Łodwigowo
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Warmia-Masuria | ||
| Powiat : | Ostróda | ||
| Gmina : | Grunwald | ||
| Geographic location : | 53 ° 29 ′ N , 20 ° 8 ′ E | ||
| Residents : | 530 | ||
| Postal code : | 14-108 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 89 | ||
| License plate : | NOS | ||
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| Next international airport : | Warsaw Airport | ||
Łodwigowo (German Ludwigsdorf ) is a Polish village in the municipality of Grunwald in Masuria , which is located in the powiat Ostródzki of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship .
history
The place became known together with its neighboring towns of Stębark (Tannenberg) and Grunwald (Green Field) through the battle of Tannenberg in 1410.
Due to the provisions of the Versailles Treaty , the population in the Allenstein voting area , to which Ludwigsdorf belonged, voted on July 11, 1920 on whether it would continue to belong to East Prussia (and thus to Germany) or join Poland. In Ludwigsdorf 140 people voted to remain with East Prussia, Poland did not receive any votes.
Sons and daughters of the place
- Karl von der Groeben (1826–1898), major general
- Hermann von der Groeben (1828–1902), major general
Individual evidence
- ↑ Herbert Marzian , Csaba Kenez : self-determination for East Germany - A documentary on the 50th anniversary of the East and West Prussian referendum on 11 July 1920; Editor: Göttinger Arbeitskreis , 1970, p. 103