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Stokowisko

Stokowisko [stɔkɔˈviskɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowe Piekuty, within Wysokie Mazowieckie County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.

In 1975-1998, the village belonged administratively to Łomża Voivideship.

The faithful of the Roman Catholic Church belong to St. Casimir Parish in Nowe Piekuty.


Village History

In 1688, part of Stokowiska was owned by Wiktoryn Kuczyński (formerly Walenty Kuczyński). In the Glinka archival file, a document from 1701 mentions Kotuński from Stokowisko

In the 19th century it was documented that a village and a manor in the Wysokie Mazowieckie County, Poświętne municipality and parish . Near the village there were limestone deposits and a windmill.

At the end of the 19th century, the estate was owned by Tomasz Kryński, who built a wooden manor house and brick outbuildings. He established a manor park, 3 ponds and a fountain. Avenues and access roads were also laid out.

Around 1910, the 300-hectare Stokowisko estate was bought by Vincent Jaźwiński who came from the village of Jaźwiny-Koczoty near Czyżew. He was assisted in running the farm by his son Thaddeus.

In 1921, Stokowisko village had 5 houses and 34 inhabitants, while the manor had 7 houses and 102 inhabitants, 11 of those inhabitants were Orthodox Christians.

At the start of World War two the Soviets invaded in 1939, the Soviets set up a sovkhoz here. NKVD troops were stationed here for some time. After the Soviets were forced out in June 1941 by the Germans in Operation Barbarossa. The estate was managed by Edward Ekielski, Thaddeus Jaźwiński's brother-in-law. Ekielski managed it until the summer of 1944.

After the Second World War, the Stokowisko estate was parcelled out. For some time the village was the seat of the Gromadzka Rada Narodowa.

From 1 September 1955, a primary school, relocated from Łopieni-Zyski, functioned here. It was located in the former manor house premises. Construction of a new building was also started, with the support of local people. The school was completed in October 1959. Teaching was carried out at the level of grades I-VII and later I-VIII. The school functioned until the end of August 2003. By Resolution No. VII/26/03 of the Nowe Piekuty Municipality Council on the 27 March 2003, the school was liquidated.

In 2008. Stokowisko had numbered 23 houses with 108 inhabitants.

Places of Interest

  • Wooden manor house and brick-built farm buildings
  • Wooden houses dating from the early 20th century.
  • World War I war cemetery.

References

  1. ^ https://www.polskawliczbach.pl/wies_Stokowisko
  2. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20140222162405/https://www.poczta-polska.pl/hermes/uploads/2013/02/spispna.pdf (in polish) 2023-11-05
  3. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  4. ^ https://diecezja.lomza.pl/parafie-diecezji-lomzynskiej/ad/parafie,1/piekuty-parafia-pw-sw-kazimierza,118
  5. ^ https://nowepiekuty.pl/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/HISTORIA-POSZCZEGÓLNYCH-MIEJSCOWOŚCI.doc (In polish) 2015-05-08
  6. ^ "Stokowisko". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 11. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1890. p. 360.
  7. ^ name="SgKP2">"Stokowisko". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 11. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1890. p. 360.
  8. ^ http://www.nowepiekuty.pl/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/HISTORIA-POSZCZEG%C3%93LNYCH-MIEJSCOWO%C5%9ACI.doc
  9. ^ http://www.nowepiekuty.pl/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/HISTORIA-POSZCZEG%C3%93LNYCH-MIEJSCOWO%C5%9ACI.doc (in polish)
  10. ^ http://www.nowepiekuty.pl/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/HISTORIA-POSZCZEG%C3%93LNYCH-MIEJSCOWO%C5%9ACI.doc
  11. ^ Wykaz zabytków nieruchomych wpisanych do rejestru zabytków – stan na 31 grudnia 2011 r. woj. podlaskie, pow. wysokomazowiecki z http://www.nid.pl (in polish)