Gmina Płośnica

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Gmina Płośnica
Gmina Płośnica does not have a coat of arms
Gmina Płośnica (Poland)
Gmina Płośnica
Gmina Płośnica
Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Warmia-Masuria
Powiat : Działdowski
Geographic location : 53 ° 17 '  N , 20 ° 1'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 17 '0 "  N , 20 ° 1' 0"  E
Residents : see Gmina
Postal code : 13-206
Telephone code : (+48) 23
License plate : NDZ
Economy and Transport
Street : DW544 Brodnica - Działdowo
Rail route : -
Next international airport : Warsaw Airport
Gmina
Gminatype: Rural community
Surface: 163.09 km²
Residents: 5633
(June 30, 2019)
Population density : 35 inhabitants / km²
Community number  ( GUS ): 2803052
administration
Wójt : Krzysztof Groblewski
Address:
ul.Dworcowa 52 13-206 Płośnica
Website : www.plosnica.pl



The Gmina Płośnica [ pwɔɕˈɲitsa ] is a rural community in the powiat Działdowski of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in Poland . Your seat is the village of the same name ( German Heinrichsdorf ) with about 1000 inhabitants.

geography

Map of the municipality

The municipality is located in the southwest of the voivodeship and borders on the Masovian Voivodeship in the south . Until 1920 their area was in East Prussia and bordered on West Prussia . The district town of Działdowo (Soldau) is about four kilometers to the east. Neighboring municipalities are Lidzbark in the west, Rybno in the north, Działdowo in the east and in the Masovian Voivodeship Kuczbork-Osada .

There are two small lakes in the area near Zalesie. The most important flowing water is the Działdówka, a part of the Wkra . The community has an area of ​​163 km², 73 percent of which is used for agriculture and 18 percent for forestry.

history

The municipality has belonged to Poland since 1920. The rural community was re-established in 1973 after its territory was divided into Gromadas from 1954 to 1972 . From 1945 to 1950 its area belonged to the Warsaw Voivodeship , from 1950 to 1975 it was part of the Olsztyn Voivodeship and then until 1998 to the Ciechanów Voivodeship . On January 1, 1999, the community came back to the powiat Działdowski and the Warmia-Masurian Voivodeship, which was newly formed and roughly corresponds to the Polish part of the former province of East Prussia .

structure

The rural community Płośnica consists of 15 villages (German names officially until 1920/1945) with Schulzenamt (sołectwo):

  • Gralewo ( Gralewo , since 1906 Grallau )
  • Gródki (Grodtken)
  • Gruszka
  • Jabłonowo (Jablonowo)
  • Mały Łęck (Klein Lensk)
  • Murawki (Murawken)
  • Niechłonin
  • Płośnica (Heinrichsdorf)
  • Prioma (prioma)
  • Przełęk (Groß Przellenk / Klein Przellenk)
  • Rutkowice (Ruttkowitz)
  • Whimsical ( whimsical )
  • Turza Mała (Klein Tauersee)
  • Wielki Łęck (Great Lensk)
  • Zalesie (Zalesie)

The hamlet of Mały Łęck near the village of the same name also belongs to the municipality .

traffic

The voivodship road DW544 runs through the community from west to east. It leads from Brodnica (Strasburg an der Drewenz) to Działdowo (Soldau) and Ostrołęka (Ostrolenka) .

The nearest international airport is Warsaw .

The Gralewo stop (former Gralewo / Grallau station ) on the Warsaw – Gdansk railway line is in the neighboring municipality of Rybno . A train connection to the community itself has not existed since 2013. The Płośnica station on the Działdowo – Chojnice railway line was closed in 2014.

Web links

Commons : Gmina Płośnica  - 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. bip.plosnica.pl: Sołectwa. (Polish, accessed July 22, 2020)