Brodnica, Greater Poland Voivodeship

For the town of the same name, see Brodnica.

Brodnica [brɔdˈnit͡sa] is a village in Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Brodnica.^[1] It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Śrem and 30 km (19 mi) south of the regional capital Poznań.

Brodnica
Village
Mańkowski Palace in Brodnica
Brodnica
Coordinates: 52°8′N 16°54′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Greater Poland
County	Śrem
Gmina	Brodnica
Population	722
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	PSE
Website	http://www.brodnica.net.pl

History

Old gravestone of Józef Wybicki

Brodnica was first mentioned in medieval documents in 1230, when it was part of fragmented Piast-ruled Poland. It was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Kościan County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown.^[2] It was the ancestral home of the Brodnicki family of Łodzia coat of arms.^[3]

Polish jurist, poet, political and military activist Józef Wybicki, best known as the author of the lyrics of the national anthem of Poland, was buried in the village^[3] before his remains were relocated to the Church of St. Adalbert in Poznań in the interbellum. Wybicki's old gravestone is preserved and his wife is still buried in Brodnica. Other landmarks of Brodnica are the Mańkowski Palace with the adjacent park and the Saint Catherine church.

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warsaw: Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences. 2017. p. 1a.
3. Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom I (in Polish). Warsaw. 1880. p. 362.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)