Łukta (german: Locken) is a village in Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the

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(administrative district) called

Gmina Łukta __NOTOC__ Gmina Łukta is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Łukta, which lies approximately north-east of Ostróda and west of the regiona ...

. It lies approximately north-east of

Ostróda Ostróda (; Old Prussian: ''Austrāti'') is a town in northern Poland, in the historic region of Masuria. It is the seat of the Ostróda County within the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship and has approximately 33,191 inhabitants (2009). Ostróda is ...

and west of the regional capital Olsztyn. The village has a population of 1,000. It lies on the river Łukta. The village is the location of a local road junction, where three voivodeship roads meet: the 527, 530 and 531. From 1975 to 1998 Łukta was in Olsztyn Voivodeship. The village has a football club ''Warmiak Łukta'', a regional development foundation ''Fundacja Rozwoju Regionu Łukta'', a church with churchyard and tower, restaurants, groceries and a

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History

The village was first mentioned in 1340, and given a charter (possibly not for the first time) in 1352. In 1414, at a time of wars, the village was destroyed by the Polish army. At that time four taverns, one mill and twelve households were burned down.

Historical buildings

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church (since World War II dedicated to the Black Madonna of Częstochowa) was built in 1407; the tower was added in 1700. In the main altar there is a triptych from about 1580, with a sculpture of the

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made of wood. The

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dates from the 16th century. The church contains two 17th-century gravestones: that of Achatius von

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and his wife.

References

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