ARCHIVES OF THE PARISH IN WAŁCZ: AN INVENTORY Cover Image

ARCHIWUM PARAFII WAŁECKIEJ. INWENTARZ
ARCHIVES OF THE PARISH IN WAŁCZ: AN INVENTORY

Author(s): Tadeusz Ceynowa
Contributor(s): Juliusz Kisiel (Translator)
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History of Church(es), Archiving, Preservation, 13th to 14th Centuries, 16th Century, 18th Century
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II - Wydział Teologii
Keywords: Walcz (Wałcz); St Nicholas parish; archives; inventory; diocesan archives in Koszalin;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the preserved archives of the Catholic parish of St Nicholas in Wałcz, Poland. The town was founded at the beginning of the 14th century; the first church was founded at the same time. Until the Reformation, the parish in Wałcz belonged to the Archdeaconry of Zanoteć in the diocese of Poznań. At the beginning of the 16th century, the church was returned to Catholics and the parish became part of the newly established deanery of Czarnków. In 1772, the Wałcz land was incorporated into Prussia. After the reactivation of the Wałcz deanery at the end of the 18th century, it was continuously part of the country, despite the changing political and church realities. The Wałcz region returned to Poland in 1945. The pre-war archives of the parish of St Nicholas was transferred to the diocesan archives in Koszalin. There they were developed, inventoried and divided into series with new reference numbers (1-326). The rich historical material can be used for more in-depth specialised research.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 118
  • Page Range: 45-66
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish