Butryny

Butryny
Village
Saint James' church
Butryny
Coordinates: 53°36′21″N 20°34′58″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Warmian-Masurian
County	Olsztyn
Gmina	Purda
Elevation	153 m (502 ft)
Population	580
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	10-687
Area code	+48 89
Vehicle registration	NOL

Butryny [buˈtrɨnɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Purda, within Olsztyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) south-west of Purda and 21 km (13 mi) south of the regional capital Olsztyn. It is located within the historic region of Warmia

The historic sights of Butryny include the Saint James' church, dating back to the 17th century,^[2] typical Warmian old wayside shrines and a Catholic cemetery.

The village was founded in 1412.^[2] Polish poet and bishop Ignacy Krasicki visited Butryny in 1767 and 1779.^[3]

Notable people

• Jan Niemierski ^[pl] (1886–1941), Polish officer, activist and mayor of Rzeszów, who died in the German Auschwitz concentration camp
• Katarzyna Nowowiejska née Falk, mother of Polish composer Feliks Nowowiejski

Gallery

• 
  Mural in the village
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  Classicist Warmian wayside shrine nearby the church
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  Neoclassicist Warmian wayside shrine
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  Historic cemetery

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. "Butryny: Kościół św. Jakuba Starszego". Natura Warmii i Mazur (in Polish). Retrieved September 30, 2019.
3. Stanisław Achremczyk, Nowe spojrzenie na Ignacego Krasickiego, "Komunikaty Mazursko-Warmińskie" nr 1, 2003, pp. 15, 17 (in Polish)