Wydminy
Wydminy | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Christ the Redeemer church in Wydminy | |
Wydminy | |
| Coordinates: 53°59′N 22°2′E / 53.983°N 22.033°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Warmian-Masurian |
| County | Giżycko |
| Gmina | Wydminy |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,300 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 11-510[1] |
| Vehicle registration | NGI |
| Voivodeship roads | |
| Website | http://www.wydminy.net |
Wydminy [vɨdˈminɨ] is a village in Giżycko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[2] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Wydminy. It lies approximately 20 km (12 mi) east of Giżycko and 104 km (65 mi) east of the regional capital Olsztyn. It is situated on the southern shore of Wydmińskie Lake in Masuria.
Wydminy is a member of Cittaslow.
History
As of 1600, the population of the village was exclusively Polish.[3][4] 227 people died during the Great Northern War plague outbreak in 1710.[5] The settlement hosted six annual fairs in the late 19th century.[3]
On 14 February 1946, Wydminy was captured by the anti-communist partisans of the National Military Union.[6] A memorial to the "Cursed soldiers" was unveiled in 2014.[6]
Transport
There is a train station in Wydminy, and the Voivodeship road 655 passes through the village.
References
- ^ "Oficjalny Spis Pocztowych Numerów Adresowych" (PDF). Poczta Polska (in Polish). Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). Select Miejscowości (SIMC) tab, select fragment (min. 3 znaki), enter town name in the field below, click WYSZUKAJ (Search)
- ^ a b Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XIV (in Polish). Warsaw. 1895. p. 77.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Kętrzyński, Wojciech (1882). O ludności polskiej w Prusiech niegdyś krzyżackich (in Polish). Lwów: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich. p. 503.
- ^ Flis, Stanisław (1960). "Dżuma na Mazurach i Warmii w latach 1708–1711". Komunikaty Mazursko-Warmińskie (in Polish) (4): 492.
- ^ a b "Skwer Żołnierzy Wyklętych w Wydminach". Wydminy.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 12 December 2024.