Wopławki
Wopławki ( German Woplauken or Woplaucken ) is a village in Poland in the Warmia - Mazury. It belongs to the municipality Kętrzyn in powiat Kętrzyński.
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History
At today's Wopławki found in 1311 a battle between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Order instead. Here, the troops of the Order struck under Henry of Plötzke (or Ploczk ) the host of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Vytenis. North of Wopławki is located in a small forest in the middle of a field, a memorial stone at this battle. After the battle, a castle was built which from 1387 to 1389 was the seat of a nurse. The settlement was originally pruzzische end of the 14th century Kulm law. To the village belongs an area of 51 feet. 1480, the corresponding area had grown to 60 hooves and the place received Magdeburg rights. 1745 or 1825 was the family of Schmidtseck owner of the goods with an area of 1400 hectares, including 340 hectares of forest. In the second half of the 17th century or in the 18th century manor house which was built in 1806 or 1808 burned down and was rebuilt in 1870-1880. In January 1945, at the end of the Second World War, only a few hours before the arrival of the Red Army, a refugee trek started to move but was shortly thereafter obtained by Soviet troops. Some German residents, including the Gutsfrau, nevertheless managed to escape over the Vistula Lagoon. As a result of the war was Woplauken Wopławki as part of the People's Republic of Poland. 1970, there were in the village a cinema room with 60 seats and a library item. In 1973, the village became part of the Schulz Office ( sołectwo ) Czerniki in the community Kętrzyn. Today it is an independent mayor's office without further villages.
Name
The first mentioned name was Wopelanken. This name probably goes back which is a name and the word for box, click the pruzzische word Wope.
Population Development
End of the 18th century, there were 30 residential buildings in the village as well as a mill. 1817 counted 24 houses. Below the graph of population development.
Economy and infrastructure
The village Wopławki located at a major road. For the Province Road 591 ( droga wojewódzka 591 ) which is about one kilometer west of the village runs performs a side street. About this and that about two kilometers east location Czerniki can be achieved.
The place does not have its own rail connection. The nearest train station is located two miles south in Kętrzyn where there are direct connections to Olsztyn and Poznan. The village was connected to the network of Rastenburger small railways.
The nearest international airport is Kaliningrad, which is about 100 kilometers northwest located on Russian territory. The nearest international airport on Polish territory is located about 195 kilometers west of Lech Walesa Airport, Gdansk.