Giżycko
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| Giżycko | |
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| (Flag) | (Coat of arms) |
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| Basic Information | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Warmia-Masuria |
| Population | 29 800 |
| Founded | - |
| City rights | - |
| Latitude Longitude |
54°02' N 21°46' E |
| Area | 13,9 km² |
| Agglomeration | 34 000 |
| Density | 2148/km² |
| Area code | +48 87 |
| Car plates | NGI |
| Twin towns | - |
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| Administration | |
| Mayor | Jolanta Piotrkowska |
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Giżycko (former Polish name Lec, German: Lötzen (pronunciation ) is a town in northeastern Poland with 29,796 inhabitants (2004). It is situated in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (since 1999), having previously been in the Suwałki Voivodeship (1975-1998). It is the seat of Giżycko County.
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[edit] History
- Teutonic Knights in Prussia erected a castle named Lötzen (in Polish – Lec) in 1340, located at the isthmus between two lakes. The area at that time belonged to the Comtura Balga.
- Civic rights, with a coat of arms and a seal, were granted to the settlement in 1612.
- Between 1772-1945, Lötzen was part of East Prussia.
- In the 19th century, a Lutheran church designed by the famous architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel was erected in the centre of the town.
- While part of Germany, Lötzen was organized by the Wehrmacht as a Subarea Headquarters of the Allenstein Area headquarters, of Wehrkreis I, which was headquartered at Königsberg. The German 228th Infanterie Division was based in Lötzen until 1945. (Source: German Order of Battle, 1944)
- In 1946 the town, formerly called Lec in Polish, was renamed to Giżycko.
[edit] Education
- Prywatna Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa
- Szkoła Podstawowa nr 4
[edit] Famous people
- Adalbert von Winkler aka Wojciech Kętrzyński (1838-1918) dissident
- Rudolf Nadolny (1873 in Groß-Stürlack/Loetzen- 1953) German diplomat
- Franz Pfemfert (1879-1954, publisher, critic, photographer)
- Lothar Gall (1936 German Historian
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