Brdów b is a village

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 Babiak

Gmina Babiak

Gmina Babiak is a rural gmina in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Babiak, which lies approximately north of Koło and east of the regional capital Poznań....

, within Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Greater Poland Voivodeship

Wielkopolska Voivodeship , or Greater Poland Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Poznań, Kalisz, Konin, Piła and Leszno Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998...

, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) east of Babiak, 18 km (11 mi) north of Koło, and 123 km (76 mi) east of the regional capital Poznań

Poznan

Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...

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Famous people

Brdów was often visited by Pola Negri

Pola Negri

Pola Negri was a Polish stage and film actress who achieved worldwide fame for her tragedienne and femme fatale roles from the 1910s through the 1940s during the Golden Era of Hollywood film. She was the first European film star to be invited to Hollywood, and became a great American star. She...

 (a famous polish actress) because she has a family there.
Brdów is the burial place of Chopin's grandfather - Jakub Krzyżanowski, Karol Libelt

Karol Libelt

Karol Libelt was a Polish philosopher, writer, political and social activist, social worker and liberal, nationalist politician, president of the PTPN.-Life and work:...

, Léon Young de Blankenheim and the family of Pola Negri

Pola Negri

Pola Negri was a Polish stage and film actress who achieved worldwide fame for her tragedienne and femme fatale roles from the 1910s through the 1940s during the Golden Era of Hollywood film. She was the first European film star to be invited to Hollywood, and became a great American star. She...

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Famous people associated with Brdów:

• Pola Negri
  Pola Negri
  Pola Negri was a Polish stage and film actress who achieved worldwide fame for her tragedienne and femme fatale roles from the 1910s through the 1940s during the Golden Era of Hollywood film. She was the first European film star to be invited to Hollywood, and became a great American star. She...
  
  
• Jakub Krzyżanowski (grandfather of Fryderyk Chopin)
• Józef Markowski
• Léon Young de Blankenheim
• Karol Libelt
  Karol Libelt
  Karol Libelt was a Polish philosopher, writer, political and social activist, social worker and liberal, nationalist politician, president of the PTPN.-Life and work:...
  
  
• Augustyn Kordecki
  Augustyn Kordecki
  Abbot Augustyn, or Abbot Augustyn Kordecki real name: Klemens Kordecki Ślepowron Coat of Arms was a prior of the Jasna Góra Monastery, Poland....
  
  
• Zachariasz Jabłoński
• Mieczysław Wejman
• Florian Piskorski
• Andrzej Kreutz-Majewski

Church

Brdów is a local centre of religion cult. There is a St Adalbert's of Prague Church of a Pauline Fathers in Brdów. The church has existed since 1325.