Bezławki
Village
Church (former castle)
Bezławki
Coordinates: 54°0′52″N 21°16′35″E / 54.01444°N 21.27639°E / 54.01444; 21.27639
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Warmian-Masurian
County	Kętrzyn
Gmina	Reszel
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	111
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	11-440[2]
Vehicle registration	NKE

Bezławki ([bɛˈzwafki]) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Reszel, within Kętrzyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.^[3] It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of Reszel, 11 km (7 mi) south-west of Kętrzyn, and 58 km (36 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

A watermill probably existed in the village already in 1356. The Teutonic Knights built a small Ordensburg or castle at the site in the 14th century, as a defense against Lithuanian raids. The castle, located on a hill and easily accessible only from the north, was in 1583 converted into an Evangelical church. A church tower was built in 1726–28. The interior of the church was completely refurnished in 1884.^[4]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bezławki.

• Krahe, Friedrich-Wilhelm (2000). Burgen des deutschen Mittelalters. Grundriss-Lexikon (in German). Flechsig. p. 693. ISBN 3-88189-360-1.
• VLKK (2002). "Atvirkštinis lietuvių kalboje vartojamų tradicinių Lenkijos vietovardžių formų sąrašas" (PDF). VLKK (in Lithuanian).

This Kętrzyn County location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e