Giławy

Giławy
Village
Giławy
Coordinates: 53°43′N 20°48′E / 53.717°N 20.800°E / 53.717; 20.800
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Olsztyn County
Gmina Purda
Population 540
Website www.gilawy.tnb.pl

Giławy [ɡiˈwavɨ] (German: Gillau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Purda, within Olsztyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) east of Purda and 22 km (14 mi) east of the regional capital Olsztyn. The village has now a population of 540.

Before 1772 the area was part of Kingdom of Poland, 1772-1945 Prussia and Germany (East Prussia). and was called Gillau[2] in German.

References

  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ↑ http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Gillau_(Kr._Allenstein/Ostpreu%C3%9Fen)


Coordinates: 53°43′N 20°48′E / 53.717°N 20.800°E / 53.717; 20.800


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