Pelishche ( Belorussian. Pelishcha ) is an agro-town in the Kamenets district of the Brest region of Belarus . Center Pelishchensky village council . The population of 1378 people (2009) [1] .
| Agro-town | |
| Pelische | |
|---|---|
| Belor. Pelіshcha | |
| A country |  Belarus |
| Region | Brest region |
| Area | Kamenets district |
| Village Council | Pelishchensky |
| History and Geography | |
| First mention | XV century |
| Timezone | UTC + 3 |
| Population | |
| Population | 1378 people |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Postcode | |
| Car code | one |
Content
Geography
The agricultural town of Pelishche is located 12 km south-east of the city of Kamenets , near the border with the Zhabinka district . The area belongs to the Vistula basin , near the village originates the Zhabinka River, a tributary of the Mukhavets . At the agro-town, the Kamenetz- Zhabinka and Vysokoe - Pruzhany highways intersect, another road leads to the village of Turna Bolshaya [2] .
History
The village of Pelische is mentioned in written sources from the 15th century, a folk farm of the Chernavchitsa estate. Until 1754 it was in the possession of Vaclav Matusevich, then it was bought by the nobleman Pshedetsky [3] .
After the administrative reform of the middle of the 16th century in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania , there was a village in the Beresteysky district of the Beresteysk voivodship [4] .
After the third division of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1795), the Pelische in the Russian Empire belonged to the Brest district of the Grodno province . According to the 1897 census, 109 yards, 851 residents, a public school, a bread store, a tavern [4] . From the end of the 19th century until 1939, the last owners of the estate were representatives of the Gutovsky family, who built a noble estate in Pelishche (not preserved) [3] .
According to the Riga Peace Treaty (1921), the village became part of interwar Poland , where it belonged to the Brest district of the Polesie Voivodeship . In 1923 there were 157 courtyards and 786 inhabitants. In 1934, a stone Catholic church of the Heart of Jesus was built (preserved). Since 1939, as part of the BSSR [4] .
Attractions
- Catholic Temple of the Heart of Jesus. Built in 1934, a monument of Art Nouveau architecture [5] .
- Only small fragments of the park are preserved from the former Gutovsky manor. The ruins of the manor house were demolished in the postwar period [3] .
- Mass grave of Soviet soldiers. 9 tankers who died during the liberation of the village in 1944 were buried [5] .
- Monument to fellow countrymen. In memory of 62 residents of Pelishchi and surrounding villages who died during the Great Patriotic War. In 1965, an obelisk was installed [5] .
The Catholic church and mass grave are included in the State List of Historical and Cultural Values of the Republic of Belarus [6] .
Notes
- ↑ Census results
- ↑ Map sheet N-34-144 Brest . Scale: 1: 100,000. Status of the terrain for 1982. 1986 edition
- ↑ 1 2 3 Nestsyarchuk L. M. "Castles, palaces, parks of Berazsteyshchiny X — XX stagoddzyaў (gistoryya, camp, perspectives)". Minsk, BelTA, 2002. 334 pages. ISBN 985-6302-37-4
- ↑ 1 2 3 Garady and Belarusian Belarus: Enceklapedy ў 15 tomahs. T. 4, book. 2. Brescky Voblast / Pad Navuk. red A. І. Lakotki. - Mn .: BelEn, 2006. ISBN 985-11-0373-X
- ↑ 1 2 3 Set of monuments of history and culture of Belarus. Brest region ". Minsk, publishing house" Belarusian Soviet Encyclopedia named after Petrus Brovka ", 1990
- ↑ Dzyarzhyna spіs gіstoryka-cultural kashtoўnastsey RB