Dobrzyca, Piła County
Dobrzyca [dɔˈbʐɨt͡sa] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szydłowo, within Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) north-east of Szydłowo, 9 km (6 mi) north-east of Piła, and 92 km (57 mi) north of the regional capital Poznań. It is located in the ethnocultural region of Krajna.
Dobrzyca | |
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Village | |
 Aerial view of Dobrzyca | |
  Dobrzyca | |
| Coordinates: 53°13′9″N 16°47′14″E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Piła |
| Gmina | Szydłowo |
| Population | 280 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | PP |
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History
The territory became a part of the emerging Polish state under its first historic ruler Mieszko I in the 10th century. Dobrzyca was a royal village of the Kingdom of Poland, administratively located in the Nakło County in the Kalisz Voivodeship. in the Greater Poland Province.[2] It was annexed by Prussia in the First Partition of Poland in 1772, and from 1871 to 1945 it was also part of Germany.
References
- "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- 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. 1b.
