Gmina Godkowo
| Gmina Godkowo | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Warmia-Masuria | ||
| Powiat : | Elbląski | ||
| Geographic location : | 54 ° 4 ′ N , 19 ° 54 ′ E | ||
| Residents : | see Gmina | ||
| Postal code : | 14-407 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 55 | ||
| License plate : | NEB | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | DW513 Pasłęk - Lidzbark Warmiński | ||
| Rail route : | - | ||
| Next international airport : | Danzig | ||
| Gmina | |||
| Gminatype: | Rural community | ||
| Gmina structure: | 22 school authorities | ||
| Surface: | 166.74 km² | ||
| Residents: | 3037 (Jun. 30, 2019) |
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| Population density : | 18 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Community number ( GUS ): | 2804022 | ||
| Administration (as of 2015) | |||
| Wójt : | Andrzej Bondaruk | ||
| Website : | www.godkowo.pl | ||
The Gmina Godkowo is a rural community in Elbląg County of Warmia and Mazury in Poland . Its seat is the village of the same name ( German Göttchendorf ) with about 260 inhabitants.
geography
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The municipality is located in the northwest of the voivodeship. The seat of the Powiat, the independent city of Elbląg (Elbing) is located 30 kilometers northwest. Neighboring municipalities are the municipalities of Wilczęta in the north, Orneta in the east, Miłakowo in the southeast, Morąg in the south and Pasłęk in the west.
The community has an area of 166.7 km², 71 percent of which is used for agriculture and 20 percent for forestry. There are a number of small lakes on their territory. The Zimnochy has an area of 23 hectares . The river Wąska (Weeske) runs through the west of the municipality. The highest point is the Czubatka with 169 m npm
history
The rural community was newly formed in 1973 from various gromadas . Her predecessor was the Gmina Dobry . The area belonged to the Olsztyn Voivodeship from 1946 to 1975 and then to the Elbląg Voivodeship until 1998 . On January 1, 1999, the municipality came to the Warmia-Masurian Voivodeship and the expanded Powiat Elbląski.
In the 2015–2018 term of office, 14 of the 22 village mayors were women.
structure
The rural community of Godkowo includes 22 villages (German names until 1945) with a Schulzenamt (sołectwo):
- Bielica (Behlendorf)
- Burdajny (curbs)
- Dąbkowo (Schönaich)
- Dobry (Döbern)
- Godkowo (Göttchendorf)
- Grądki (Groß Thierbach)
- Krykajny (tick tendons)
- Kwitajny Wielkie (Great Quittainen)
- Łępno (Lomp)
- Lesiska (Reichwalde)
- Miłosna (Liebenau)
- Olkowo (Alken)
- Osiek (Hermsdorf)
- Piskajny (Peiskam)
- Plajny ( Plehnen )
- Podągi (Podangen)
- Skowrony ( smoke )
- Stary Cieszyn (Alt Teschen)
- Stojpy (Stöpen)
- Swędkowo (Schwöllmen)
- Szymbory (Schönborn)
- Ząbrowiec (summer field)
The smaller towns and hamlets of the municipality are Cieszyniec, Grądki (osada), Grużajny, Gwiździny, Karwity, Klekotki, Kwitajny Małe, Nawty, Niekwitajny, Nowe Wikrowo, Siedlisko and Zimnochy.
traffic
The most important road is the voivodship road DW513 , which leads from Pasłęk (Prussian Holland) via Orneta (Wormditt) to Lidzbark Warmiński (Heilsberg) .
The Pasłęk station in the neighboring municipality stop long-distance trains on the Olsztyn – Bogaczewo – Elbląg railway line .
The nearest international airport is Gdansk .
Personalities
- Ernst Gustav Schultz (1811–1851), orientalist and Prussian consul in Jerusalem; born in Döbern
Web links
- Community website (Polish)
- territorial.de: Schmauch District (Rolf Jehke, 2005)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ a b godkowo.pl: Sołectwa gminy Godkowo. (Polish, accessed July 29, 2020)
- ↑ The Historical Place Directory
