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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Bezledy
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Bezledy, statek, starý.jpg
| image_caption = Old farm building
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship|name=Warmian-Masurian}}
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties of Poland|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Bartoszyce County|Bartoszyce]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Gmina Bartoszyce|Bartoszyce]]
| coordinates = {{coord|54|19|21|N|20|43|41|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 470
| registration_plate = NBA
| blank_name_sec2 = [[National roads in Poland|National roads]]
| blank_info_sec2 = [[File:DK51-PL.svg|32px]]
| website =
}}
'''Bezledy''' {{IPAc-pl|b|e|'|z|l|e|d|y}} ({{langx|de|Beisleiden}})<ref>{{cite book| title=Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder u. Neiße |first=Margarete|last= Kaemmerer|year=2004| ISBN= 3-7921-0368-0|language=de}}</ref> is a [[village]] in the administrative district of [[Gmina Bartoszyce]], within [[Bartoszyce County]], [[Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship]], in northern Poland, close to the border with the [[Kaliningrad Oblast]] of [[Russia]].{{TERYT}} It lies approximately {{convert|10|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north-west of [[Bartoszyce]] and {{convert|62|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north of the regional capital [[Olsztyn]].

The village is the main border crossing point between Russia and Poland (Bezledy/[[Bagrationovsk]]).

==History==
[[File:AGAD Stany pruskie oddaja swe ziemie krolowi polskiemu Kazimierzowi Jagiellonczykowi i koronie polskiej.jpg|left|thumb|A document from 1454 confirming the incorporation of the region to the [[Crown of the Kingdom of Poland|Kingdom of Poland]]]]
An [[Old Prussians|Old Prussian]] castle named ''Beselede'', property of the [[Natangia]]n nobleman ''Posdraupote'', was first mentioned in a chronicle of the [[Teutonic Order]] in 1274, when the castle had been besieged by [[Sudovians]]. The village was mentioned as an Old Prussian settlement in 1338 and in 1400 as the property of Philipp von Beisleiden with a size of 20 "Hufen", a square measure of the Teutonic Knights. Throughout the Polish-Teutonic [[Hunger War]] of 1414 the settlement was destroyed by Polish troops, who killed 3 men and caused a damage of 300 Mark. In 1440, Philipp von Beisleiden, owner of the village, joined the [[Prussian Confederation]], opposing the rule of the Teutonic Knights.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Górski|first=Karol|title=Związek Pruski i poddanie się Prus Polsce: zbiór tekstów źródłowych|year=1949|publisher=Instytut Zachodni|location=[[Poznań]]|language=pl|page=XXXVII}}</ref> In 1454, King [[Casimir IV Jagiellon]] incorporated the region to the [[Crown of the Kingdom of Poland|Kingdom of Poland]] upon the request of the Prussian Confederation.<ref>Górski, p. 54</ref> After the subsequent [[Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466)]], the village became a part of Poland as a [[fief]] held by Teutonic Order.<ref>Górski, pp. 96–97, 214–215</ref> In 1484 the von Prömock family, a noble family of Old Prussian origin, was mentioned as owner of the village, which lasted until 1671.

From the 18th century, the village formed part of the [[Kingdom of Prussia]], and from 1871 it was also part of Germany, within which it was administratively located in the province of [[East Prussia]]. After a time of constantly changing landlords the village was bought by Ludwig von Oldenburg in 1801, whose family owned the manor until 1945. The manor house was completely destroyed in 1945.<ref>Horst Schulz, Der Kreis Preußisch Eylau, Verden 1983 (German)</ref>

From 1945 to 1958 the village was administratively located in the [[Iławka County]] in the [[Masurian District]] and [[Olsztyn Voivodeship]].<ref>{{Cite Polish law|title=Rozporządzenie Ministrów Administracji Publicznej i Ziem Odzyskanych z dnia 1 października 1948 r. o przywróceniu i ustaleniu urzędowych nazw miejscowości.|gazette=Monitor|year=1948|volume=78|number=692}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Polish law|title=Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 15 grudnia 1958 r. w sprawie zmiany nazw niektórych powiatów w województwach olsztyńskim, poznańskim i zielonogórskim.|year=1958|volume=76|number=393}}</ref> From 1959 to 1961 it was administratively located in the Górowo County in the Olsztyn Voivodeship.<ref>{{Cite Polish law|title=Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 11 listopada 1961 r. w sprawie zniesienia i zmiany granic niektórych powiatów w województwie olsztyńskim.|year=1961|volume=50|number=271}}</ref>

==Notable residents==
* [[Elard von Oldenburg-Januschau]] (1855–1937), politician

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Gmina Bartoszyce}}

[[Category:Villages in Bartoszyce County]]
[[Category:Poland–Russia border crossings]]

Bezledy - Revision history

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