Smolany, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Smolany
Village
Smolany is located in Poland
Smolany
Smolany
Coordinates: 54°11′N 23°13′E / 54.183°N 23.217°E / 54.183; 23.217
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPodlaskie
CountySejny
GminaPuńsk
Population
105 [1]
Postal code
16-515 [2]
Car platesBSE

Smolany ([smɔˈlanɨ]; Lithuanian: Smalėnai[3]) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Puńsk, within Sejny County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Lithuania.[4] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of Puńsk, 13 km (8 mi) north-west of Sejny, and 119 km (74 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.

From 1975–1998 the village was administratively governed by the Suwałki Voivodeship.

In the village there is the Roman Catholic parish church of St. Isidore the Ploughman and the seat of the parish.

History

In 1827 it was recorded that the population of the village numbered at 69 and 7 homes, a primary school a brick-buit monastery church was built in 1839. in 1889 it was numbered at 253 people and 32 homes[5]

Tourist attractions

  • Stone church of St. Isidore the Ploughman built in 1834-39, founded by Michael Haberman,
  • Classical, post-Reformation monastery from 1839-1840,[6] since 1995 Retreat House of the Diocese of Elk.
  • Haberman family burial chapel from 1846.
  • Brick fence from the 19th century.

Smolany in literature

Bloody silvers - a crime-sensation novel by Robert M. Rynkowski[7]

References

  1. ^ "Population of Smolany village". Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Official list of post codes" (PDF). October 2013. p. 1164. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2014.
  3. ^ VLKK 2002.
  4. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 1 June 2008.
  5. ^ "Smolany1(2)". Warsaw. 1889. p. 893.
  6. ^ Skurzyński, Piotr (2004). Warmia, Mazury, Suwalszczyzna (in Polish) (ISBN 83-7200-631-8 ed.). Warsaw. p. 393.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ Danilewicz, Iwona (31 August 2023). "Recenzja książki "Krwawe srebrniki" Roberta M. Rynkowskiego".

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