Brdów is a village in the administrative district of

Gmina Babiak Gmina Babiak is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Babiak, which lies approximately north of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań. ...

, within

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, in central Poland. It lies approximately north of

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, east of the regional capital

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, (48 mi) south of

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and west of the country capital

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History

* 3700 BC – The first traces of people in the present Brdów. * 1136 – The first written mention about Brdów. * 1325 – The first mention about Catholic parish in Brdów. * 1399 – The first mention of a brick church. * 1436: ** King of

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Ladislaus of Varna brought to Brdów the Pauline Fathers Order from Jasna Gora and gave them into the care of church in Brdów. ** Brdów gained town privileges. * 1450 – Built the first school in Brdów. * 1476 – City of Brdów became a royal property. * 1562 – The renewal of civic rights of Brdów by king of Poland

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. * 1584 – Built a hospital in Brdów. * 1655 – Destruction of the city by the

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. * 1824 – Construction of the factory in Brdów. * 1863 – Battle of Brdów in Nowiny Brdowskie. * 1870 – Loss of civic rights. * 1893 – In Brdów lived 1 894 people. * 1909 – Built a new building of school (at Church Street). * 1938 – Built a new building of school (at

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Street). * 1939: ** Destruction of the town by the

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. ** Opened the hospital in place of new school (at

Street). * 1983: ** Coronation of Image of Our Lady of Victories of Brdów by Pope

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. ** Fire of church. * 1999 – Start of international cooperation with Airėnai (in

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) * 2004 – The Society of Friends of the Earth of Brdów (Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Ziemi Brdowskiej). * 2007 – Expansion of the school building. * 2009 – Construction of new building of kindergarten. * 2010 – In Brdów was a car accident, which killed 5 people. * 2011 – Wind farm built in Brdów.

Famous people

Famous people associated with Brdów: * Andrzej Kreutz-Majewski - stage designer *

Augustyn Kordecki Abbot Augustyn Kordecki (born Klemens Kordecki Ślepowron coat of arms; November 16, 1603 – March 20, 1673) was a prior of the Jasna Góra Monastery, Poland. He was curate A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure ...

- Pauline monk * Bronisław Matyszczyk - Pauline monk * Eleonora Kiełczewska - mother of

Pola Negri Pola Negri (; born Barbara Apolonia Chałupiec ; 3 January 1897 – 1 August 1987) was a Polish stage and film actress and singer. She achieved worldwide fame during the silent and golden eras of Hollywood and European film for her tragedienn ...

* Florian Piskorski - American Polonia activist * Jakub Krzyżanowski - grandfather of

Frédéric Chopin Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; 1 March 181017 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period who wrote primarily for Piano solo, solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown ...

* Jan Skarbek - nobleman * Józef Markowski - poet and priest *

Karol Libelt Karol Libelt (8 April 1807, Poznań, South Prussia – 9 June 1875, Brdowo) was a Polish philosopher, writer, political and social activist, social worker and liberal, nationalist politician, and president of the Poznań Society of Friends of ...

, senior - philosopher * Karol Libelt, junior - insurgent * Korneliusz Jemioł - Pauline monk *

Léon Young de Blankenheim Leon Young de Blankenheim (1837? – April 29, 1863 in Nowiny Brdowskie) was a French_Army#Early_history, French Army soldier, who was promoted to the rank of colonel of Polish rebels during the January Uprising in the former Polish–Lithua ...

- commander of the insurgent troops * Mieczysław Wejman - Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków *

- actress * Ladislaus of Varna - king of Poland and Lithuanian Grand Duke * Zachariasz Jabłoński - journalist, theologian and priest

Church

Brdów is a local center of Catholic religion. Here is a St Adalbert's of Prague Church of a Pauline Fathers in Brdów. The church has existed since 1325.

Population

* 1777: 331 people * 1827: 794 people * 1859: 863 people * 1902: 1,894 people * 1946: 700 people * 1999: 818 people * 2002: 850 people * 2005: 900 people * 2014: 950 people

Gallery

File:Brdów - kościół w przeszłości.jpg, Center of Brdów in 1934 File:Brdów - dom PN.png, The house where lived the famous actress –

File:Brdów - kościół i klasztor.jpg, St Adalbert's of Prague church in Brdów, 14th century; 17th century File:Brdów - droga 270.jpg, Center of Brdów File:Centrum Brdowa-2.jpg, Restaurant "Pod Jesionem" (en:Under the Ash) in center of Brdów File:Brdów - pomnik.jpg,

monument File:Brdów - popiersie F. Chopina 2.jpg,

monument File:Brdów - OSP.JPG, Fire Department in Brdów File:Brdów-ul-Kościelna.jpg, Church Street File:Brdów - sklep2.jpg, Shop "Groszek" (en:Pea)

References

{{Gmina Babiak Villages in Koło County