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gm. Elbląg, pow. elbląski, woj. warmińsko - mazurskie

Until 1945 Zeyernirderkampen TK (, Schrőtter),

The village was established in 1787. In 1820, it had 172 residents, including 15 Mennonites. In 1919, the village had 512 ha of land and 436 residents.

Village layout - flood bank row village located on the eastern side of the Nogat.

The cultural landscape is in decline. Spatial layout with homesteads, terpy, and field system is detectable. Historical buildings are disappearing. In 1980s, surveyors identified 14 - 16 historical buildings. Currently there are ca. 8 Dutch homesteads of the longitudinal type and 2 of the angular type with partially replaced buildings. Five wooden houses from 3-4th quarter of the 19th century and several brick buildings from the beginning of the 20th century have survived. .

No. 7 is a house from a Dutch homestead from the beginning of the 20th century. It is made of brick (farming section demolished) and is situated in the colony on the northern side of the road to Nowakowo. The building has a brick foundation, a queen post - purlin roof structure, pantile and sheet metal roofing, and brick walls with a meticulous form and plastered corners, cornices, and window and door frames. The gable elevation has 2 axes and a two-axial gable with a window enclosed by two blind windows in the lower section. The western elevation. has 34 axes with an entrance in the northern axis.
No. 5 is a Dutch homestead of the longitudinal type situated on the northern side of the road to Nowakowo, facing it with its ridge (the house on the western side). The farming buildings are higher and date from the 1930s. The whole structure is covered with asbestos tiles. The home dates from mid 1800s and has a brick foundation and a corner-notched, vertically boarded log structure. It has been modified. The gable elevation has 1 axis, a two-level gable, two windows in the lower level, and a single window above. The southern elevation has 3 axes with an entrance and a porch in the eastern axis.
A building without a number is a Dutch homestead of the angular type situated by the Nogat flood bank, on the northern side of the road running on the flood bank, facing it with its gable. The buildings have been completely transformed, but retained their original layout. The old walls were replaced with new material. The original house dates from the mid 1800s, but it was so severely transformed that its shape resembles a modern building.
A building without a number is a Dutch homestead of the angular type situated in the northern section of the village on a terpa, facing the Nogat flood bank with its gable. The farming buildings are higher. The whole structure is covered by asbestos tiles. The home dates from mid 1900s. It has a stone-brick foundation and a vertically boarded log structure. The gable elevation has 3 axes with a single window. The southern elevation has 6 axes with an entrance in the 3rd axis from the east. The cowshed has a partially brick (bottom) and partially half-timbered (top), vertically boarded structure.

    
Kerstan, s. 209 -211; Piątkowski, Lipińska, t. III, poz. 64; AG,


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