Orneta

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Orneta
Flag of Orneta
Flag
Coat of arms of Orneta
Coat of arms
Orneta (Poland)
Orneta
Orneta
Coordinates: 54°6′46″N 20°7′54″E / 54.11278, 20.13167
Country Flag of Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Lidzbark
Gmina Orneta
Area
 - Total 9.63 km² (3.7 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 - Total 9,380
 - Density 974/km² (2,522.8/sq mi)
Postal code 11-130
Website: http://www.orneta.pl
Orneta town hall
Orneta town hall

Orneta [ɔrˈnɛta] (German: Wormditt) is a town in northern Poland, in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, with a population of 9,859 (as of 2007).

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Wormditt, a village of Old Prussians, was first mentioned in 1308. The town coat of arms depicts the worm (English: worm,dragon), German: Worms, Wurm as in Tatzelwurm, Lindworm).The bishop of Warmia Eberhard von Neiße ordered the building of a city which received town rights in 1313 and was mainly populated by settlers from Silesia.

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Coordinates: 54°07′N, 20°08′E