SkomÄ™tno Wielkie

Skomętno Wielkie [ skɔmɛntnɔ vjɛlkjɛ ], short even Skomętno ( German: Skomentnen, 1938-1945 Skomanten ) is a scoring for community Kalinowo village in the northeastern Mazury in Polish Warmia - Masuria, Elk County.

The village is located three kilometers southwest of the town Kalinowo ( German calligrapher Owen ) on the highway leading from Elk to Augustów 16

History

The place name derives from the Skomentnen Sudovia Skomand. On neighboring Skomantsee (also Skomantener lake ) was until the 13th century a castle in the Baltic Sudovians, are obtained from the still remains of Old Prussian ring wall.

The village was established in 1476 under the Skomentnen locator Peter Jeckeln which was awarded at this point of land with 30 feet.

1656 were allied with Poland Tatars in large parts of Mazury and in Skomentnen, with large parts of the village were destroyed.

With the Prussian local government reform of 1874 Skomentnen ( from 1938 Lübeck field ) belonged administratively as a rural community to the District Gollupken in the district of Lyck.

1893 big and small Skomentnen was combined to form a community Skomentnen.

The Skomentnener Bauer Jeziorski met in 1929 while digging a copper kettle, which was under a heavy capstone. Inside the container silver jewelry pieces were from the time of Sudovians - a necklace, two spiral bracelets and two horseshoes, fibulae, which were attributed to a buried here Sudauerfürstin. The discovery of Skomentnen with a silver weight of 675 grams had exhibited a high level of awareness in the following time and was in Prussia Museum in Königsberg. The whereabouts after 1945 is unclear.

Skomentnen was renamed as part of the increasing Germanization of place names Masurian, Polish or Lithuanian origin on 16 July 1938 in Skomanten.

1933 are listed in Skomentnen 325 inhabitants. 1939 Skomanten ( Skomentnen ) only 308 inhabitants.

After the end of World War II in 1945 to the German Empire ( East Prussia ) belonging Skomanten fell to Poland. The resident population was German, if they had not fled, largely expelled after 1945 and in addition to the traditional Masurian minority by new residents from other parts of Poland. The town was renamed in Skomętno. Prior to the Polish Wielkie was set for large, making the place actually translated back as 1893 Great called Skomentnen.

Skomętno Wielkie, most recently in the district of Lübeck field (today Polish Golubka ), comes after 1945 to the neighboring District Kalinowo.

From 1975 to 1998 Skomętno Wielkie belonged to the former Suwałki Voivodeship, then came 1999 on the newly formed Warmia and Mazury.

Place of Warmia and Mazury
Gmina Kalinowo

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