Gmina Wielbark

Gmina Wielbark
	Gmina Wielbark
	Gmina Wielbark
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Warmia-Masuria
Powiat :	Szczytieński
Geographic location :	53 ° 24 ' N , 20 ° 57' E Coordinates: 53 ° 23 '54 " N , 20 ° 56' 45" E
Residents :	s. Gmina
Postal code :	12-160
Telephone code :	(+48) 89
License plate :	NSZ
Economy and Transport
Street :	DK 57 : Bartoszyce - Biskupiec - Szczytno ↔ Chorzele - Kleszewo (- Pułtusk )
	Ext. 508 : Jedwabno - Rekownica → Wielbark Ext. ; 604 : Nidzica - Muszaki → Wielbark
	Rozogi - Księży Lasek → Wielbark
Next international airport :	Danzig
	Warsaw
Gmina
Gminatype:	Urban-and-rural parish
Gmina structure:	35 localities
	22 school authorities
Surface:	347.89 km²
Residents:	6508 ; (Jun. 30, 2019)
Population density :	19 inhabitants / km²
Community number ( GUS ):	2817083
Administration (as of 2006)
Mayor :	Grzegorz Zapadka
Address:	; ul.Grunwaldzka 2 12-160 Wielbark
Website :	www.wielbark.com.pl
	; ;

The Gmina Wielbark [ ˈvʲɛlbark ] is a town-and-country municipality in the powiat Szczycieński of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in Poland . Its seat is the city of the same name ( German Willenberg ) with 6508 inhabitants; the main town itself has 3035 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2019).

geography

Location and area

The area of the municipality of Wielbark

The municipality is located in the south of the voivodeship (in historical East Prussia ) and borders there on the Masovian voivodeship . In the north, the district town of Szczytno ( German Ortelsburg ) is about 15 kilometers away. The city of Olsztyn (Allenstein) is about 50 kilometers away.

The municipality of Wielbark has an area of almost 348 km², of which around 35% of the area is used for agriculture and 58% for forestry. The population density is 19 inhabitants per km².

The waters include the Omulew (Omulef) and the tributaries Sawica (Sawitz) and Wałpusza (Waldpusch) .

Neighboring communities

Neighboring in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship:

The rural communities Jedwabno (Gedwangen) , Rozogi (Friedrichshof) and Szczytno (Ortelsburg) in the powiat Szczycieński and
the rural community Janowo (Iwanken) in the powiat Nidzicki

as well as in the Masovian Voivodeship :

the rural community of Czarnia in the powiat Ostrołęcki and
the urban-rural community of Chorzele in the powiat Przasnyski .

history

The city Wielbark fell in 1945 to Poland and lost in 1946, the town charter . From 1975 to 1998 the municipality belonged to the Olsztyn Voivodeship . On January 1, 2019, Wielbark was restored to town and the municipality received its current status.

structure

The town-and-country community (gmina miejsko-wiejska) Wielbark is divided into the town itself and 22 villages with school authorities (marked with *) and other localities:

Polish name	German name	Polish name	German name	Polish name	German name
Baranowo *	Baranowen 1938–45 Neuflie	Lejkowo *	Röblau	Sędrowo *	Sendrowen 1938–45 Treudorf
Borki Wielbarskie	Borken near Willenberg 1938–45 Borkenheide	Lesiny Małe	Klein Leschienen	Stachy	Waldpusch
Ciemna Dąbrowa *	Finsterdamerau	Lesiny Wielkie *	Great Leschienen	Szymanki *	Little shiemans
Głuch *	Glauch	Łysak	Lysack 1933–45 Kahlfelde	Wesołówko *	Fröhlichswalde
Jakubowy Borek	Jakobswalde	Maliniak	New Werder	Wesołowo	Wessolowen 1938–45 Fröhlichshof
Jankowo	Jankowen 1938–45 Wildenort	Nowojowiec *	Nowojowitz 1934–45 Neuenwalde	Wyżegi *	Wyseggen 1938–45 grasslands
Jesionowiec *	Jeschonowitz 1930–45 Eschenwalde	Olędry *	Wagenfeld	Targets *	Sabielle 1938–45 Hellengrund
Kipary *	Kiparren 1938–45 Wacholderau	Ostrowy	Old Werder	Zapadki	Schrötersau
Kołodziejowy Grąd * until 1992 Kołodziejgrąd	Kollodzeygrund 1933–45 Radegrund	Piwnice Wielkie *	Groß Piwnitz 1938–45 Großalbrechtsort	Aimiec *	(Large) Radzienen 1938–45 Hügelwalde
Cucumber *	Kutzburg	Przeździęk Mały *	Klein Dankheim before 1900 Klein Przesdzienk	Zieliec Mały	Klein Radzienen 1938–45 Kleinhügelwalde
Łatana Mała	Klein Lattana 1938–45 Kleinheidenau	Przeździęk Wielki *	Groß Dankheim before 1900 Groß Przesdzienk	Addition: Dąbrowa	Dombrowa 1938–1945 Neudankheim
Łatana Wielka *	Groß Lattana 1938–45 Großheidenau	Róklas	Rocklaß 1933–45 Eckwald

