Gmina Świętajno (Powiat Olecki)
| Gmina Świętajno | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Warmia-Masuria | ||
| Powiat : | Olecki | ||
| Geographic location : | 54 ° 0 ′ N , 22 ° 19 ′ E | ||
| Residents : | see Gmina | ||
| Postal code : | 19-411 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 87 | ||
| License plate : | NOE | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | Dunajek / DW655 ↔ Giże - Rosochackie - Olecko / DK65 | ||
| Połom - Sulejki → Świętajno | |||
| Rail route : | - | ||
| Next international airport : | Danzig | ||
| Gmina | |||
| Gminatype: | Rural community | ||
| Gmina structure: | 34 localities | ||
| 24 school offices | |||
| Surface: | 214.91 km² | ||
| Residents: | 3909 (Jun. 30, 2019) |
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| Population density : | 18 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Community number ( GUS ): | 2813052 | ||
| Administration (as of 2010) | |||
| Wójt : | Janina Trus | ||
| Address: | Świętajno 104 19-411 Świętajno |
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| Website : | www.swietajno.pl | ||
The Gmina Świętajno is a rural municipality with around 1100 inhabitants in the Powiat Olecki of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in Poland . It has about 3900 inhabitants and its seat is the village of the same name ( German Schwentainen ) with about 1100 inhabitants.
geography
The community is located in the southwest of the powiat. It has an area of almost 215 km², 55 percent of which is used for agriculture and 25 percent for forestry.
Neighbors are olecko county, the county town Olecko (Oletzko / Marggrabowa / Treuburg) and the rural community kowale oleckie (Kowahlen) and Powiat Ełcki rural communities Elk (Elk) and Stare Juchy (Alt Jucha ') and in giżycko county (Lötzen) rural communities Kruklanki (Kruglanken) and Wydminy (Widminnen) .
history
Before 1945 there were two railway lines in the municipality:
- The Kruglanken – Marggrabowa (Oletzko) / Treuburg railway line with the Wronken ( Polish: Wronki) and Griesen (Gryzy) train stations
- The railway line Marggrabowa – Schwentainen of the Oletzkoer Kleinbahnen (Treuburger Kleinbahnen) with the railway stations Sayden (Zajdy), Giesen (Giże), Duttken (Dudki) and Konradsfelde (Rogowszczyzna).
In today's municipality there were two Protestant parish churches until 1945 , the churches of Czychen and Schwentainen . Both belonged to the Oletzko / Treuburg church district in the church province of East Prussia of the Church of the Old Prussian Union .
Churches
The churches of Cichy and Świętajno, which have been Catholic since 1945, with a branch church in Wronki, belong to the Deanery Olecko - Niepokalanego Poczęcia Najświętszej Mary Panny in the Diocese of Ełk of the Roman Catholic Church in Poland .
structure
The rural community (gmina wiejska) Świętajno includes 24 villages (German names officially until 1945) with a Schulzenamt (sołectwo):
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Smaller villages in the municipality are Cichy Młyn , Jurki (osada) , Jurkowo , Lesniki ( Lesch nod , from 1936 to 1945 Kleinheinrichstal) , Niemsty ( Könitzberg , 1929-1945 Gertrudenhof ), Nowiny ( Neusaß ) Rogowszczyzna ( Rogowszisna , 1911-1945 Konrad field ) Smolnik ( Theerbude ), Świdrówko (Schwidrowken I , 1929–1945 Eduardsfelde) and Zajdy (Sayden) .
traffic
The voivodeship road DW 655 connects the municipality with the powiat Giżycki and Olecki with the powiat Suwalski in the Podlaskie Voivodeship . Side roads and country lanes connect the places of the community with each other.
Gdansk is the next major international airport. - There is no rail connection in the community.
Personalities
- The pastor August Ballnus (1807–1871) was a social benefactor in Cichy, where he also died.
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ population. Size and Structure by Territorial Division. As of June 30, 2019. Główny Urząd Statystyczny (GUS) (PDF files; 0.99 MiB), accessed December 24, 2019 .
- ↑ The Historical Place Directory
Official seat: Świętajno
Schulzenämter : Barany (Barannen / Barnen) | Borki (bark) | Chełchy (Chelchen / Chalice) | Cichy (Czychen / Bolken) | Dudki (Duttken / Sargensee) | Dunajek (Duneyken / Duneiken) | Dworackie (Dworatzken / Herrendorf) | Dybowo (Diebowen / Diebauen) | Giże (Giesen) | Gryzy (Griesen) | Jelonek ( Grünheyde / Grünheide , village) | Jurki (Jurken / Jürgen) | Kije (Röbel) | Krzywe (Krzywen / Bergenau) | Kukówko (Kukowken / Heinrichstal) | Mazury (Masuhren / Masuren) | Orzechówko (Orzechowken / Nußdorf) | Pietrasze ( Pietraschen / Petersgrund , village) | Połom (Polommen / Herzogsmühle) | Rogojny ( Rogonnen , village) | Sulejki (Suleyken / Suleiken) | Świętajno (Schwentainen) | Wronki (Wronken / Fronicken) | Zalesie (Salleschen / Tannau)
Other localities: Cichy Młyn | Jurki (osada) | Jurkovo | Leśniki (Leschnicken / Kleinheinrichstal) | Niemsty (Koenitzberg / Gertrudenhof) | Nowiny (Neusaß) | Rogowszczyzna (Rogowszisna / Konradsfelde) | Smolnik (Theerbude) | Świdrówko (Schwidrowken I / Eduardsfelde) | Zajdy