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gm. Suchy Dąb, pow. gdański, woj. pomorskie

Until 1945 roku, Sperlingsdorff (Endersch), Sperlingsdorf (Schrötter), Spirlingsdorp (Gotha)

The settlement received a charter in 1308 and was presented to sons of the Gdańsk chamberlain Unisław by Władysław Łokietek; they sold it to the Teutonic Knights in 1310. Between 1454 and 1793 as well as 1807 and 1814, the settlement belonged to the city of Gdańsk. The village was granted privileges again in 1503. In 1820, the village had 190 residents, including 4 Mennonites. In 1868, the petition was signed by Heirich Sprunck and Peter Willmp. In 1885, the village had 1310 morgas of land, 20 houses, and 194 residents, including 3 Mennonites.

Village layout - a flood bank row village on the eastern bank of the Motława.

The cultural landscape of the village has been partially modified. In 1980s, 9 out of 10 identified homesteads still had historical buildings. Currently, there are 2 Dutch homesteads, 2 wooden houses, and a half-timbered Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary church from the 16th century.

No. 8 is a house from a Dutch homestead (farming buildings - demolished) situated in the southern section of the village, on the eastern side of the road, facing it with its ridge. The building dates from 1870 and has a log structure with covered quoins, a half-timbered pointing sill, and a vertically boarded gable. The interior has a large room located in the southwestern corner, a black kitchen in the large room bay, and a bipartite, L-shaped hallway, which separates the row of rooms by the northern wall. The frontal elevation has 7 axes, an entrance with a wooden veranda located between two narrow windows, and rectangular windows in the pointing sill. The gable elevation has 3 axes and a 2-level gable with 4 axes in the lower level and a single axis above.
No. 15 is a house from a large homestead dating from 1870. Until 1945, it belonged to the Nickel family, whose initials and a family mark are visible on an outbuilding situated across from a church. The building is situated on the eastern side of the road, facing it with its ridge. It is made of yellow brick and has a 1.5 stories and a high pointing sill with a living spaces in the attic. The frontal elevation has 7 axes with a shallow, first floor projection in the axes 3-5 and a centrally located entrance. The pointing sill has pairs of windows located above the windows in walls. The windows are enclosed by segmented arches and semicircular arches - in the projection. The frontal elevation has 4 axes with two semicircular windows enclosed by smaller semicircular skylights.
No. 16 is a Dutch homestead of the longitudinal type from ca. 1870. It has a log structure with dovetail halvings in quoins, a vertically boarded gable, a queen post - purlin roof structure, and pantile roofing. The interior has a 2-bay layout with the large room in the southwestern corner, a black kitchen in the large room bay, and a rectangular hallway, which is open on both sides and separates rooms by the northern wall. The frontal elevation has 6 axes. The gable wall has 3 axes and a 2-level gable with 3 axes in the lower level, a window topped an inflexed arch enclosed by two similar windows, and a circular skylight above.

    
SGKP, t. XI, s. 108, Lipińska t. III, poz. 53; KZSwP, s. 9 - 71; AG, MP


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