Bürkow Wielki ( Polish: Biórków Wielki ) is a village in Poland in the rural commune of Konyusz Proszowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship .
| Village | |
| Burkow Wielki | |
|---|---|
| polish Biórków Wielki | |
| A country |  Poland |
| Voivodship | Lesser Poland |
| County | Proszowice |
| Rural gmina | Stables |
| History and Geography | |
| Timezone | UTC + 1 , in summer UTC + 2 |
| Population | |
| Population | 355 people |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +48 12 |
| Car code | Kpr |
| SIMC | |
The village is located 10 km from the administrative center of the county of Proszowice and 22 km from the administrative center of the province of Krakow .
The village arose at the turn of the XII and XIII centuries. The Polish king Vladislav I Loketek presented the village to his knight Wilczko, who was a Sandomierz castellan. The first written evidence of the village dates back to 1374. Sources of 1385 mention the wooden church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, which was located in the village.
In the XV century, the village belonged to the family of the Birkovsky coat of arms Ax , as mentioned by Jan Dlugosh in his work Liber beneficiorum . In the XVI century, the owner of the village was the Shembek clan of the Shebek coat of arms.
In 1633, a wooden church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, preserved to our time, was built in the village, near which in 1782 a parish cemetery was founded.
In 1868, after the division into two parts of the village, the settlement Birkowski Vyseljek was formed, which later became known as Bürkow Mali .
In 1975-1998, the village was part of the Cracow Voivodeship.
Attractions
- The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a cultural monument of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship.
- The estate of the Wozniakowski XIX century.
Famous residents and natives
- Jacek Wozniakovsky (1920-2012), Polish art historian, writer, president of Krakow (1990-1991).