Lipniki is a

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in the administrative district of

Gmina Łyse __NOTOC__ Gmina Łyse is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrołęka County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Łyse, which lies approximately 31 kilometres (19 mi) north of Ostrołęka and 1 ...

, within

Ostrołęka County __NOTOC__ Ostrołęka County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in ...

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, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately north of

Ostrołęka Ostrołęka (; ) is a small city in northeastern Poland on the Narew river, about northeast of Warsaw, with a population of 51,012 (2021) and an area of . It is the capital of both Ostrołęka County and Ostrołęka City County in the Masovian V ...

and north of

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. Established in 1663 by Wiśniewski, a settler from

Piotrków Trybunalski Piotrków Trybunalski (; also known by #Etymology, alternative names), often simplified to Piotrków, is a city in central Poland with 71,252 inhabitants (2021). It is the capital of Piotrków County and the second-largest city in the Łódź Voi ...

, Lipniki is the oldest historically documented village in the Kurpie region of Poland.

Name

The name "Lipniki" most likely comes from the Polish "lipa," or

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, which grow in abundance in the village and environs. Apparently Wiśniewski was inspired by the pleasant odor of the linden trees and named the settlement accordingly. There are however those who claim that the name comes from a variety of shoes made from linden wood called "Lipnioki."

Historical structures

Among structures considered historically significant are: * Sacred Heart Parish Church (built 1837–1843 in neo-Baroque style) * Active Cemetery (chapel, gate, and wrought-iron crosses all dating to the 19th Century) * Cholera Cemetery (no longer active) from the 19th Century * 2 19th-Century wooden windmills * 19th-Century Figure of Saint Roch

History

The founder of Lipniki was a man named Wiśniewski, supposedly a nobleman, who was an escapee from the settlement of Piotrków Trybunalski. Having escaped either from a court sentence or from vicious rumors, he established a settlement in 1663. 10 years later he applied to the Starostwo for the right to establish the settlement as the village of Lipniki. He also had to appeal to the Royal

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Society and accept the so-called "Prawo Bartne" or "Beekeeper's Laws." This was a set of laws governing the production and sale of honey, wax, and related products, which were a chief product of this region and were particularly valuable to the noble class at the time.

References

Villages in Ostrołęka County {{Ostrołęka-geo-stub