PF XXVIII 49. UB<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The exact date the Masovian village of Czernice became two villages called Czernice Borowe and Nowe Czernice is not clear, but the names Czernice Borowe and Nowe Czernice clearly appeared in the S\u0142ownik Geograficzny<\/a><\/em> in 1880.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An interesting point in the entry in Nazwy miejscowe Polski<\/em> about the name change is: “The village is situated near dark pine forests (bory<\/em>), hence the additional element Borowe<\/em>“. Copyright \u00a9 2026 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" According to current maps, there are nine places in Poland called Czernice. One of these villages, located in Mak\u00f3w Powiat in the Masovian Voivodeship, is now known as Czernice Borowe. Another village in the same vicinity is now known as … Continue reading
According to this information, the name Czernice Borowe was first used sometime between 1827 and 1880, and the name Czernice Nowe was first used sometime between 1880 and 1952.<\/p>\n\n\n\n