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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Barczewko
| settlement_type = Village
| total_type =  
| image_skyline = Barczewko sc 30.JPG
| image_caption = Old wayside shrine with the Saint Lawrence church in the background
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship|Warmian-Masurian]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Powiat|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Olsztyn County|Olsztyn]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Gmina Barczewo|Barczewo]]
| coordinates = {{coord|53|51|0|N|20|35|17|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 1050
| registration_plate = NOL
}}
'''Barczewko''' {{IPAc-pl|b|a|r|'|cz|e|f|k|o}} is a [[village]] in the administrative district of [[Gmina Barczewo]], within [[Olsztyn County]], [[Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship]], in northern Poland.{{TERYT}} It lies approximately {{convert|7|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} west of [[Barczewo]] and {{convert|10|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north-east of the regional capital [[Olsztyn]]. It is situated on the northern shore of Lake Wadąg in the historic region of [[Warmia]].

==History==
Barczewko was established in the 1320s by [[vogt]] Friedrich von Liebenzelle. It had an associated [[castle]], but its location has not been established.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Biermann |first=Felix |last2=Herrmann |first2=Christofer |last3=Koperkiewicz |first3=Arkadiusz |last4=Ubis |first4=Edvinas |date=2019-11-22 |title=Burning Alt-Wartenburg. Archaeological evidence for the conflicts between the Teutonic Order and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from a deserted medieval town near Barczewko (Warmia, Poland) |url=https://www.istorija.lt/data/public/uploads/2020/09/10-lietuvos-archeologija-t.-45-burning-alt-wartenburg.-archaeological-evidence-p.-265-293.pdf |journal=Lietuvos archeologija |volume=45 |pages=266–267 |doi=10.33918/25386514-045008 |issn=2538-6514}}</ref> The settlement was established on a promontory to northeast of Lake Wadag. Bounded by ditches and earthen ramparts, the site of the medieval village was roughly oval and measured {{convert|220|by|160|m}} along its axes.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Biermann |first=Felix |last2=Herrmann |first2=Christofer |last3=Koperkiewicz |first3=Arkadiusz |last4=Ubis |first4=Edvinas |date=2019-11-22 |title=Burning Alt-Wartenburg. Archaeological evidence for the conflicts between the Teutonic Order and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from a deserted medieval town near Barczewko (Warmia, Poland) |url=https://www.istorija.lt/data/public/uploads/2020/09/10-lietuvos-archeologija-t.-45-burning-alt-wartenburg.-archaeological-evidence-p.-265-293.pdf |journal=Lietuvos archeologija |volume=45 |pages=268 |doi=10.33918/25386514-045008 |issn=2538-6514}}</ref> Barczewko was a [[Planned community|planned settlement]], with organised streets, a central [[Town square|square]], a church and cemetery, and a bathhouse. The main construction material used at Barczewko was timber, with little use of stone or brick.<ref name=":0" /> The village is mentioned in written sources for the first time on 26 December 1329.

