Wojnowo,_Warmian-Masurian_Voivodeship

Wojnowo, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Wojnowo, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Village in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland


Wojnowo [vɔi̯ˈnɔvɔ] (German: Eckertsdorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ruciane-Nida, within Pisz County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-west of Ruciane-Nida, 23 km (14 mi) west of Pisz, and 65 km (40 mi) east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

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The village was founded by Philipons, refugees from Russia, who were pursecuted for their religion in the 1830s and emigrated to Prussia. The community arrived in the village in the years 1828–32.[2]


References

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Weise, Erich, ed. (1981) [1966]. Handbuch der historischen Stätten. Ost- und Westpreussen (in German). Stuttgart: Kröner. p. 44. ISBN 3-520-31701-X.



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