Pogorzelec, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Village in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland

Country

Founded18th century

Postal code

16-506 ^[2]

Pogorzelec
Village

Pogorzelec
Coordinates: 54°2′N 23°16′E / 54.033°N 23.267°E / 54.033; 23.267
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Podlaskie
County	Sejny
Gmina	Giby
Founded	18th century
Population (2021)
• Total	204^[1]
Postal code	16-506 ^[2]
SIMC	0757648^[3]
Car plates	BSE

Pogorzelec [pɔɡɔˈʐɛlɛt͡s], is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Giby, within Sejny County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the borders with Belarus and Lithuania.^[4]

In the village there was a wooden molna built in 1912. In 1982 it was transported to Giby at present it is the Roman Catholic parish church of St Anna. Remains of an Old Believers' cemetery have been preserved to this day in Pogorzelec.

The village was founded in the 18th century by Russian Old Believers who fled Russia, where they were persecuted on religious grounds^[5]

In 1827 it was documented that the village population was 326 inhabitants and 26 homes and In 1830, Onufry Yakovlev (Smirnov), who came from Pogorzelec, founded the village of Onufryjevo, which was then in the territory of East Prussia, thus giving rise to the Mazurian diaspora of Old Believers centred around the molennia in Wojnowo,^[6] in 1887 it was documented that the village population was numbered at 544 inhabitants and 72 homes.^[7]

According to the First General Population Census, conducted in 1921, the village of Pogorzelec had 461 inhabitants, living in 87 houses. The vast majority of Pogorzelec residents, 379 in number, declared an Old Believer religion. The others reported, in turn, the Roman Catholic faith (81 persons) and the Orthodox faith (1 person). The religious division of the inhabitants of the village almost completely coincided with their national-ethnic structure, as 375 persons declared Russian nationality and the remaining 86 persons reported Polish national identity.^[8]

Four Polish citizens were murdered by Nazi Germany in the village during World War II.^[9]

Tourist attractions

The following objects are included in the register of monuments of the National Heritage Institute:^[10]

wooden house No. 42, 2nd half of the 19th century (Reg. No. 28 of 13.04.1979)

References

↑ "Population of Pogorzelec village". Retrieved 2021-10-30.
↑ "Official list of post codes" (PDF). October 2013. p. 946. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-22.
↑ "GUS. Wyszukiwarka TERYT".
↑ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
↑ "Kolonizacja ziem". Retrieved 2017-10-09.
↑ "Dzieje Staroobrzędowców na Mazurach". Archived from the original on 2018-02-03. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
↑ "Pogorzelec 1(6)". Warsaw. 1887. p. 508.
↑ "Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej: opracowany na podstawie wyników pierwszego powszechnego spisu ludności z dn. 30 września 1921 r. i innych źródeł urzędowych". 1924. p. 32(23).
↑ Zestawienie Miejsc Zbrodni Popełnionych na Ludności Cywilnej przez Okupanta Hitlerowskiego na Ziemiach Polskich w latach 1939–1945 (in Polish). Warszawa. 2022. p. 240. ISBN 978-83-954388-3-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
↑ "Rejestr zabytków nieruchomych – województwo podlaskie" (PDF). 30 September 2024. p. 54. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-11-08. Retrieved 2018-04-04.

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