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 is situated on the southern shore of Wydmińskie Lake in Masuria.
History
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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
[edit]There is a train station in Wydminy, and the Voivodeship road 655 passes through the village.
References
[edit]- ↑ "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). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 "Skwer Żołnierzy Wyklętych w Wydminach". Wydminy.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 12 December 2024.
- ↑ "Uchwała nr VI/47/2024 Rady Gminy Wydminy" (PDF) (in Polish). Retrieved 25 January 2026.
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