Wydminy

Wydminy
Village
Christ the Redeemer church in Wydminy
Christ the Redeemer church in Wydminy
Wydminy is located in Poland
Wydminy
Wydminy
Location within Poland
Coordinates: 53°59′N 22°2′E / 53.983°N 22.033°E / 53.983; 22.033
Country Poland
VoivodeshipWarmian-Masurian
CountyGiżycko
GminaWydminy
Population
 • Total
2,300
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
11-510
Vehicle registrationNGI
Voivodeship roads
Websitehttp://www.wydminy.net

Wydminy [vɨdˈminɨ] (German: Widminnen) is a village in Giżycko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Wydminy. It is situated on the southern shore of Wydmińskie Lake in Masuria.

History

Cursed soldiers Memorial

As of 1600, the population of the village was exclusively Polish. 227 people died during the Great Northern War plague outbreak in 1710. The settlement hosted six annual fairs in the late 19th century.

On 14 February 1946, Wydminy was captured by the anti-communist partisans of the National Military Union. A memorial to the "Cursed soldiers" was unveiled in 2014.

Wydminy joined Cittaslow in 2018, but withdrew in 2024.

Transport

There is a train station in Wydminy, and the Voivodeship road 655 passes through the village.

References

  1. ↑ "Oficjalny Spis Pocztowych Numerów Adresowych" (PDF). Poczta Polska (in Polish). Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  2. ↑ M. Kaemmerer (2004). Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder u. Neiße (in German). ISBN 3-7921-0368-0.
  3. ↑ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office]. Statistics Poland (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
  4. 1 2 Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XIV (in Polish). Warsaw. 1895. p. 77.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ↑ Kętrzyński, Wojciech (1882). O ludności polskiej w Prusiech niegdyś krzyżackich (in Polish). Lwów: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich. p. 503.
  6. ↑ Flis, Stanisław (1960). "Dżuma na Mazurach i Warmii w latach 1708–1711". Komunikaty Mazursko-Warmińskie (in Polish) (4): 492.
  7. 1 2 "Skwer Żołnierzy Wyklętych w Wydminach". Wydminy.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  8. ↑ "Uchwała nr VI/47/2024 Rady Gminy Wydminy" (PDF) (in Polish). Retrieved 25 January 2026.