Poryte

Poryte [pɔˈrɨtɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stawiski, within Kolno County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) west of Stawiski, 12 km (7 mi) south-east of Kolno, and 78 km (48 mi) west of the regional capital Białystok.

Poryte
Village
Saint Adalbert church in Poryte
Coat of arms
Poryte
Coordinates: 53°21′N 22°4′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Podlaskie
County	Kolno
Gmina	Stawiski
Population	220
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	BKL
Voivodeship roads
Website	http://poryte.4lomza.pl

History

Poryte was a private village of Polish nobility, including the Radzanowski and Niszycki families, administratively located in the Masovian Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland. The local Catholic church and parish was erected by nobleman Paweł Radzanowski^[2] in 1386. It was renewed by Adam Niszycki in 1639.^[2]

It was annexed by Prussia in the Third Partition of Poland in 1795. In 1807, it was regained by Poles and included within the short-lived Duchy of Warsaw. Following the duchy's dissolution in 1815, it fell to the Russian Partition of Poland. In 1827, Poryte had a population of 139.^[2] During the January Uprising, on February 24, 1864, it was the site of a battle between Polish insurgents and Russian troops.^[3] In 1884, the wedding of painter Wojciech Kossak and Maria née Kisielnicka, parents of painter Jerzy Kossak and poets Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska and Magdalena Samozwaniec, took place in Poryte.^[4] The village is also the resting place of several of their ancestors from the Kisielnicki family of Topór coat of arms.^[4] Following World War I, Poland regained independence and control of the village.

Notable people

• Simona Kossak (1943–2007), Polish biologist, ecologist, and professor, buried at the local cemetery

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VIII (in Polish). Warsaw. 1887. p. 833.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
3. Zieliński, Stanisław (1913). Bitwy i potyczki 1863-1864. Na podstawie materyałów drukowanych i rękopiśmiennych Muzeum Narodowego w Rapperswilu (in Polish). Rapperswil: Fundusz Wydawniczy Muzeum Narodowego w Rapperswilu. p. 274.
4. Wachowicz, Barbara (2016). Matki Wielkich Polaków (in Polish). Warsaw: Sport i Turystyka, MUZA. p. 521. ISBN 978-83-287-0088-8.