gm. Markusy, pow. elbl±ski, woj. warmińsko - mazurskie

The village was established in 1350 under the Chełmno law, but a parish priest was mentioned as early as 1337. The village is located near lake Drużno. Frequent floods often changed the village acreage. Originally, the village had 92 włókas, then in 1565 - 132 włókas, and finally, after numerous adjustments - 92 włókas. The village was inhabited by 13 farmers and had 2 inns. Part of the village acreage was colonized by Dutch settlers, who were mentioned by terriers in 1675. In 1772, the village had 38 residents, including 7 Mennonites - one of them owned the inn.

Village layout - originally, probably a linear - square village; currently, a linear village located on both sides of the Markusy - Stalewo road; buildings situated on the southern side of the main road are denser and closer to the road. Four largest homesteads were located on the southern side of the road; buildings (less dense with irregular layouts) located on the southern side are removed from the road and are separated from it by a narrow canal. The village has a church with an old cemetery located in the eastern section of the village. The second cemetery is situated at the southwestern end of the village by the intersection of the roads to Stalewo and Jasna. According to a map from 1937, the neighboring colonies (eastern and western ends of the village) had 2 windmills.

The cultural landscape includes: homestead layouts, relatively numerous historical buildings, primarily including buildings from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries and 1920s-30s, the St. Michael and Virgin Mary Visit church (until 1945 - Lutheran) erected between 1853-55 in place of an older one, a cemetery with numerous gravestones, two arcaded houses, a school building from the turn of the 19th and 29th centuries (extended in 1930s), and a Hitlerjugend hostel from 1937, whose style alludes to the style Żuławy arcaded houses. Some old trees have survived in the cemeteries. There are also several old trees from a row of linden trees that lined the main street. A system of draining canals and polders has survived in the northern and southern sections of the village.

No. 22 is an old inn located in the village center, on the southern side of the road, facing it with its ridge. It was erected at the beginning of the 19th century and modified at the end of that century. The building has a plastered log structure with a half-timbered pointing sill, vertically boarded gables and a pointing sill, and a wooden porch by the southern wall (the northern porch has been taken down). The building has the same layout as traditional regional houses with the large room in the northwestern corner, a black kitchen in the large room bay, a wider hallway, and an extended eastern section. Fretwork decoration in the gables and by the attic room, doors, and partially window frames have survived.
No. 14 is a house located in the village center, on the southern side of a street, facing it with its ridge. The building dates from the mid 19th century and has a single storey, a log structure, vertically boarded gables, tile roofing, and a protruding top plate supported by decoratively notched ceiling beam ends. The interior has a 2-bay layout with similar bays with the large room in the northwestern corner. The eastern (farming) section consists of a (originally) C-shaped hallway with a black kitchen, a vestibule (northern side), and a small room (southwestern corner).
No. 35 is a house located in the village center, on the northern side of the street. It dates from the 1st half of the 19th century. It has a single storey, a plastered log structure, boarded gables, a porch on the southern side, and a protruding top plate supported by ceiling beams carved into a form of a horizontal cyma. The interior has a 2-bay layout with similar bay widths and a bipartite hallway, which separates the eastern and western pairs of rooms.
No. 39/40, no. 51 is an arcaded house located in the central section of the village, on the southern side of the street. It was erected at the end of the 18th century and modified in the mid 19th century and then at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is made of brick and has a single storey, boarded gables, a half-timbered, boarded (later) arcade supported by bottle-shaped posts, and a porch (with fretwork) on the northern side. The interior has been modified with a large room in the southeastern corner, a narrow black kitchen in the large room bay, and a Z-shaped, bipartite hallway, which separates rooms by the western wall. The building has been heavily modified - partially destroyed decoration, bricked-in arcade and a porch, and replaced windows.
No. 51 is an angular Dutch homestead situated in the southern section of the village, on the eastern side of the street and includes an arcaded house (an arcade on the yard side), a masonry cowshed, and a perpendicular barn. Originally, the homestead had a longitudinal layout, which ca. 1850 was changed into an angular layout. The house was erected at the end of the 18th century and subsequently modified. The cowshed was modified in the mid 1800s. The house has a plastered half-timbered, single-storey structure, a ceramic roof, and a vertically boarded, half-timbered arcade supported by 6 posts with angle braces decorated by trójwałek. The interior has a 2-bay layout with the large room in the northwestern corner, a black kitchen in the large room bay, a hallway (southeastern side) with a staircase, and an additional room (sectioned off later) on the street side.