The [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]] and the [[Teutonic Order|Order of Teutonic Knights]] were frequently in conflict with each other in the 14th century with 138 raids conducted against each other between 1345 and 1382.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Biermann |first=Felix |last2=Herrmann |first2=Christofer |last3=Koperkiewicz |first3=Arkadiusz |last4=Ubis |first4=Edvinas |date=2019-11-22 |title=Burning Alt-Wartenburg. Archaeological evidence for the conflicts between the Teutonic Order and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from a deserted medieval town near Barczewko (Warmia, Poland) |url=https://www.istorija.lt/data/public/uploads/2020/09/10-lietuvos-archeologija-t.-45-burning-alt-wartenburg.-archaeological-evidence-p.-265-293.pdf |journal=Lietuvos archeologija |volume=45 |pages=271 |doi=10.33918/25386514-045008 |issn=2538-6514}}</ref> The 14th-century chronicler [[Wigand von Marburg]] recorded that in 1354 "Kęstutis and Algirdas, along with their nobles etc., rushed to Wartenberg in the land of Gunelauken, which they destroyed in a hostile manner with fire, etc. and nobody escaped their hands".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Biermann |first=Felix |last2=Herrmann |first2=Christofer |last3=Koperkiewicz |first3=Arkadiusz |last4=Ubis |first4=Edvinas |date=2019-11-22 |title=Burning Alt-Wartenburg. Archaeological evidence for the conflicts between the Teutonic Order and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from a deserted medieval town near Barczewko (Warmia, Poland) |url=https://www.istorija.lt/data/public/uploads/2020/09/10-lietuvos-archeologija-t.-45-burning-alt-wartenburg.-archaeological-evidence-p.-265-293.pdf |journal=Lietuvos archeologija |volume=45 |pages=267 |doi=10.33918/25386514-045008 |issn=2538-6514}}</ref> Kęstutis and Algirdas were brothers and joint [[List of Lithuanian monarchs|Grand Dukes of Lithuania]]. The destruction of Barczewko and its population was typical of the conflict between the two parties.<ref name=":1"/> Archaeological evidence indicates the destruction of Barczewko was a surprise attack, with no signs of a siege. Extensive burning was found, along with bodies amongst the remains of the buildings.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Biermann |first=Felix |last2=Herrmann |first2=Christofer |last3=Koperkiewicz |first3=Arkadiusz |last4=Ubis |first4=Edvinas |date=2019-11-22 |title=Burning Alt-Wartenburg. Archaeological evidence for the conflicts between the Teutonic Order and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from a deserted medieval town near Barczewko (Warmia, Poland) |url=https://www.istorija.lt/data/public/uploads/2020/09/10-lietuvos-archeologija-t.-45-burning-alt-wartenburg.-archaeological-evidence-p.-265-293.pdf |journal=Lietuvos archeologija |volume=45 |pages=275 |doi=10.33918/25386514-045008 |issn=2538-6514}}</ref> The fire may have been deliberately spread across the town as the buildings were not densely arranged.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Biermann |first=Felix |last2=Herrmann |first2=Christofer |last3=Koperkiewicz |first3=Arkadiusz |last4=Ubis |first4=Edvinas |date=2019-11-22 |title=Burning Alt-Wartenburg. Archaeological evidence for the conflicts between the Teutonic Order and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from a deserted medieval town near Barczewko (Warmia, Poland) |url=https://www.istorija.lt/data/public/uploads/2020/09/10-lietuvos-archeologija-t.-45-burning-alt-wartenburg.-archaeological-evidence-p.-265-293.pdf |journal=Lietuvos archeologija |volume=45 |pages=282 |doi=10.33918/25386514-045008 |issn=2538-6514}}</ref>

The village was later rebuilt but further to the east of the original location. The village church dates from 1582.<ref name="handbuch">{{cite book |editor1-last= Weise|editor1-first= Erich|date= 1981|orig-year= 1966|title= Handbuch der historischen Stätten. Ost- und Westpreussen|location= Stuttgart|publisher= Kröner|page= 4|isbn= 3-520-31701-X|language=de}}</ref> It formed part of the Kingdom of Poland until it was annexed by [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] in the [[First Partition of Poland]] in 1772. In the late 19th century, it had a population of 650, solely [[Polish people|Polish]] by nationality.<ref>{{cite book|author=|title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XIII|year=1893|language=pl|location=Warsaw|page=117}}</ref> In 1920, the Germans attacked and disrupted Polish rallies held in the village.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=|date=20 March 1920|title=Wiec w Starym Wartemborku|magazine=Gazeta Polska dla Powiatów Nadwiślańskich|location=Kwidzyn|language=pl|issue=10|page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|author=|date=22 June 1920|title=Na Warmji i Mazurach|magazine=Robotnik|volume=167 |location=Warsaw|language=pl|issue=955|page=5}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Gmina Barczewo}}

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[[Category:Populated lakeshore places in Poland]]
[[Category:Villages in Olsztyn County]]

Barczewko - Revision history

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