The former village of Chwalibogi (1945 to 1948 Kanwizy , before 1945 Kannwiesen ) no longer exists.

church

Evangelical

In the area of the city and rural community of Wielbark there is now a single Protestant church. It is the church in Wielbark , which is no longer used for worship and is currently being protected from deterioration by restoration measures. The Protestant residents of Wielbark and the surrounding area belong to the parish in Szczytno (Ortelsburg) within the Masurian diocese of the Evangelical-Ausgburgic Church in Poland .

Roman Catholic

There are two Roman Catholic parish churches in the municipality . They are in the town of Wielbark and in the village of Lesiny Wielkie (Groß Leschienen), which is close to the border with the Masovian Voivodeship . Both are assigned to the Archdiocese of Warmia . If the parish Wielbark belongs to the Deanery Szczytno , the parish Lesiny Wielkie (with the branch parish Księży Lasek (Fürstenwalde) ) is assigned to the Deanery Rozogi (Friedrichshof) .

traffic

Street

The urban and rural community of Wielbark has excellent transport connections. By the municipality direction north-south extending in the Masuria and the province Masuria by withdrawing country road 57 (earlier German National Highway 128 ), which in the Northern Masovian ends. The two voivodeship roads 508 and 604 connect the municipality with state roads 58 (near Jedwabnon (Gedwangen) ) and 7 (near Nidzica (Neidenburg) ), today's European route 77 . In addition, a side street leads to 53 at Rozogi (Friedrichshof) .

rails

Two railway lines run through the municipal area, but they are currently not used. With the railway stations Wielbark, Jesionowiec (Jeschonowitz , 1930 to 1945 Eschenwalde) and Piwnice (Groß Piwnitz , 1938 to 1945 Großalbrechtsdorf) it is on the north-south railway line Ostrołęka – Szczytno (Polish State Railway Line 35), with the city and Przeździęk Wielki (Groß Dankheim , until 1900 Groß Przesdzienk) it is connected to the west-east railway line Nidzica – Wielbark (line 225).

Web links

Commons : Gmina Wielbark - Collection of images, videos and audio files

City and municipality web presence

literature

Olaf Göbeler: Willenberg. The history of an East Prussian border region. Weber Druck, Gevelsberg 2004.
Werner Pachollek, Martin Jend, Reinhard Kayss, Bernhard Maxin, Marc Plessa: Amt / Kirchspiel Willenberg - Places, living spaces and their inhabitants 1579–1945 (3 volumes) No. 21 of the: Writings of the Genealogical Working Group Neidenburg and Ortelsburg. Historical registers of inhabitants (HEV) for the former Southeast Prussia . Self-published, Bornheim 2010.

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 .
↑ Gmina Wielbark w liczbach
↑ Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 25 lipca 2018 r. w sprawie ustalenia granic niektórych gmin i miast oraz nadania niektórym miejscowościom statusu miasta in the Internetowy system Aktów Prawnych, accessed on January 15, 2020.

[L_ludnosc_stan_struktura_30-06-2019-1] 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 .

[gmina-2] Gmina Wielbark w liczbach

[3] Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 25 lipca 2018 r. w sprawie ustalenia granic niektórych gmin i miast oraz nadania niektórym miejscowościom statusu miasta in the Internetowy system Aktów Prawnych, accessed on January 15, 2020.