Butryny

Village in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland

53°36′21″N 20°34′58″E / 53.60583°N 20.58278°E / 53.60583; 20.58278Country

PolandVoivodeshipWarmian-MasurianCountyOlsztynGminaPurdaElevation

153 m (502 ft)Population

580Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

10-687

Area code+48 89Vehicle registrationNOL

Butryny [buˈtrɨnɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Purda, within Olsztyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) south-west of Purda and 21 km (13 mi) south of the regional capital Olsztyn. It is located within the historic region of Warmia

The historic sights of Butryny include the Saint James' church, dating back to the 17th century,^[2] typical Warmian old wayside shrines and a Catholic cemetery.

The village was founded in 1412.^[2] Polish poet and bishop Ignacy Krasicki visited Butryny in 1767 and 1779.^[3]

Notable people

Jan Niemierski^[pl] (1886–1941), Polish officer, activist and mayor of Rzeszów, who died in the German Auschwitz concentration camp
Katarzyna Nowowiejska née Falk, mother of Polish composer Feliks Nowowiejski

Gallery

Mural in the village
Classicist Warmian wayside shrine nearby the church
Neoclassicist Warmian wayside shrine
Historic cemetery

References

^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
^ ^a ^b "Butryny: Kościół św. Jakuba Starszego". Natura Warmii i Mazur (in Polish). Retrieved September 30, 2019.
^ Stanisław Achremczyk, Nowe spojrzenie na Ignacego Krasickiego, "Komunikaty Mazursko-Warmińskie" nr 1, 2003, pp. 15, 17 (in Polish)