Gołotczyzna

Village in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

52°47′N 20°41′E / 52.783°N 20.683°E / 52.783; 20.683Country

PolandVoivodeshipMasovianCountyCiechanówGminaSońskPopulation

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Gołotczyzna [ɡɔwɔtˈt͡ʂɨzna] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sońsk, within Ciechanów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) west of Sońsk, 10 km (6 mi) south of Ciechanów, and 67 km (42 mi) north of Warsaw.

History

Gołotczyzna was a private village of the Ostoja-Ostaszewski noble family, administratively located in the Masovian Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.

In 1827 Gołotczyzna had a population of 30, which by the 1880s grew to 122.^[2]

During the Korean War, in 1951–1953, Poland admitted 200 North Korean orphans in the village.^[3]

Sights

Villa Krzewina, the former home of Polish writer and philosopher Aleksander Świętochowski, houses the Positivism Museum.

Transport

There is a railway station in the village.

Notable people

Aleksander Świętochowski (1849–1938), Polish writer, educator, and philosopher of the Positivist period

References

^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom II (in Polish). Warszawa. 1881. p. 678.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Sołtysik, Łukasz (2009). "Dzieci i młodzież północnokoreańska w Polsce w latach 1953–1954 w świetle wybranych dokumentów". Rocznik Jeleniogórski (in Polish). Vol. XLI. Jelenia Góra. p. 196. ISSN 0080-3480.