Silec
Silec ( [ ɕilɛt͡s ], German Schülzen ) is a village and seat of a Schulz Office ( sołectwo ) in Poland in the Warmia - Mazury. It belongs to the municipality Srokowo in powiat Kętrzyński. To the mayor's office consists of the villages Podlasie, Siemkowo and Silecki Folwark.
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Geography
Silec located in northern Poland, approximately 17 kilometers south of the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast. North of the village is the Silecer lake.
History
Today's Silec was probably created by the Rastenburger procurator Heinrich von Plauen in the 14th century and was called Kleinheinrich village. 1437 was counted to the village covers an area of 54 hooves. 1817 23 buildings were counted with 147 inhabitants in the village. 1933 lived 424 inhabitants, 369 in 1939 Schülzen. 1945, at the end of the Second World War, the Red Army marched into the area. As a result of the war was Schülzen Silec as part of the People's Republic of Poland. 1970, the population was 283 in the village there was a eight-year elementary school and a library item. 1973 Silec seat of a Schulz Office ( sołectwo ) to which the settlements Podlasie ( Louisenhof ) Rybakowo ( Schonthal ) Siemkowo and Silecko Folwark included.
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
The village is situated on a side street. The nearest major road is the Province Road 650 ( drogra wojewódzka 650), which runs about five kilometers north.
Its own train station Silec has not. The nearest train station is located in 15 km south-west to Kętrzyn where there are direct connections to Olsztyn and Poznan. Earlier it was connected to the network of Rastenburger Kleinbahnen.
The nearest international airport is Kaliningrad, which is about 100 kilometers northwest located on Russian territory. The nearest international airport on Polish territory is about 200 kilometers west located Lech Walesa Airport, Gdansk.