Grzymki
Encyclopedia
Grzymki ' is a village
in the administrative district of Gmina Przytuły, within Łomża County, Podlaskie Voivodeship
, in north-eastern Poland.
It was the birthplace (1807) of Wincenty Gostkowski
who later in life emigrated to Switzerland
and became prominent in watchmaking.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the administrative district of Gmina Przytuły, within Łomża County, Podlaskie Voivodeship
Podlaskie Voivodeship
Podlaskie Voivodeship , is a voivodeship in northeastern Poland. It borders on Masovian Voivodeship to the west, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship to the northwest, Lublin Voivodeship to the south, the Belarusssian Voblasts of Grodno and Brest to the east, the Lithuanian Counties of Alytus and...
, in north-eastern Poland.
It was the birthplace (1807) of Wincenty Gostkowski
Wincenty Gostkowski
Wincenty Gostkowski was a lawyer and associate of Antoni Patek and Adrien Philippe in the watchmaker Patek Philippe & Co. in Geneva, Switzerland.Gostkowski was born in Grzymki, Poland...
who later in life emigrated to Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
and became prominent in watchmaking.