Biskupiec

Infobox Settlement
name = Biskupiec

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image_shield = POL Biskupiec COA.svg
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Warmian-Masurian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Olsztyn
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Biskupiec
area_total_km2 = 5
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 10348
population_density_km2 = auto
latd = 53 | latm = 51 | lats = | latNS = N | longd = 20 | longm = 57 | longs = | longEW = E
elevation_m =
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 11-300
website = http://www.biskupiec.pl

:"Biskupiec" is also the name of Biskupiec (Nowe Miasto County) in Poland."

Biskupiec Audio-IPA-pl|pl-Biskupiec.ogg|b|i|s|'|k|u|p|j|e|c ( _de. BischofsburgAudlisten|Bischofsburg.ogg) is a town in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in Poland. It is located in Olsztyn County and has a predominantly Roman Catholic population of approximately 11,400.

History

The town developed near a castle built by the Teutonic Knights near the Dymer creek in 1385. In 1395 it received city rights from the Bishops of Warmia who ruled the town for much of the Middle Ages; the name "Bischofsburg" means "bishop's castle" in German. The development of the town was often hampered by plague, famine, and warfare. From 1862 until 1945, known as Bischofsburg was the seat of "Landkreis Rößel" (from 1871 in Germany). The town was 50% destroyed during World War II. In 1945 the town was transferred, along with the southern part of East Prussia, to Poland, its German population was expelled and the name changed to Polish "Biskupiec".

The town's landmark is its 16th century Gothic Church of John the Baptist ("Kościół p.w. św. Jana Chrzciciela", "Johanniskirche"). The countryside surrounding Biskupiec is popular for its many lakes.

External links

* [http://www.biskupiec.pl/ Municipal website] pl icon
* [http://www.bischofsburg.de/ Bischofsburg.de - About pre-1945 history] de icon
* [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=486639&subject_disp=Germany%2C+Preu%C3%9Fen%2C+Ostpreu%C3%9Fen%2C+Bischofsburg+%2D+Church+records&columns=*,0,0 Statistics of inhabitants, birth, marriage, death from 1643]