Kruklanki
Kruklanki | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Center of Kruklanki | |
  Kruklanki | |
| Coordinates: 54°5′18″N 21°55′21″E / 54.08833°N 21.92250°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Warmian-Masurian |
| County | Giżycko |
| Gmina | Kruklanki |
| Founded | 1545 |
| Founded by | Jan Bębelnik |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,100 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | NGI |
| Website | http://www.kruklanki.pl |
Kruklanki [kruˈklanki] is a village in Giżycko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Kruklanki. It lies approximately 12 km (7 mi) north-east of Giżycko and 122 km (76 mi) east of the regional capital Olsztyn.
History
Kruklanki was established in 1545 by Jan Bębelnik, who bought land to establish the village.[3][2] It was first settled and then predominantly inhabited for centuries by Polish people.[2] A new church was built in c. 1574.[2]
During World War II, six Polish generals, including Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, and around 20 aides-de-camp and orderlies were initially held as prisoners of war by the Germans in the village after the suppression of the Warsaw Uprising in 1944.[4] The Germans offered the Polish generals to collaborate, but the Poles declined.[4]
References
- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
- ^ a b c d Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich (in Polish). Vol. IV. Warszawa. 1883. p. 726.
{{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. 532.
- ^ a b Stanek, Piotr. "Niewola powstańców warszawskich (1944–1945)". Dzieje Najnowsze (in Polish). XLIV (2): 54. ISSN 0419-8824.
