Gmina Bobrowniki Local time Sunday 10:39 PM | Population 980 | |
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Weather 6°C, Wind SE at 0 km/h, 84% Humidity Voivodeship Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship | ||
Bobrowniki ([bɔbrɔvˈniki]; German: Beweringen) is a village in Lipno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Bobrowniki. It lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) south-west of Lipno and 37 km (23 mi) south-east of Toruń. In the Middle Ages the village was one of the centres of the Dobrzyń Land.
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Map of Bobrowniki, Poland
The village contains ruins of the castle, built at the end of 14th century by Teutonic Knights at the place of a former Polish gród.
Near Bobrowniki, there is a remarkable power line crossing of the Vistula river.
The village has a population of 980.
2017 Mayoral Election
The village attracted attention in 2017 for overwhelmingly (700 to 1) electing an openly gay man sołtys (mayor) in a country with strong anti-homosexual sentiment. Łukasz Włodarczyk married his partner in Scotland, although recognition of the same-sex marriage is constitutionally prohibited in Poland.