Giżycko
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Giżycko (German: ([pronunciation] ), Polish: Lec, both until 1946) is a town in northeastern Poland with 30,600 inhabitants (1995). Situated in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Suwalki Voivodship (1975-1998).
History
- Teutonic Knights erected a castle named Lötzen (in Polish – Lec) in 1340, located at the isthmus between two lakes
- 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 cebntury, a Lutherian 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 called Lötzen home until 1945. (Source: German Order of Battle, 1944)
- In 1946 the town, formerly called Lec in Polish, was renamed to Giżycko
Education
- Prywatna Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa
- [Szkoła Podstawowa nr 4]
Famous people
- Wojciech Kętrzyński
See also
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