The ideal village – spatial arrangement and building of Paproć Duża

The article presents the circumstances of the creation and history of the village of Paproć Duża founded at the end of the 18^th century under the name Königshuld as part of a settlement action covering the non-colonized areas of East Prussia. Among other places that were located at the time, it is distinguished by its original spatial development, based on a concentric-radial scheme. An analysis of the central spatial assumption was made in the context of the few analogical villages, founded in Poland in the second half of the 18^th century as part of the Frederician colonization.