Solanka

Solanka
	Solanka
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Warmia-Masuria
Powiat :	Kętrzyn
Gmina :	Srokovo
Geographic location :	54 ° 10 ′  N , 21 ° 31 ′  E Coordinates: 54 ° 9 ′ 51 ″  N , 21 ° 30 ′ 50 ″  E
Residents :	320 (March 31, 2011)
Postal code :	11-420
Telephone code :	(+48) 89
License plate :	NKE
Economy and Transport
Street :	DW 650 : Gołdap - Węgorzewo - Srokowo ↔ Srokowo - Stara Różanka (- Kętrzyn )
	Podlasie - Silecki Folwark → Solanka
	Szczeciniak - Chojnica → Solanka
Rail route :	no rail connection
Next international airport :	Danzig

Estate (I) in Solanka

Property (II) in Solanka

Solanka ( German  Salzbach , 1912 to 1928 also Salzbach B ) is a village in Poland in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship . It belongs to the Gmina Srokowo (rural community Drengfurth ) in the powiat Kętrzyński ( Rastenburg district ).

Geographical location

Solanka is located in the northern center of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship , 13 kilometers northeast of the district town of Kętrzyn ( German  Rastenburg ).

history

Local history

Today's Solanka was probably created between 1402 and 1410 by Commander Marquard von Salzbach . The von Wernsdorf and von Stutterheim families also belonged to the later owners . The name Salzbach is derived from this. In 1785 it was a noble estate and counted 20 residential buildings with the associated Vorwerk , after 1785 it was called "Salzbach B". In 1817 29 buildings were registered here.

On April 30, 1874, the village was - it was now back the name "Salzbach" (without additives) - office Village and anemsgebend for a District in the county Rastenburg in the administrative district of Kaliningrad in the Prussian province of East Prussia .

On September 30, 1928, the three neighboring estate districts Adlig Mühlbach ( Polish : Młynowo ), Knipprode (Chojnica) and Salzbach were incorporated into the Salzbach rural community .

In 1945, at the end of World War II , the Red Army marched into the area. As a result of the war, Salzbach became part of the People's Republic of Poland as Solanka . In 1954 the place became the seat of a Gromada , which was dissolved again in 1957. At this time, a new school building was also built, which in 1970 housed an eight-grade elementary school. 1973 belonged to the Schulzenamt Solanka, in addition to Solanka itself, the localities Chojnica (Knipprode) , Kąty (Langeneck) and Młynowo (Adlig Mühlbach) .

Population development

The following is a graphic representation of the population development.

District of Salzbach (1874–1945)

When it was built, eleven places were incorporated into the Salzbach district. Due to structural changes, there were only two left in the end:

German name	Polish name	Remarks
Louisenhof	Podlasia	before 1905 incorporated into Adlig Schülzen B.
Mühlbach 1928–1945 Nobleman Mühlbach	Młynowo	1928 incorporated into the rural community of Salzbach
Salzbach (village)	Solanka
Salzbach A		1912 renamed " Knipprode ", 1928 incorporated into the rural community of Salzbach
Salzbach B from 1912: Salzbach B (good)		1928 incorporated into the rural community of Salzbach
Salzbach C		1912 renamed " Knipprode ", 1928 incorporated into the rural community of Salzbach
Schülzen B (large ~, noble ~)	Silec
Schülzen A		1925 Merger with Schülzen to form the new rural community of Schülzen
Schülzen B		1921 incorporated into the rural community of Schülzen
Schülzen (Good) (Small ~, Schülzen C)	Silecki Folwark	1928 incorporated into the rural community of Schülzen
Serwillen	Surwile	1928 reclassified to the district of Steinort , district of Angerburg

On January 1, 1945, only the municipalities of Salzbach (Solanka) and Schülzen (Silec) belonged to the district of Salzbach.

church

Until 1945, Salzbach was parish in the Evangelical Parish Church of Drengfurth in the church province of East Prussia of the Church of the Old Prussian Union and in the Catholic St. Katharinen Church in Rastenburg with the Drengfurth branch chapel in the then Diocese of Warmia .

Today Solanka belongs to the Catholic parish Srokowo in the current Archdiocese of Warmia , as well as to the Evangelical Church Srokowo , a branch church of the Johanneskirche Kętrzyn in the Diocese of Masuria of the Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland .

Attractions

Former Salzbach manor in Solanka

Salzbach manor house

The Salzbach manor house was completely renovated in 1911. The foundations date from the time of the Teutonic Order , the rest of the building from the beginning of the 19th century.

traffic

Street

The village of Solanka is located on the DW 650 voivodship road , which leads north to Srokowo (Drengfurth) and on to Węgorzewo (Angerburg) and Gołdap (Goldap) . Ten kilometers to the south-west, the road joins the voivodship road DW 591 at Stara Różanka (Alt Rosenthal) . In addition, two regional roads from the east and west end in Solanka.

rail

The place no longer has its own rail connection. Until 1945, Salzbach was a train station on the Rastenburg – Drengfurth railway , which was operated by the Rastenburger Kleinbahnen , but was not reactivated after 1945. The next train station today is 13 kilometers south in Kętrzyn , where there are direct connections to Korsze (Korschen) and Białystok .

air

The closest international airport is Kaliningrad Airport , which is located about 100 kilometers northwest on Russian territory. The nearest international airport on Polish territory is Lech Wałęsa Airport in Gdansk, about 200 kilometers to the west .

literature

• Tadeusz Swat: Dzieje Wsi . In: Aniela Bałanda and others: Kętrzyn. Z dziejów miasta i okolic . Pojezierze, Olsztyn 1978, pp. 225-226 (Seria monografii miast Warmii i Mazur) .

Web links

Commons : Solanka  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Historical photos of Salzbach

Individual evidence

1. ^ CIS 2011: Ludność w miejscowościach statystycznych według ekonomicznych grup wieku (Polish), March 31, 2011, accessed on June 29, 2017
2. ↑ Polish Postal Code Directory 2013, p. 1173
3. Jump up ↑ Tadeusz Swat: Dzieje Wsi in Kętrzyn: Z dziejów miasta i okolic , Olsztyn 1978, p. 225
4. ↑ ^{a b} Solanka - Salzbach at ostpreussen.net
5. ↑ ^{a b} Tadeusz Swat: Dzieje Wsi in Kętrzyn: Z dziejów miasta i okolic , Olsztyn 1978, p. 226
6. ↑ ^{a b} Rolf Jehke, district of Salzbach
7. ^ Salzbach (Rastenburg district) at GenWiki
8. ↑ Kętrzyn: Z dziejów miasta i okolic , Olsztyn 1978, p. 304
9. ↑ For 1817 and 1939: Swat 1978, p. 225
   For 1925: Website of the municipality of Srokowo ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
10. ↑ Walther Hubatsch , History of the Protestant Church in East Prussia , Volume 3 Documents , Göttingen 1968, p. 473
11. ↑ Website of the municipality of Srokowo, Historia Gmina ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2016 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 November 6, 2009