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. 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.
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.
References
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 1 June 2008.
- ^ 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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