Rozogi, Szczytno County
Rozogi ( German Friedrichshof ) is a Polish rural community in the southeastern part of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.
Geographical Location
The village lies to the east of the Masurian Plain on the shores of ihmem in the upper reaches Rozoga ( Rosogga ) mentioned Narew Creek Szkwa. The landscape is dominated by vast pine forests of the Piska and of agricultural land. Through the town performs the highway 53 ( Droga Krajowa 53) Olsztyn - Ostrołęka, and it branches off the trunk road 59 ( Droga Krajowa 59 ) to Mrągowo from. The county town of Szczytno is 26 km, the voivodship Olsztyn 74 km away.
History
The initially Frederick Owen called village was developed as part of a led from Brandenburg Elector Friedrich Wilhelm I in the second quarter of the 17th century colonization program for the South East Prussia. With the establishment of the local Schulze Jacob Bieber was commissioned to the 60 hooves land (about 1,000 acres ) have been made available. 1645 the foundation charter was issued for a Schatulldorf and thus the village was directly subordinated to the Duchy of Prussia. Administratively, it belonged until 1752 to Elblag circle, then the circle Neidenburg and from 1815 to the circle Ortelsburg. In 1665 the first church was built, which, however, already in 1700 one was destroyed by fire. She was then replaced by a timber-framed building.
During the 18th century developed the place now called Friedrichshof, into a thriving market, which was especially favored by the cross-border trade with the neighboring Poland. That was Friedrich Wilhelm II reason to raise Friedrichshof 1789 in the rank of market town for the Prussian king. Rich amber camp was discovered in 1811 on a 2,500 km ², located west of Friedrichshof area. 1885 had to give one new build due to disrepair over 200 -year-old church. This time the church was built in the Gothic Revival style with a towering tower. From 1830 to 1884 existed in Friedrichshof a teacher seminar, which was then moved to the county seat Ortelsburg. In 1898 a building was inaugurated for a sechsklassige school.
1890, the city had reached 2,321 inhabitants, its highest population during his German history. Among them were 1,800 people of Polish nationality. The main source of income was livestock at this time.
After the First World War Friedrichshof suffered from the closure of the border with Poland and the consequent loss of the lucrative cross-border trade. Following a low of 1,786 inhabitants in 1933 1939 1,800 inhabitants were counted again. Most of them went to the end of the Second World War, the closer the Red front between December 1944 and January 1945 to escape to the West.
In January 1945, the site was occupied by the Red Army and subsequently placed under Polish administration. The name was changed to " Rozogi ".
Gmina
The urban and rural community Rozogi consists of the following districts:
In addition, from smaller towns like Kwiatuszki Małe (small Blumenau )
Personalities
- Paul Hensel (1867-1944), pastor in Friedrichshof