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Giżycko
Canal in Giżycko
Canal in Giżycko
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Giżycko (Poland)
Giżycko
Giżycko
Coordinates: 54°2′24″N 21°45′32″E / 54.04, 21.75889
Country Flag of Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Giżycko County
Gmina Giżycko (urban gmina)
Established 1335
Town rights 1612
Government
 - Mayor Jolanta Piotrowska
Area
 - Total 13. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Voivodeship The voivodeship or province (województwo has been a high-level Administrative subdivision of Poland since the 14th century Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (also known as Warmia-Masuria Province or by its Polish name województwo warmińsko-mazurskie or simply Warmińsko-Mazurskie A powiat (pronounced; Polish plural powiaty) is the second-level unit of Local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a County Giżycko County (powiat giżycki is a unit of territorial administration and local government ( Powiat) in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern Poland The gmina or Municipality (frequently translated commune) plural gminy, is the principal unit (lowest level of territorial division in Poland Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 87 km² (5. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 4 sq mi)
Highest elevation 142 m (466 ft)
Lowest elevation 116 m (381 ft)
Population (2006)
 - Total 29,667
 - Density 2,138. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 9/km² (5,539. 8/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 11-500
Area code(s) +48 87
Car plates NGI
Website: http://www.gizycko.pl

Giżycko [giˈʐɨt​͡skɔ] (German: Lötzen (help·info); former Polish: Lec) is a town in northeastern Poland with 29,796 inhabitants (2004). Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time Daylight saving time ( DST Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks In common with many Countries, Polish car number plates indicate the Region of Registration of the Vehicle encoded in the number plate The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland. A town is a type of settlement ranging from a few to several thousand (occasionally hundreds of thousands inhabitants although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " It is situated in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (since 1999), having previously been in the Suwałki Voivodeship (1975-1998). Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (also known as Warmia-Masuria Province or by its Polish name województwo warmińsko-mazurskie or simply Warmińsko-Mazurskie Suwałki Voivodeship ( Polish: województwo suwalskie was an administrative division and local government in Poland from 1975 to 1998 superseded in half by It is the seat of Giżycko County. Giżycko County (powiat giżycki is a unit of territorial administration and local government ( Powiat) in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern Poland

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The Teutonic Knights built a castle in Prussia named Lötzen (Lec in Polish) in 1340, located at the isthmus between two lakes in Masuria. The Teutonic Order is a German Roman Catholic religious order. An Ordensburg (plural in German: Ordensburgen) was a Fortress built by crusading German Military orders during the Prussia is a historical region in Central Europe extending from the south-eastern coast of the Baltic Sea to the Masurian Lake District. An isthmus is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas It was administered within the Komturei of Balga. Komtur was a rank within the Teutonic Knights. The Komtur was the Commander within a specific region or commandry ( Kommende or Komturei Balga (замок Бальга Bałga was a medieval Castle of the Teutonic Knights. The settlement near the castle received town privileges, with a coat of arms and seal, in 1612 while part of the Duchy of Prussia. German town law (Deutsches Stadtrecht or German municipal concerns ( Deutsches Städtewesen) concerns Town privileges used by many cities towns and villages A coat of arms or armorial bearings (often just arms for short in European tradition is a design belonging to a particular person (or group of people A seal can mean a wax seal bearing an impressed figure or an embossed figure in paper with the purpose of authenticating a document but the term can also mean any device for The Duchy of Prussia or Ducal Prussia (Herzogtum Preußen Prūsijos kunigaikštystė Prusy Książęce was a Duchy in the eastern part of Prussia from

As a legend Holy Bruno of Querfurt was killed on his missionary of Old Prussians by Sudovians near Lake Niegocin in 1009, as a memorial the Bruno – cross was erected near Gizycko in 1909. Saint Bruno of Querfurt (c 970 – February 14 1009) (also known as Brun and Boniface) is a sainted Missionary Bishop "Prussians" redirects here "Prussians" may also refer to citizens of the former German state of Prussia. Yotvingians or Sudovians (also called Suduvians, Jatvians, or Jatvingians in English (Jotvingiai Sūduviai Jatvingi Jaćwingowie Яцьвягі

