Bezławki

Bezławki ( German Bäslack ) is a community for Reszel ( Rößel ) associated in the Polish town of Warmia and Mazury in powiat Kętrzyński.

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History

The village was mentioned in 1365 as Paistlauken and 1402 as Bayselawken. The name derives from Old Prussian " bais " ( terrible) and " Lauks " (field ). The Kulm law got the place on 9 August 1371st

Bäslack was then the part of a chain of fortified places of the Teutonic Order on the border with Lithuania. The Bäslack castle was surrounded by marsh and only accessible from the north. As further protection, the place was surrounded by a wall of boulders, whose existence is proved from 1402. For this year also comes the earliest reference to a wooden Catholic church. 1480 was Johannes Tolk pastor in place and managed a parish with the locations Wilkowo ( Kętrzyn ) Łazdoje, Wanguty, Pasterzewo and Stąpławki. As a result of the Reformation, the church became Lutheran. 1710 raged in Bezławki a plague epidemic that killed 149 people died. 1867 2,945 people lived in the parish, of which 130 Poland. In 1896 there were only 32, 1901 20 Poland.

Population Development

1785 there were 37 residential buildings, in 1818 there were 17 less, in which 305 people lived at that time. 1905 there were 47 residential and 99 commercial buildings with 354 residents. The population increased in 1925 to 689 with 68 houses.

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