Skierki (Barciany)

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Skierki (Poland)
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Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Warmia-Masuria
Powiat : Kętrzyn
Gmina : Barciany
Geographic location : 54 ° 9 '  N , 21 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 54 ° 8 '33 "  N , 21 ° 23' 25"  E
Residents : 205 (Dec. 31, 2010)
Postal code : 11-410
Telephone code : (+48) 89
License plate : NKE
Economy and Transport
Street : Ext. 591 : Mrągowo - Kętrzyn ↔ Winda - Barciany - Michałkowo
Staniszewo ↔ Moruny
Szaty Wielkie → Skierki
and Rowy → Skierki
Rail route : no rail connection
Next international airport : Danzig



Skierki (2009)

Skierki ( German  Wehlack ) is a village in Poland in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship . It belongs to the Gmina Barciany (rural community Barten ) in the powiat Kętrzyński ( Rastenburg district ).

Geographical location

Skierki is located in the northern center of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship , about 20 kilometers south of the state border with the Russian Oblast Kaliningrad and seven kilometers north of the district town of Kętrzyn ( German  Rastenburg ).

history

Local history

It is not known exactly when today's skier was created. Probably the village and Gut Wehlack were in the 14./15. Century created. In 1847 a Dutch windmill was built in the village , the first of its kind in Masuria . In 1785 the village and the Vorwerk had 16 houses, in 1817 there were 14.

On April 30, 1874, Wehlack became an official village and thus gave its name to an administrative district in the district of Rastenburg in the administrative district of Königsberg within the Prussian province of East Prussia . It existed until 1945.

On May 14, 1887, the Vorwerk Adlig Gut Rodehlen in the Wehlack manor district was reclassified to the Dombehnen manor district ( Dębiany in Polish ) in the Rodehlen district .

In the 19th and 20th centuries the village belonged to the Counts of Schwerin .

On September 30, 1928, various structural changes were made in the Wehlack manor district:

  • the rural community of Klein Kemlack (Polish: Kiemławki Małe ) and the Groß Kemlack (Polish: Kiemławki Wielkie ) in the Wehlack manor district merged to form the new rural community of Kemlack ;
  • the Marklack estate (in Polish: Markławka ) was reclassified into the rural community of Petermanns ( Pieszewo );
  • the goods Groß Schatten ( Szaty Wielkie ) and Albertinhausen ( Staniszewo ) merged with the rural community of Wehlack to form the new rural community of Wehlack;
  • the Klein Blaustein manor ( Sińczyk-Leśnicówka ) in the Wehlack manor district was reclassified into the Blaustein ( Siniec ) rural community ;
  • the goods Adlig Plienkeim ( Plinkajmy Małe ) and Weypoth ( Wypęk ) were reclassified to the rural community Taberwiese in the district of Barten, domain ( Barciany );
  • the Elisenthal estate ( Niedziały ) was reclassified into the rural community of Wenden ( Winda ).

On April 1, 1930, Wehlack expanded to include the neighboring town of Rawlack ( Rowy in Polish ), which was incorporated into the municipality.

In 1945, at the end of World War II , the Red Army marched into the area. As a result of the war, Wehlack became part of the People's Republic of Poland as “Skierki” . A state agricultural cooperative was founded and apartments were set up in the manor house for the workers of the cooperative. In 1970 there was a kindergarten in Skierki that six children attended, a four-class elementary school , a library point and a cinema for 100 people. 1973 the village became part of the Schulzenamt (Polish Sołectwo ) Szaty Wielkie (Groß Schatten) in the municipality of Barciany.

Population development

Below is the graphic representation of the population figures.

Wehlack district (1874–1945)

In the beginning there were nine villages in the Wehlack district, in the end there were four due to restructuring:

German name Polish name Remarks
Five-stroke Niedziałki 1928 incorporated after Wenden
Klein Kemlack Kiemławki Małe In the rural community of 1,928 Kemlack incorporated
Kölmmisch Plienkeim Plinkajmy 1928 incorporated into the rural community of Taberwiese , administrative district of Barten domain
Petermanns Pieszewo 1929 reclassified to the district of Rodehlen
Platlack Platławki 1928 incorporated into Petermanns
Rawlack Rowy 1930 incorporated into Wehlack
Stettenbruch Szczeciniak
Wehlack Skis
Turn Winda

On January 1, 1945, only Kemlack, Stettenbruch, Wehlack and Wenden formed the Wehlack district.

Well Wehlack

Former Wehlack manor in Skierki

The Wehlack estate was probably built together with the village in the 14th / 15th centuries. Founded Century. In the 19th and 20th centuries it was owned by the Counts of Schwerin in Mecklenburg , who leased the lands. Georg Freiherr von der Goltz was the tenant since the 1890s . In 1929 the estate covered an area of ​​600 hectares.

The mansion was built around 1900. After 1945 it served as a residence for working-class families and is now privately owned.

church

Until 1945 Wehlack was parish in the Protestant church of Wenden in the church province of East Prussia, the Church of the Old Prussian Union, and in the Catholic Church in Rastenburg in the Diocese of Warmia .

Today Skierki belongs to the Catholic parish Winda in the Archdiocese of Warmia , and also to the Protestant parish Kętrzyn in the Diocese of Masuria of the Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland .

traffic

Street

The village of Skierki is located on Voivodship Street 591 , the former German Reichsstrasse 141 . This leads in the south to Kętrzyn and Mrągowo (Sensburg) , and in the north via Barciany to the border with Kaliningrad Oblast . There is no border crossing here. In the east there is a side road to Staniszewo (Albertinhausen) , in the west there are roads to Moruny (Maraunen) , Rowy (Rawlack) and Szaty Wielkie (Groß Schatten) .

rails

The place no longer has its own rail connection. Until 1945 Wehlack was a train station on the Rastenburg – Drengfurth railway line , which was used by the Rastenburg small railways , but was not reactivated after 1945. The nearest train station is seven kilometers south in Kętrzyn , where there are direct connections to Ełk (Lyck) 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, Gdansk, about 190 kilometers to the west .

literature

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

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Główny Urząd Statystyczny, Portret miejscowości statystycznych w gminie Barciany (powiat kętrzyński, województwo warmińsko-mazurskie) w 2010 r. Online (xls file)
  2. ↑ Polish Postal Code Directory 2013, p. 1155
  3. ↑ a b c Swat 1978, p. 225
  4. ↑ a b c d Rolf Jehke, Wehlack district
  5. ↑ a b c d Skierki Wielki - Wehlack at ostpreussen.net
  6. ↑ a b Wehlack at GenWiki
  7. ↑ For 1817, 1939 and 1970: Tadeusz Swat: Dzieje Wsi in Kętrzyn: z dziejów miasta i okolic , Olsztyn 1978, p. 225, for 1885 and 1905: Wehlack at GenWiki
  8. ↑ Walther Hubatsch , History of the Evangelical Church of East Prussia , Volume 3 Documents , Göttingen 1968, p. 474