Ruczaj (Ruciane-Nida)
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Basic data | ||
State : | Poland | |
Voivodeship : | Warmia-Masuria | |
Powiat : | Pisz | |
Gmina : | Ruciane-Nida | |
Geographic location : | 53 ° 34 ' N , 21 ° 29' E | |
Residents : | ||
Postal code : | 12-220 | |
Telephone code : | (+48) 87 | |
License plate : | NPI | |
Economy and Transport | ||
Street : | Kokoszki / DK 59 - Faryny ↔ Karwica | |
Rail route : |
Olsztyn – Ełk train station: Karwica Mazurska |
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Next international airport : | Danzig |
Ruczaj [ ˈrut͡ʂai̯ ] is a small town in the Polish Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship . He belongs to the Gmina Ruciane-Nida ( urban and rural community Rzdczanny / Niedersee - Nieden ) in the Powiat Piski ( Johannisburg district ).
The hamlet ( Polish Osada ) Ruczaj is located on the river Ruczaj of the same name , which flows into the Lower Lake (Polish Jezioro Nidzkie ) a few kilometers later at Karwica ( German Kurwien ) . It is 24 kilometers to the northeast to the district town of Pisz (Johannisburg) .
Nothing is known about the foundation and history of the settlement belonging to the local area of Karwica, nor about any German name from the period before 1945. Ruczaj is a village in the urban and rural community of Ruciane-Nida in the Powiat Piski , since 1999 to Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship , previously part of Suwałki Voivodeship .
On the Protestant side, Ruczaj is part of the parish of Pisz in the Masuria diocese of the Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland ; on the Catholic side, it belongs to the church in Karwica in the diocese of Ełk of the Polish Catholic Church .
Ruczaj is on a side road that connects the national road 59 with Karwica . There is a rail connection via the Karwica Mazurska station on the Olsztyn – Ełk ( German Allenstein – Lyck ) line.