Miastków Kościelny is a

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, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the

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(administrative district) called Gmina Miastków Kościelny. It is located on the Wilga River. It lies approximately east of

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and south-east of

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Etymology

The name Miastków is an

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diminutive of the word ''miasto'', which means "town".

History

Miastków Kościelny was granted Chełmno town rights in 1472, confirmed in 1482 and 1539, but in 1576 and 1660 it was again referred to as a village. It was owned successively owned by the Radzymiński, Prażmowski, Lasocki, Przebendowski, Bieliński, Radziwiłł, Bniński and Gąssowski

noble families Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally appointed by and ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. Th ...

. It was devastated during the

Swedish invasion of Poland The Deluge was a series of mid-17th-century military campaigns in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. In a wider sense, it applies to the period between the Khmelnytsky Uprising of 1648 and the Truce of Andrusovo in 1667, comprising the Pol ...

in 1657.

References

Populated riverside places in Poland Villages in Garwolin County {{Garwolin-geo-stub