Osiedle Dojlidy, Białystok

Dojlidy
District (osiedle) of Białystok
Location of Dojlidy within Białystok
Location of Dojlidy within Białystok
Coordinates: 53°06′05″N 23°10′20″E / 53.10139°N 23.17222°E / 53.10139; 23.17222
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPodlaskie
CityBiałystok
Area
 • Total
14.038 km2 (5.420 sq mi)

Dojlidy is a district of the Polish city of Białystok, formerly a village and farmlands. It is also known for its brewery, plywood factory (Fabryka Sklejek Biaform SA) and the Dojlidy fish ponds and recreation areas on the White River reservoirs. Until 1954 there was a Gmina Dojlidy, after which point it was incorporated into the city. District with the largest area in Bialystok.

History

In contrast to Białystok, which until the Third Partition of Poland in 1795 was part of the Kingdom of Poland, Dojlidy, belonged to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

According to the 1921 census, the population of Dojlidy was 95.3% Polish and 4.7% Belarusian.

Name

The term Dojlidy comes from the Lithuanian word "dailidė" meaning carpenter, which makes it possible to speculate that Dojlidy was a settlement of carpenters, which in turn is confirmed by the forest character of the area. This concept was presented by prof. Michał Kondratiuk. A similar origin of the name Dojlid is also indicated by Andrzej Danieluk, underlining the Old Belarusian root of the loanword from Lithuanian –word "dojlida" meaning carpenter (in modern Belarusian "дойлід" means "architect").

Facilities and green spaces

Zalew Dojlidy

A description of district boundaries prior to 1 January 2006

From the administrative boundary of the city street Viaduct, by the Square 10 Lithuanian Cavalry Regiment, of street Nowowarszawskiej K. Tsiolkovsky, Nowowarszawską, Dojnowską to the administrative border of the city, along the border of the forest and the shores of the lagoon Dojlidzkiego, a piece of beach along the street, including Orthodox cemetery and church, a piece of street Suchowolca, then a piece of street Dojlidy top, then the eastern access to the brewery pond przybrowarnego, Solnička street, and beyond, surround Forest Solnicki, administrative boundary of the city, back to the road bridge.

Streets and squares located within the settlements (before 1 January 2006)

Bartnicza, Beavers, Stork, Badger, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky-even 2/2-12C, Dojnowska-even, Dojlidy Factory-odd, even from 1913 to the end, Jaskolcza, Deer, Cormorants, Crete, Rabbit, Fr. Stanislaus Suchowolca, Kuropatwiana, Swan, Elk, John Michalowski, Adam Mickiewicz University building 106-odd, odd 95-95F, Hunting, Bear, Nowowarszawska-odd 116–128, Pavia, even Plażowa-88 C-88D, the Birds, Rondo 10 Regiment Lithuanian Lancers, Lynx, Sarnia, sepia, nightingale, Sokol, joint-odd 2-14, odd 1-37/1, Ostrich, Szpacza, Tiger, Viaduct-odd, Squirrel, Wolf, Hare, Turtle, Bison, Crane.

References

  1. ↑ "Program rewitalizacji miasta Białegostoku na lata 2017-2023" (in Polish).
  2. ↑ "Program rewitalizacji miasta Białegostoku na lata 2017-2023" (in Polish).
  3. ↑ Zeszyty Dziedzictwa Kulturowego: tom 1: Białystok i Podlasie, p.145
  4. ↑ Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (in Polish). Vol. V. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1924. p. 11.
  5. ↑ Przez pół wieku dociekał, dlaczego nasze miasta i wsie tak się nazywają, Gazeta Wspolczesna
  6. ↑ Jest nowy bezpłatny przewodnik. Przedstawia cerkwie Białegostoku i okolic, Kurier Poranny

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