Kaletnik, Podlaskie Voivodeship Explained

See also: Kaletnik, Łódź Voivodeship.

Kaletnik
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Podlaskie
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Suwałki
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Szypliszki
Pushpin Map:Poland
Coordinates:54.1833°N 28°W
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:BSU
Website:kaletnik.podlasie.pl

Kaletnik (;) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szypliszki, within Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Lithuania.[1] It lies approximately 8km (05miles) south of Szypliszki, 150NaN0 north-east of Suwałki, and 1190NaN0 north of the regional capital Białystok.

History

The village was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since it was founded. In the 18th century, Polish King Stanisław August Poniatowski established a Catholic parish in Kaletnik, and a wooden church located nearby was moved to the village.[2]

In the Third Partition of Poland, in 1795, the town was annexed by Prussia, and in 1807 it passed to the newly formed Polish Duchy of Warsaw. After its disestablishment, in 1815, it passed to so-called Congress Poland within the Russian Partition of Poland. After the massacres of Polish protesters committed by the Russians in Warsaw in 1861, Polish demonstrations and clashes with Russian soldiers took place in Kaletnik.[3] The local church was burned down during World War I in 1915, and afterwards a new brick church in the Neoclassical style was built. Another notable historic building is the cemetery chapel. After World War I, Poland regained independence and control of the village.

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), on 7 April 1940, the Germans arrested Polish priest Władysław Młynarczyk in the village.[4] He was initially imprisoned in Suwałki and then deported to the Soldau, Sachsenhausen and Dachau concentration camps.[4] He died in Dachau in August 1942.[4] Local Polish teachers were among 13 Poles massacred by the Germans in nearby Prudziszki on 26 April 1940 (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS)  - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal). 2008-06-01. Polish.
  2. Web site: Kaletnik. Suwalszczyzna.com.pl. 3 July 2021. pl.
  3. Book: . Katalog miejsc pamięci powstania styczniowego w województwie podlaskim. 2013. pl. Białystok. Towarzystwo Opieki nad Zabytkami Oddział Białystok. 9.
  4. Guzewicz. Wojciech. 2008. Eksterminacja duchowieństwa katolickiego na Suwalszczyźnie w okresie okupacji niemieckiej. Studia Ełckie. pl. 10. 146.
  5. Book: Wardzyńska, Maria. 2009. Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion. pl. Warsaw. IPN. 235.