Gmina Lelkowo

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Gmina Lelkowo
Coat of arms of Gmina Lelkowo
Gmina Lelkowo (Poland)
Gmina Lelkowo
Gmina Lelkowo
Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Warmia-Masuria
Powiat : Braniewski
Geographic location : 54 ° 19 '  N , 20 ° 13'  E Coordinates: 54 ° 19 '27 "  N , 20 ° 13' 29"  E
Residents : see Gmina
Postal code : 14-521
Telephone code : (+48) 55
License plate : NBR
Economy and Transport
Street : DW510 Głębock - Pieniężno
Żelazna Góra - Górowo Iławeckie
Rail route : -
Next international airport : Danzig
Gmina
Gminatype: Rural community
Gmina structure: 15 school offices
Surface: 197.96 km²
Residents: 2854
(Jun. 30, 2019)
Population density : 14 inhabitants / km²
Community number  ( GUS ): 2802042
administration
Wójt : Łukasz Skrzeszewski
Address: Lelkowo 20
14-521 Lelkowo
Website : lelkowo.warmia.mazury.pl



The Gmina Lelkowo [ lɛlˈkɔvɔ ] is a rural municipality in the powiat Braniewski of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in Poland . Their seat is the village of the same name ( German Lichtenfeld ) with about 1050 inhabitants.

geography

Map of the municipality

The municipality is located in the northwest of the voivodeship and borders in the north on the Russian Oblast Kaliningrad . The district town of Braniewo (Braunsberg) is 15 kilometers to the west. Neighboring communities are the communities of Górowo Iławeckie in the east, Pieniężno in the south and Braniewo in the west and Kornewo (Корнево, Zinten ) in Russia.

The community has an area of ​​198 km², 67 percent of which is used for agriculture and 24 percent for forestry. There are several smaller lakes in its area, the largest of which is Jezioro Głębockie with an area of ​​90 hectares .

history

The rural community was formed again in 1973 from various gromadas . Your area belonged to the Olsztyn Voivodeship from 1946 to 1975 and then to the Elbląg Voivodeship until 1998 , the powiat was dissolved during this time. On January 1, 1999, the community came to the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship and again to the Powiat Braniewski.

structure

The rural community Lelkowo includes the 15 villages (German names, officially until 1945) with a Schulzenamt (sołectwo):

Smaller places in the community are assigned to the school authorities:

  • Bartki (Bartken) to Wilknity
  • Giedawy (Köllmisch Gehdau) to Wołowo
  • Jarzeński Młyn (Arnstein Mill) in Jarzeń
  • Kildajny ( wedge stretching ; uninhabited)
  • Mędrzyki (Lauterbach) to Jachowo
  • Miłaki (Müngen) to Krzekoty
  • Młyniec ( mill field ) to Lelkowo
  • Młynowo ( Mill Courtyard )
  • Nałaby (Nallaben) to Wołowo
  • Perwilty (Perwilten) to Wołowo
  • Piele (Pellen) to Grabowiec
  • Przebędowo (Perbanden) to Krzekoty
  • Słup (Schlepstein) to Wilknity
  • Szarki (Sargen) to Sówki
  • Wilknicki Młyn (Wilknitter Mill) to Wilknity
  • Wola Wilknicka (Rosenwalde) to Wołowo
  • Zdrój (Schönborn) to Dębowiec

location

The provincial road 510 begins on the outskirts of Głębock (deep lake) and leads via Lelkowo to Pieniężno (flour sack) . There is no border crossing to Russia.

The nearest major international airport is Gdansk . The use of Kaliningrad Airport depends on the applicable border regulations.

A rail connection has not existed since 1945.

Personalities

  • Louis von der Groeben (1842–1904), manor owner, member of the Prussian manor house and the Reichstag; born on Gut Arnstein (Arenstein and Tiefensee)
  • Gustav Tolkmitt (1848–1900), hydraulic engineer; born in Wohlau
  • Martin Krause (1851–1920), mathematician; born in Wilknitt.

Web links

Commons : Gmina Lelkowo  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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 .
  2. ↑ The Historical Place Directory.
  3. ↑ a b Sołtysi. (Polish, accessed July 30, 2020)