Barwałd Średni

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Barwałd Średni
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Barwałd Średni
Coordinates: 49°52′N19°36′E / 49.867°N 19.600°E / 49.867; 19.600
Country Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Voivodeship Lesser Poland
County Wadowice
Gmina Kalwaria Zebrzydowska

Barwałd Średni (pronounced  [ˈbarvawt ˈɕrɛdɲi] ) is a village in southern Poland, located in the administrative district of Gmina Kalwaria Zebrzydowska within Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) west of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, 8 km (5 mi) east of Wadowice, and 33 km (21 mi) south-west of the regional capital Kraków.

Village Small clustered human settlement smaller than a town

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town, with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Though villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement.

Gmina Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is an urban-rural gmina in Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, which lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) east of Wadowice and 29 km (18 mi) south-west of the regional capital Kraków.

Wadowice County County in Lesser Poland, Poland

Wadowice County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the town of Wadowice, the birthplace of Pope John Paul II, which lies 38 kilometres (24 mi) south-west of the regional capital Kraków. The county also contains the towns of Andrychów, lying 13 km (8 mi) west of Wadowice, and Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, 14 km (9 mi) east of Wadowice.

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History

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Rare wooden St. Erasmus Church at Barwałd Dolny

The growing settlement of Barwałd was divided in the 16th century into three separate villages: Barwałd Górny (Upper), Barwałd Dolny (Lower) and Barwałd Średni (the Middle Barwałd). [1]

The wooden parish church of St. Erasmus was built in the second half of the 18th century. It was financed by the district landlord, Jan Biberstein-Starowieyski. The spire is a remnant of the previous 16th-century church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The layout, in which the spire is located to the east of the chancel, is unusual and rarely found. There is polychrome decoration dating from the end of the 18th century, which features figurative, vegetative and geometric motifs. On the chancel ceiling you can see a painting of The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, while in the nave there is The Transfiguration of Our Lord on Mount Tabor. The main altar contains an 18th-century painting of St. Erasmus. [1]

World War II railway catastrophe

On 24 November 1944 two trains (one German with military cargo, and one Polish) traveling at regular speeds collided head-on in Barwałd Średni. It was the biggest train collision of World War II in occupied Poland with both locomotives and nearly half of their trainsets destroyed completely. Some 130 people from the Polish passenger train were killed and over 100 wounded. [2] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ↑ Adam Dyląg. "Barwałd: W rocznicę tragicznych wydarzeń". Archiwum: W rocznicę tragicznych wydarzeń. Portal dwutygodnika Wolna Droga - Pismo Sekcji Krajowej Kolejarzy. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  3. ↑ J. Studnicki; et al. (2011-10-20). "1944-11-24, Barwałd Średni (śląskie)". Największe katastrofy kolejowe. Towarzystwo Kontroli Rekordów Niecodziennych. Retrieved 8 February 2014.


Coordinates: 49°52′N19°36′E / 49.867°N 19.600°E / 49.867; 19.600

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