Poganowo

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Poganowo (German Groß Bürgersdorf ) is a desert in Poland in the area of Gmina Kętrzyn in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship .

geography

The desert is in northeastern Poland, about 35 kilometers south of the state border with Kaliningrad Oblast . About one kilometer south is Zalesie Kętrzyńskie , 1.5 kilometers north of Sławkowo .

history

Since 1438 the forest of the place belonged to Rastenburg ( Kętrzyn ). In 1818 the village consisted of 16 houses with 113 residents. The associated Vorwerk had three houses in which 24 people lived. In 1939, 329 people lived here. After the Second World War , the area became part of Poland. Today Poganowo is desolate.

In 2005, during archaeological excavations in the area of ​​the village, the remains of an old Prussian settlement were found. The age is estimated to be between the 4th and 3rd centuries BC. The found objects include old stone sculptures, so that an old cult site is assumed here. The sculptures have been in the Wojciech Kętrzyński Museum in Kętrzyn since 2008 .

literature

  • Tadeusz Swat: Dzieje Wsi in Kętrzyn: z dziejów miasta i okolic , Olsztyn 1978, p. 217

Individual evidence

  1. University of Warsaw, Ciekawe odkrycie na stanowisku archeologicznym w Poganowie ( Memento of the original from December 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on Aug. 22, 2008 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uw.edu.pl
  2. ^ Website of Gmina Kętrzyn, ARCHEOLOGICZNA SENSACJA , Sept. 29, 2007
  3. Muzeum im. Wojciecha Kętrzyńskiego, Odkrycie prymitywnej rzeźby kamiennej tzw. "Baby" ( memento of the original from July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on Aug. 22, 2008 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.muzeum.ketrzyn.pl

Coordinates: 54 ° 1 ′ 29 ″  N , 21 ° 24 ′ 3 ″  E