Biała Góra, Masovian Voivodeship
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Biała Góra is a
village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
in the administrative district of
Gmina Stromiec __NOTOC__ Gmina Stromiec is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Białobrzegi County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Stromiec, which lies approximately east of Białobrzegi and south of Warsaw. The ...
, within Białobrzegi County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately north of
Stromiec Stromiec is a village in Białobrzegi County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Stromiec. It lies approximately east of Białobrzegi and south of Warsaw. From 1975 ...
, north-east of
Białobrzegi Białobrzegi is a town in Poland, in Masovian Voivodeship, about south of Warsaw. It is the capital of the Białobrzegi County and Gmina Białobrzegi (commune). The town is located on the border of the ''Białobrzegi Valley'' and ''Radom Plai ...
, and south of
Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...
. In years 1975–1998 it was part of the
Radom Voivodeship Radom Voivodeship () was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by Masovian Voivodeship. Its capital city was Radom. Major cities and towns (population in 1995) * Radom (232,300) ...
.


History

Within the boundaries of the present-day village of Biała Góra is the former village of Zator.Zator - Geographical dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavic countries (''polish'')
/ref> During the early reign of the
Piast dynasty The House of Piast was the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland. The first documented Polish monarch was Duke Mieszko I (c. 930–992). The Piasts' royal rule in Poland ended in 1370 with the death of king Casimir III the Great. Branch ...
, there was a gord in the village, which was a princely property. In 1471, Prince Bolesław V gave the village to Jakub, the castellan of Czersk, who in return relinquished the debt of 24 thousand groszy lent to
Bolesław IV Boleslav or Bolesław may refer to: In people: * Boleslaw (given name) In geography: * Bolesław, Dąbrowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland * Bolesław, Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland * Bolesław, Silesian Voivodeship, ...
. Around 1890 in the village there were 10 houses, 69 inhabitants, 133 landed morgens. The village was listed on the Austrian quartermaster map of 1910. The present-day village is situated among forests and on the
Pilica River Pilica is a river in central Poland, the longest left tributary of the Vistula river, with a length of 333 kilometres (8th longest) and a basin area of 9,258 km2 (all in Poland).Dyga River flows into the Pilica.


References

Villages in Białobrzegi County {{Białobrzegi-geo-stub