Jegławki
Jegławki ( German Jäglack ) is a village in Poland in the Warmia and Mazury, community Srokowo. The village is part of the mayor's office Wilczyny.
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Geography
The village Jegławki is north of the Warmia Mazury about nine kilometers south of the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast. The village Srokowo, seat of the municipality is located about six kilometers south-east.
History
The village was mentioned in 1419 as Jegelawken / Jogelawken. The name is composed of Old Prussian " GEGIS " ( meadow, grove, alder woods, hay meadows, fields ) and " Laukas " (field, field). Later he was called Jäglacken and Jeglacken. Today's Jegławki was localized on 3 October 1422. In the village there was at that time already a mill.
After being destroyed by the Tatars in the 17th century it was rebuilt in 1848 and rebuilt in the Italian -Gothic style. From this period, the two towers of the castle. 1785 were counted in Jegławki 17 residential buildings, in 1817 there were 19 houses in which 165 people lived. From about 1890, the village belonged to the parish Skorowo.
After the Red Army occupied the area in January 1945, the village came as a result of World War II in Poland. 1970, counted 343 inhabitants. In the village there was at this time a four-year elementary school, a kindergarten, a library point and a cinema room with space for 50 people. After the dissolution of the village came Gromadas 1973 mayor's office Wilczyny to which it belongs today.
Culture and sights
In Jegławki is a well preserved castle. This was originally built in the 15th century as a hunting lodge of the Knights.
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
Half a kilometer to the south of the province Jegławki road runs 650 ( droga wojewódzka 650), can be reached via the east Skorowo and Węgorzewo, in a westerly direction Korsze. The road that leads to Jegławki, divided in place and runs in a northeasterly direction towards Wilczyny and to the northwest by Skandławki.
About the voivodeship road 650 and then continue on the 591, the nearest train station, are reached after about 22 kilometers in Kętryzn.
The nearest international airport is the Kaliningrad airport about 90 kilometers north of Jegławki on Russian territory in Kaliningrad Oblast. About 200 kilometers to the west lies the Lech Walesa Airport Gdansk, which is the nearest international airport on the territory of Poland. The airport Szczytno - Szymany is located about 75 kilometers south of Jankowice, but has only seasonal international flights.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Arno Surminski (* 1934), German writer and journalist
Others
The 1934 -born writers here Arno Surminski put the village in his novel Jokehnen a literary monument.