Ostrykół () is a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
in the administrative district of
Gmina Prostki
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Gmina Prostki is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Ełk County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Prostki, which lies approximately south of Ełk and east of the regional capital Ols ...
, within
Ełk County
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Ełk County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in the Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed i ...
,
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of
Prostki
Prostki is a village in Ełk County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Prostki. It lies approximately south of Ełk and east of the regional capital Olsztyn. It ...
, south-east of
Ełk
Ełk is a city in northeastern Poland with 61,677 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is the seat of Ełk County in the Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship. It lies on the shore of Ełk Lake, which was formed by a glacier, and is surrounded by extensiv ...
, and east of the regional capital
Olsztyn
Olsztyn ( , ) is a city on the Łyna River in northern Poland. It is the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, and is a city with powiat rights, city with county rights. The population of the city was estimated at 169,793 residents
Olsz ...
. It is situated on the Ełk River in the region of
Masuria
Masuria ( ; ; ) is an ethnographic and geographic region in northern and northeastern Poland, known for its 2,000 lakes. Masuria occupies much of the Masurian Lake District. Administratively, it is part of the Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship (ad ...
.
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History
The local parish was founded in 1538.[ As of 1600, the population was exclusively ]Polish
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* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
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by ethnicity.[ In 1794, Polish troops were in the village during the ]Kościuszko Uprising
The Kościuszko Uprising, also known as the Polish Uprising of 1794, Second Polish War, Polish Campaign of 1794, and the Polish Revolution of 1794, was an uprising against the Russian and Prussian influence on the Polish–Lithuanian Common ...
.[
In the late 19th century, the village had a population of 420, Polish by ethnicity and ]Lutheran
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by confession.[
Six Polish citizens were murdered by ]Nazi Germany
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in the village during World War II
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.
References
Populated riverside places in Poland
Villages in Ełk County
Sites of Nazi war crimes in Poland
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