Burzyn, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Burzyn [ˈbuʐɨn] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jedwabne, within Łomża County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.

Villages and farms are located along this elevated western shore of the river while the eastern side is a large Marsh that floods every spring.

Burzyn is first mentioned on August 23, 1428, when the Duke of Mazovia, Janusz I of Warsaw, gave the land to Nicholas of Krassow.

In about 1482, Burzyn village was owned by Stanislaw Piroga of Łomża whose descendant Andrew moved to the town and took the surname Burzynski.

The descendants of former Mayor Stanislaus Karwowski moved to the New York metropolitan area in the United States and now outnumber their hometown.

In September 1939, this river valley was a front in the Battle of Wizna with Burzyn located at the northern end of the German attack.

Waves of arrests, expulsions and prison executions continued until June 20–21, 1941 when the Germans invaded the Soviet Union.

According to the town renewal strategy, there is an undeveloped Ecotourism and Agritourism opportunity given the natural resources in the area.

In addition to the church, the parish ran an elementary school in Burzyn in 1818 which was located in a rented building and attended by 23 boys.