Mały Brzostek
Ghost town · Crown of the Kingdom of Poland
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 49.881, 21.415
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: It was adjacent to medieval Brzostek, which belonged to the Benedictine abbey in Tyniec.
History
Mały Brzostek is a lost royal town located mainly on the area of today's Nawsie Brzosteckie village, Poland. It was adjacent to medieval Brzostek, which belonged to the Benedictine abbey in Tyniec. Mały Brzostek received town privileges on 1 March 1394 from Władysław II Jagiełło, and Stanisław of Saspolin became the first wójt. Mały Brzostek was meant to compete with neighbouring Brzostek – since the town had good conditions for further development, the king hoped it would bring revenues to the royal treasury. Modern historians were unable to establish if the foundation was successful – as early as the 15th and 16th centuries Mały Brzostek stopped being mentioned in sources and became a suburb of Brzostek.