Bramki
Bramki | |
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Village | |
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  Bramki | |
| Coordinates: 52°12′N 20°31′E / 52.200°N 20.517°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| County | Warsaw West |
| Gmina | Błonie |
| Population | 1,047 (2,010)[1] |
Bramki [ˈbramki] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Błonie, within Warsaw West County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[2] It lies approximately 7 km (4 mi) west of Błonie, 20 km (12 mi) west of Ożarów Mazowiecki, and 34 km (21 mi) west of Warsaw centre. Bramki is part of the Gmina Błonie city council area.[3]
History
[edit]Bramki's name is viewed to have come from the owner of the original land that the village was built upon, Bramki Braneckie and is part of Gmina Błonie municipality.[4] In the village there is a health centre and a church. A hospice was opened in Bramki in 2023 for palliative care, being the first such facility in the Masovian Voivodeship.[5]
The church is the seat of the Roman Catholic parish of St. Maximilian Kolbe. According to the parish church, the idea of building a church on this site was put forward by the patron of the parish and future saint, St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe. The story claims that Kolbe was travelling by train from Łowicz to Warsaw and got off at the Boża Wola railway station. Curious about the village's name, he investigated and found a spare plot of land which he blessed and asked to buy for a church to be built there. Despite the landowner refusing to sell, Kolbe declared there would be a church in the village and it was built upon that land.[4] The church was finally constructed in 1983.[4] Within the structure of the Roman Catholic Church, the parish of St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe in Bramki belongs to the Warsaw metropolitan area, which is covered by the deanery of Błonie and the Archdiocese of Warsaw.[6] In 2022, Grodziskie Przewozy Autobusowe announced a new bus route to connect Bramki with Bieniewice and Bieniewo Parcela.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bramki website" (in Polish). 1 January 2011. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ "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)
- ^ "XX Dni Bloni" (PDF). Błoński Informator Samorządowy (in Polish). Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ a b c "TRADYCJA MAZOWSZA" (PDF) (in Polish). Mazoweickie Obserwatorium. pp. 57–59. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ S.A, Telewizja Polska. "W Bramkach w gminie Błonie otwarto nowe hospicjum". TVP (in Polish). Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ "Parafia Św Maksymiliana w Bramkach". www.parafiabramki.waw.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ "Autobusy pod szyldem GPA ruszyły na trasy". WPR24 (in Polish). 1 January 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
