Nowiny Brdowskie

Nowiny Brdowskie [nɔˈvinɨ ˈbrdɔfskʲɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Babiak, within Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) east of Babiak, 4 km (2 mi) south-east of Brdów, 17 km (11 mi) north-east of Koło, and 125 km (78 mi) east of the regional capital Poznań.

Nowiny Brdowskie
Village
Monument to the January Insurgents from the 1863 Battle of Brdów
Monument to the January Insurgents from the 1863 Battle of Brdów
Nowiny Brdowskie is located in Poland
Nowiny Brdowskie
Nowiny Brdowskie
Coordinates: 52°20′N 18°45′E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyKoło
GminaBabiak
Population
 • Total70

Monument to the January Insurgents

In the village there is a monument that commemorates the Battle of Brdów against the Russian Empire, which occurred on April 29, 1863, during the January Uprising. In the battle at Nowiny Brdowskie died Léon Young de Blankenheim, a French Army soldier, who was promoted to the rank of colonel of the Polish insurgent army. The insurgents lost 68 men.[2]

References
  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 1 June 2008.
  2. Lejko, Krystyna (2004). Powstanie styczniowe i zeslancy syberyjscy: Katalog fotografii ze zbiorow Muzeum Historycznego m. st. Warszawy. Vol. I. Warsaw: Museum of Warsaw. ISBN 978-83-88477-25-6.


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