Gmina Biskupiec (Powiat Nowomiejski)

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Gmina Biskupiec
Coat of arms of Gmina Biskupiec
Gmina Biskupiec (Poland)
Gmina Biskupiec
Gmina Biskupiec
Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Warmia-Masuria
Powiat : Nowomiejski
Geographic location : 53 ° 30 '  N , 19 ° 21'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 30 '2 "  N , 19 ° 21' 2"  E
Height : 80 m npm
Residents : see Gmina
Postal code : 13-340
Telephone code : (+48) 56
License plate : NNM
Economy and Transport
Rail route : Toruń – Iława
Gmina
Gminatype: Rural community
Gmina structure: 25 school offices
Surface: 241.25 km²
Residents: 9367
(Jun. 30, 2019)
Population density : 39 inhabitants / km²
Community number  ( GUS ): 2812022
administration
Mayor : Kazimierz Tomaszewski
Address: ul. Rynek 1
13-340 Biskupiec
Website : www.gminabiskupiec.pl



The Gmina Biskupiec is a rural community in the powiat Nowomiejski of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in Poland . The seat is in the town of the same name ( German : Bischofswerder ) with 1913 inhabitants (2010).

geography

The eponymous place is located in the northeast of the historic Kulmerland on the right bank of the Osa (Ossa) at a height of 80 m above sea level, about 23 km south of Susz (Rosenberg) and 38 km southeast of Kwidzyn (Marienwerder) . The municipality has an area of ​​241 km². The Ossa formed the border with the Polish Corridor in 1920-1939 .

structure

The rural community of Biskupiec includes 25 villages (German names until 1945) with a Schulzenamt:

Other localities in the municipality are Buczek (Buczek) , Iwanki , Leszczyniak , Mała Wólka (Klein Wolka) , Mec , Osówko (Ossowken) , Podwólka , Sędzice (Sendzitz) , Wąkop , Wardgówko (Wardenęgowko) , Wielgrubwal (Wielgrubgowko) and Zawada ( Angrubwal) ) .

traffic

Since the town not far away is also called Biskupiec (Bishop's Castle) , the Polish railway PKP calls the local train station Biskupiec Pomorski , the other one - on the Czerwonka – Ełk railway line - as Biskupiec Reszelski . The local one is in the village of Bielice on the Toruń – Iława railway line .

The community is connected to the transport network via the overland road 538.

Personalities

  • Friedrich Lange (1849–1927), surgeon in New York, benefactor in Königsberg and West Prussia; born in Lonkorrek.

Web links

Commons : Gmina Biskupiec  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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 .
  2. ↑ Główny Urząd Statystyczny, Portret miejscowości statystycznych w gminie Biskupiec (powiat nowomiejski, województwo warmińsko-mazurskie) w 2010 r. Online query
  3. ↑ The Historical Place Directory