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gm. Gronowo Elbląskie, pow. elbląski, woj. warmińsko - mazurskie

Until 1945 Mosbruch (Endersch), Moosbruch (Schrőtter)

The village was located within the Elbląg estate. In 1608, 2 włókas were rented for extraction of peat. The village was established in 1648 mainly for the purpose of extracting peat from a nearby peat bog and was to be developed by Dutch settlers. In the 2nd half of the 19th century, the village had 1398.82 morgas of land, 21 houses, and 150 residents.

Village layout - flood bank Waldhufendorf village situated on the southern side of the road running along a canal encircling the old peat lake.

The cultural landscape has survived in fragments. Currently, it includes 5 homesteads on terpy with Dutch buildings of the longitudinal type.

No. 3 is a Dutch homestead of the longitudinal type facing the canal with its ridge (ca. 50 m from the canal). The homestead includes a house, a bricked-in cowshed, and a half-timbered barn. The buildings were erected at the end of the 18th century and modified at the end of the 19th century. The house has a plastered log structure with a boarded gable and a characteristic interior layout with the large room in the southwest corner. The entire homestead has asbestos tile roofing. By the entrance to the homestead, there is a wooden, half-timbered barn from the beginning of the 20th century (with a flattened roof).
No. ... is a Dutch homestead of the longitudinal (or angular) type facing the canal with its ridge (ca. 50 m from the canal). The homestead includes a house, a bricked cowshed, and a barn. The buildings were erected at the end of the 18th century and modified at the end of the 19th century. The house has a bricked, log structure with a boarded gable and a characteristic interior layout with the large room in the southwest corner. The entire homestead has pantile roofing.

    
SGKP, t. V, s. 665; Kerstan, s. 268 - 269A. Piątkowski, s.62, Lipińska, t. III, poz. 86


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