Gmina Prostki

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Gmina Prostki
Coat of arms of Gmina Prostki
Gmina Prostki (Poland)
Gmina Prostki
Gmina Prostki
Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Warmia-Masuria
Powiat : Ełcki
Geographic location : 53 ° 42 '  N , 22 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 41 '53 "  N , 22 ° 25' 48"  E
Residents : see Gmina
Postal code : 19-335
Telephone code : (+48) 87
License plate : NEL
Economy and Transport
Street : DK65 : Gołdap - Białystok
Rail route : Białystok – Korsze
Next international airport : Danzig
Gmina
Gminatype: Rural community
Gmina structure: 41 school authorities
Surface: 230.47 km²
Residents: 7263
(Jun. 30, 2019)
Population density : 32 inhabitants / km²
Community number  ( GUS ): 2805042
Administration (as of 2018)
Wójt : Rafał Wilczewski
Address: ul. 1 Maja 44b
19-335 Prostki
Website : prostki.pl



The Gmina Prostki is a rural community Prostki in the powiat Ełcki of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in Poland . Their seat is the village of the same name ( German  Prostken ) with about 3000 inhabitants.

geography

Map of the municipality

The municipality is located in the southeast of the voivodeship and borders on the Podlaskie Voivodeship . Neighboring municipalities in the latter are Rajgród in the east, the rural municipality Grajewo in the southeast, the urban municipality Grajewo in the south, Szczuczyn in the southwest, in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship the municipalities Biała Piska in the west, Ełk in the north and Kalinowo in the northeast. The district town of Ełk (Lyck) is about nine kilometers to the north.

There are a number of smaller lakes in the area. The river Ełk ( Leck or Lyck ) runs through the municipality from north to south.

This has an area of ​​230.47 km², 66 percent of which is used for agriculture and 22 percent for forestry.

history

The parish was re-established in 1973 after being divided into Gromadas from 1954 to 1972 . In the years from 1973 to 1975 it belonged to the Powiat Grajewski , which was dissolved in this form in 1975. Their area belonged to the Białystok Voivodeship from 1946 to 1975 and then to the same voivodeship on a small scale until 1998 . On January 1, 1999, the municipality came back to the powiat Ełcki and the Warmia-Masurian Voivodeship, which was newly formed and corresponds to the Polish part of the former province of East Prussia .

structure

The rural community of Prostki consists of 41 villages with a Schulzenamt (sołectwo):

Four smaller towns are assigned to three school authorities:

  • Ciernie ( Czernien 1938-1945 Dornberg ) to Dybowo
  • Kibisy ( Kybissen 1939–1945 Kibissen ) to Dybowo
  • Sokółki ( Sokolken 1938–1945 Stahnken ) to Popowo
  • Wojtele ( Woytellen 1938–1945 Woiten ) to Guty Rożyńskie

traffic

The national road DK65 (formerly Reichsstraße 132 ) leads via the district town Ełk (Lyck) and Olecko ( Marggrabowa , also Oletzko ) to Gołdap (Goldap) - border crossing to Kaliningrad Oblast , Russia and in a south-easterly direction via Grajewo and Białystok to Bobrowniki - border crossing to Belarus .

In the community exist the railway stations Prostki (Prostken) and Lipińskie Małe (Lipinsken, Ksp. Ostrokollen , 1938 to 1945 Lindenfließ) on the Głomno – Białystok railway , which was opened in 1871 as the East Prussian Southern Railway . - Until 2001 the Ełcka Kolej Wąskotorowa (Lycker Kleinbahnen) served the stations Wiśniowo Ełckie (Wischniewen , 1938 to 1945 Kölmersdorf) , Kopijki (Goldenau) , Krzywe (Krzywen , 1907 to 1945 Rundfließ) and Zawady-Tworki (terminus; Sawadden , 1938 to 1945 border guard ).

The nearest international airport, Gdansk, is just as far away as the airports in Warsaw .

Web links

Commons : Gmina Prostki  - collection of pictures, 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. a b bip.prostki.pl: Sołectwa. (List, accessed on July 13, 2020)