Smólnik, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
village in Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Poland
Smólnik [ˈsmulɲik] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Włocławek, within Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.
History
The area was originally connected to the village of Wistka Szlachecka on the Vistula River. The parish of Wistka Szlachecka was erected around 1494-1496 by Bishop Krzesław Kurozwęk, at a church founded by the local Kretkowski family. In 1489 the villages were mentioned among the villages of the parish of Grabkowo.
“Smólnik, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship” enters the record as village in Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Poland. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Smólnik, Kuyavian-Pomeranian and Voivodeship can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7546814. Authority coordinates are 52.598, 19.253. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1494, 1496 and 1489.
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This entry incorporates text from “Smólnik, Kuyavian-Pomeranian 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.