Winda, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
Winda ( German Wenden) is a village in Poland in the Warmia - Mazury. It belongs to the municipality Barciany in powiat Kętrzyński.
- 2.1 Population development
- 4.1 traffic
- 4.2 Education
- 5.1 Literature
- 5.2 Weblink
- 5.3 footnotes
Geography
Geographical location
The village is located about twenty kilometers south of the Polish border with the Kaliningrad Oblast in the historical East Prussia.
History
Today's Winda was created in 1389 by Commander Frederick of turning according to Kulm law. From it also the name of the place, turning forwards, from. The village was an area of 53 Wloka, and the inhabitants were exempted for a period of nine years of payments and fees. In the 15th century there was an inn in Wenden. 1437 the village belonging to the area was increased to three Wloka. In the first half of the 15th century, until then a wooden church was replaced by a Gothic-style fieldstone and brick built. From the 16th century it was inhabited mainly by Protestants. A hurricane destroyed on January 17, 1818 the wooden church steeple. At the end of the Second World War, the Red Army occupied the area. As a result of the war was the place part of Poland. On September 16, 1946, the municipal council was elected first chairman was Stefan Uliasz. At that rural community included 9,000 acres of land with 35, later 33 villages. With the introduction of Gromadas Winda 1954 was the seat of a Gromada. This had in 1960 an area of 75.64 km ² which 2,032 people lived. 1969 belonged to the Gromada 7 Soltysships ( sołectwo ) and 28 other villages. 1970, there were in the place an eight-year elementary school, a library and a cinema hall for 100 visitors. With the dissolution of Gromadas Winda was in 1973 mayor's office with the villages Niedziałki, Niedziały, Pieszewo.
Population Development
1820 lived in Wenden 362 people in 36 residential buildings. By 1939 it had 812 inhabitants. In 1970 there were only 254 inhabitants.
Culture and sights
Worth seeing is the church of the 15th century.
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
By Winda leads the Province Road 591 This leads north for about seven kilometers through Barciany ( baleen ) and ends after a further 13 kilometers of the border with the Russian Kaliningrad Oblast. A border crossing there is not there. To the south, the road leads to about ten kilometers through Ketrzyn ( Rastenburg ) and on to Mrągowo (Sensburg ). To the west leads a side road to Kiemławki Wielkie east by Srokowo.
The nearest railway station is in Kętrzyn where there are direct connections to Olsztyn and Poznan. After Kętrzyn A regular bus service.
The nearest international airport is Kaliningrad, which is about 95 kilometers north-west is located on Russian territory. The nearest international airport on Polish territory is located about 190 kilometers west of Lech Walesa Airport, Gdansk.
Education
The village has a primary school.