Gołotczyzna [ɡɔwɔtˈt͡ʂɨzna] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sońsk, within Ciechanów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) west of Sońsk, 10 km (6 mi) south of Ciechanów, and 67 km (42 mi) north of Warsaw.
Gołotczyzna | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Villa Krzewina | |
  Gołotczyzna | |
| Coordinates: 52°47′N 20°41′E / 52.783°N 20.683°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| County | Ciechanów |
| Gmina | Sońsk |
| Population | |
| • Total | 727 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | WCI |
History edit
Gołotczyzna was a private village of the Ostoja-Ostaszewski noble family, administratively located in the Masovian Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.
In 1827 Gołotczyzna had a population of 30, which by the 1880s grew to 122.[2]
During the Korean War, in 1951–1953, Poland admitted 200 North Korean orphans in the village.[3]
Sights edit
Villa Krzewina, the former home of Polish writer and philosopher Aleksander Świętochowski, houses the Positivism Museum.
Transport edit
There is a railway station in the village.
Notable people edit
- Aleksander Świętochowski (1849–1938), Polish writer, educator, and philosopher of the Positivist period
References edit
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom II (in Polish). Warszawa. 1881. p. 678.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Sołtysik, Łukasz (2009). "Dzieci i młodzież północnokoreańska w Polsce w latach 1953–1954 w świetle wybranych dokumentów". Rocznik Jeleniogórski (in Polish). Vol. XLI. Jelenia Góra. p. 196. ISSN 0080-3480.