Nowodwór ( Polish: ) is a

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, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the

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(administrative district) called Gmina Nowodwór. It lies approximately east of

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and north-west of the regional capital

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History

Nowodwór was first established as a town in 1556 on the site of a village called Wyprzędów. During the time of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth it belonged to Stężyca Land in

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. In 1566 it was a private town belonging to Wojciech Męciński. Tax records show that in 1569 it had two mater mills and its residents included smiths and brewers. In 1612, a parish church was built there. Sometime before 1659, it became the property of the

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. During the

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it was greatly damaged by the troops of

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. In 1661, it had 27 houses and in 1664 it had 109 inhabitants. In 1791 there were 159 residents. Nowodwór lost its town rights in 1820.Postanowienie Xsięcia Namiestnika Królewskiego Nr 12,155 z dn. 24 października 1820; wg Wykazu Miast w Królstwie Polskiem na wieyskie osady zamienionych od dn. 1 lutego 1820 r., to iest od daty ustanowienia Kommissyi dla Miast; in Akta Komisji Rządowej Spraw Wewnętrznych (KRSW) nr 201, k. 44; Archiwum Główne Akt Dawnych w Warszawie By the end of the 19th century it had 26 houses, 262 inhabitants, a water mill, a lumber mill, and a fulling mill.

References

Villages in Ryki County {{Ryki-geo-stub