Brzozowa, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
village in powiat tarnowski, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Brzozowa [bʐɔˈzɔva] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gromnik, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. The village is located in the Ciężkowice-Rożnów Landscape Park.
The sixteenth century St. Nicholas Church in Brzozowa is located in the village. It has been renovated multiple times: in 1665–78, in 1835–50, in 1960, and during the 1990s. In 2008, the church was entered into the Wooden Architecture Trail.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Brzozowa, Lesser Poland Voivodeship” as village in powiat tarnowski, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in powiat tarnowski, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4981579. VIAF identifies the subject as 143209994. The Library of Congress control number is n92048741. Authority coordinates are 49.833, 20.867. 3 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1665, 1835, 1960 and 2008.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Brzozowa, Lesser Poland Voivodeship”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Brzozowa, Lesser Poland Voivodeship primary sources, Brzozowa, Lesser Poland Voivodeship archive and Brzozowa research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Brzozowa, Lesser Poland Voivodeship”?
- Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Brzozowa, Lesser Poland Voivodeship” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.