Gmina Wydminy
| Gmina Wydminy | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Warmia-Masuria | ||
| Powiat : | Giżycki | ||
| Geographic location : | 53 ° 59 ' N , 22 ° 2' E | ||
| Residents : | see Gmina | ||
| Postal code : | 11-510 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 87 | ||
| License plate : | NGI | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | DW655 : ( Giżycko ) - Olecko | ||
| DW656 : Ranty - Ełk | |||
| Rail route : | Białystok – Ełk – Korsze | ||
| Next international airport : | Danzig | ||
| Gmina | |||
| Gminatype: | Rural community | ||
| Gmina structure: | 28 school offices | ||
| Surface: | 233.46 km² | ||
| Residents: | 6270 (Jun. 30, 2019) |
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| Population density : | 27 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Community number ( GUS ): | 2806102 | ||
| Administration (as of 2010) | |||
| Wójt : | Radosław Król | ||
| Address: | ul.Grunwaldzka 74 11-510 Wydminy |
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| Website : | www.wydminy.pl | ||
The Gmina Wydminy [ vɨdˈminɨ ] is a rural municipality in the powiat Giżycki of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in Poland . Your seat is the village of the same name ( German Widminnen ) with about 2350 inhabitants.
geography
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The municipality is located in the east of the voivodeship in the former East Prussia . The district town of Giżycko (Lötzen) is about ten kilometers to the northwest. Neighboring communities are in the powiat Olecki Świętajno in the east, in the powiat Ełcki Stare Juchy in the south-east, in the powiat Piski Orzysz in the south and in the powiat Giżycki Miłki in the south-west, Giżycko in the west and Kruklanki in the north-west.
The area of the municipality belongs to the Masurian Lake District . There are more than 20 large and small lakes. The Gawlik in the west of the area is the largest of them with about 417 hectares before the Jezioro Wydmińskie (Widminner Lake) with 335 hectares. The community has an area of 233.46 km², 61 percent of which is used for agriculture and 20 percent for forestry.
history
The parish was re-established in 1973 after its territory was divided into Gromadas from 1954 to 1972 . The municipality belonged to the Olsztyn Voivodeship from 1946 to 1975 and then to the Suwałki Voivodeship until 1998 . On January 1, 1999, the community came back to the powiat Giżycki and the Warmia-Masurian Voivodeship, which was newly formed and corresponds to the Polish part of the former province of East Prussia . - Wydminy briefly received city rights in 1945 .
religion
In the municipality there are three Roman Catholic parish churches with two subsidiary churches : Wydminy and Orłowo (Orlowen) and Zelki (Neuhoff) with Gawliki Wielkie (Groß Gablick) and Talki (Talken) .
In Wydminy there is a center of the Greek Catholic Church and a small church service building of the Evangelical Augsburg Church .
structure
The rural community Wydminy consists of 28 villages (German names officially until 1945) with Schulzenamt (sołectwo):
Sołectwa
- Berkowo ( Berghof )
- Biała Giżycka ( nobleman Bialla , 1938–1945 Bleichenau )
- Cybulki ( Czybulken , 1938–1945 Richtenfeld )
- Czarnówka ( Czarnowken , 1938–1945 Grundensee )
- Dudka ( Schraderswert )
- Gajrowskie ( Friedrichsheyde , 1938–1945 Friedrichsheide )
- Gawliki Małe ( Klein Gablick )
- Gawliki Wielkie ( Groß Gablick )
- Grądzkie ( Grondzken , 1938–1945 Sparks )
- Hejbuty ( Heybutten )
- Malinka ( Mallinken , 1930–1945 Birkfelde )
- Mazuchówka ( Masuchowken , 1936–1945 Rodental (Eastern Pr.) )
- Okrągłe ( Okrongeln , 1938-1945 Schwansee )
- Orłowo ( Orlowen , 1938–1945 Adlersdorf )
- Pamry ( Pammer )
- Pańska Wola ( nobleman Wolla , 1938–1945 Freihausen )
- Pietrasze ( Pietraschen , 1938–1945 Petersgrund )
- Radzie ( Radzien , 1938–1945 Königsfließ )
- Ranty ( Ranten )
- Siedliska ( Schedlisken , 1938–1945 Dankfelde )
- Siemionki ( Schemionken , 1928–1945 Bergwalde )
- Sucholaski ( Sucholasken , 1935–1945 Rauschenwalde )
- Szczepanki ( Sczepanken , 1938–1945 Tiefen )
- Szczybały Orłowskie ( Sczyballen , 1938–1945 Lorenzhall )
- Talki ( talks )
- Wężówka ( Wensowken , 1938–1945 Großbalzhöfen )
- Wydminy ( Widminnen )
- Zelki ( Neuhoff )
Smaller towns
Weiler the Schulz the offices are associated:
- Gajlówka ( Gaylowken , 1938–1945 Gailau )
- Gębałki ( painted beams )
- Grodkowo ( Maxhof )
- Krzywe ( Krzywen (Sodrest) , 1938–1945 Kriewen )
- Łękuk Mały ( Klein Lenkuk )
- Pańska Wola (osada)
- Rostki ( Rostken )
- Róg Orłowski ( Rhog , 1938–1945 Klein Lenkuk )
- Skomack Mały ( Klein Skomatzko , 1938–1945 Skomand )
traffic
The voivodeship road DW655 leads through the north of the municipality and its main town via Olecko (Marggrabowa - Oletzko) to Suwałki in the Podlaskie Voivodeship . The DW656 runs through Ranty (Ranten) in the south of the municipality to Ełk (Lyck) .
Railway stations on the Korsze – Białystok railway line are Wydminy station and Siedliska stop (Schedlisken / Dankfelde) .
The nearest international airport is Gdansk .
Web links
- Community website (Polish)
- territorial.de: Widminnen district (1874–1945).
- Verwaltungsgeschichte.de : District of Lötzen (Gizycko).
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 .
- ↑ The Historical Place Directory
- ↑ bip.wydminy.pl: Sołectwa - WYKAZ SOŁTYSÓW - kadencja 2019-2023. (Polish, as of November 2019; accessed on July 19, 2020)