Dobrzyca, Piła County

Dobrzyca [dɔˈbʐɨt͡sa] (German: Borkendorf)^[1] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szydłowo, within Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.^[2] It lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) north-east of Szydłowo, 9 km (6 mi) north-east of Piła, and 92 km (57 mi) north of the regional capital Poznań. It is located in the ethnocultural region of Krajna.

History

The territory became a part of the emerging Polish state under its first historic ruler Mieszko I in the 10th century. Dobrzyca was a royal village of the Kingdom of Poland, administratively located in the Nakło County in the Kalisz Voivodeship. in the Greater Poland Province.^[3] It was annexed by Prussia in the First Partition of Poland in 1772, and from 1871 to 1945 it was also part of Germany.

^ Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder und Neiße by M. Kaemmerer
^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). Select Miejscowości (SIMC) tab, select fragment (min. 3 znaki), enter town name in the field below, click WYSZUKAJ (Search)
^ Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warsaw: Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences. 2017. p. 1b.

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