Lötzen became part of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701 and was made part of the province of East Prussia in 1773. The Kingdom of Prussia (Königreich Preußen was a German kingdom from 1701 to 1918 and from 1871 was the leading state of the German Empire, comprising East Prussia (Ostpreußen; Rytų Prūsija or Rytprūsiai; Prusy Wschodnie Восточная Пруссия or Vostochnaya Prussiya) refers to the main part In the 19th century, a Lutheran church designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel was erected in the centre of the town. Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther Karl Friedrich Schinkel ( March 13, 1781 – October 9, 1841) was a German Architect Lötzen became part of the German Empire in 1871 during the Prussian-led unification of Germany. The German Empire is the name commonly used in English to describe Germany from 1871 to 1918 when it was a semi- Constitutional monarchy: beginning with the Unification The unification of Germany took place on January 18, 1871, when Prussian Chief Minister Otto von Bismarck managed to unify a number of independent

1844 – 1848 the “Feste Boyen“, a fortress named after the prussian war-minister Hermann von Boyen, was built on a small landtongue between lake Mamry ( Mauersee ) and lake Niegocin ( Löwentinsee ). Leopold Hermann Ludwig von Boyen ( 20 June 1771 &ndash February 15 1848) was a Prussian army officer who helped to reform the This fortress is one of the largest and best conditioned fortresses of the 19th century. In 1942 – 1945 it was the headquarter of the german military intelligence service ( Fremde Heere Ost ) under Reinhard Gehlen. Reinhard Gehlen ( April 3, 1902 - June 8, 1979) was a Generalmajor ( Major-General) in the German Army ( Wehrmacht

As a result of the treaty of Versailles on 11 july 1920 the East Prussian plebiscite was organized under the control of the League of nations, which resulted 99,97 % of votes to remain in Germany (29. The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. The East Prussia(n plebiscite (Abstimmung in Ostpreußen also known as the Allenstein and Marienwerder plebiscite or Warmia Masuria and Powiśle plebiscite (Plebiscyt The League of Nations was an International organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919–1920 378 total) and 0,03 % for Poland (9 total).

In the 1930s Lötzen was garrison of several military units of the Wehrmacht as a Sub-area Headquarter of Wehrkreis I, which was headquartered at Königsberg. Wehrmacht (literally "defense force" was the name of the unified Armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945 Königsberg (Karaliaučius Low German: Königsbarg; Królewiec see also other names) was until 1946 the name of Kaliningrad. Staff-, maintenance- and guardtroops of Hitlers headquarter Wolfsschanze and the Oberkommando des Heeres ( OKH, army highcommand ) were also based in or nearby Lötzen. The Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH was Germany 's Army High Command from 1936 to 1945 The OKH was based at the Mauerwald area, ca. 10 km north of Gizycko, an undestroyed bunker system.

The town was occupied by the Soviet Union's Red Army in 1945 during World War II and placed under Polish administration after the war ended. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 The Red Army ( Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия R aboche- K rest'yanskaya K rasnaya A rmiya World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The German-speaking populace who had not evacuated during the war were subsequently expelled westward. The evacuation of East Prussia refers to the evacuation of the German civilian population and military personnel in East Prussia and the Klaipėda region The expulsion of Germans after World War II was the Forced migration and Ethnic cleansing of German nationals ( Reichsdeutsche) and ethnic The town was renamed Giżycko in 1946 in honor of the Masurian folklorist Gustav Gisevius, a 19th century Evangelical-Lutheran pastor who had greatly supported the Polish language in German-dominated southern East Prussia. The Mazurs or Masurs (Mazurzy are a sub- Ethnic group in the Masovian and Warmian-Masurian Voivodeships in Poland. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland. The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as East Prussia (Ostpreußen; Rytų Prūsija or Rytprūsiai; Prusy Wschodnie Восточная Пруссия or Vostochnaya Prussiya) refers to the main part

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