Biel, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Biel ( German Weissensee) is a small village in the Polish Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. It belongs to the urban and rural community Reszel ( Rößel ) in Kętrzyński powiat ( county Rastenburg ).

Geographical location

Biel is on the north bank of the Zaine (Polish: Sajna ) and four kilometers west of the county town Reszel ( Rößel ) to the voivodeship 594 The nearest train station is Sątopy - Samulewo ( Santoppen - Bischdorf ) to the state railway line from Poznań ( Posen) about Toruń ( Thorn ) to Schelesnodoroschny ( Gerdauen ) and continue to Tschernjachowsk ( Insterburg ) in the Russian Kaliningrad Oblast ( region Königsberg ( Prussia) ).

History

The place was at the beginning of the 20th century, mainly from a large yard. In 1874 Gutsbezirk Weissensee in the newly established office district Molditten (now Polish: Mołdyty ) incorporated, the ( 1905: Government District Olsztyn ) to the district Rößel in the district of Königsberg belonged to the Prussian province of East Prussia. In 1910, 46 residents were registered in Weissensee.

On September 30, 1928, the estate districts Molditten ( Mołdyty ) Truchsen ( Troksy ) and Weissensee merged to form a new country community Molditten.

In consequence of the Second World War Weissensee came with the southern East Prussia to Poland and was awarded the Polish name " Biel ". 1975 to 1998 the village was part of the Olsztyn Voivodeship, then it belonged to the newly formed Province of Warmia and Mazury. Today, the small village is a village within the city and rural community Reszel ( Rößel ) in the powiat Kętrzyński.

Church

Protestant

The Protestant part of the population was White lake before 1945 the parish in the parish Rößel that belonged to the Church of the Old Prussian Union Church District Rößel in the ecclesiastical province of East Prussia. Furthermore, now living in Biel evangelical church members belong to the parish church in Reszel that are part of the Diocese of Masuria Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland is now.

Catholic

The majority of the inhabitants were white lake before 1945 Catholic denomination. Also, for she was the parish church in Rößel, and it is the same to the now the Catholic church members Biel belong. She is now the Dean's Office in the Archdiocese of Warmia Reszel of the Catholic Church in Poland assigned.