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Ełk
Ełk (; Masurian dialects, Masurian & former ; ; Old Prussian language, Old Prussian: ''Luks;'' Yotvingian'': Lukas''), also seen absent Polish diacritics as Elk, is a city in northeastern Poland with 61,677 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is the seat of Ełk County in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. It lies on the shore of Ełk Lake, which was formed by a glacier, and is surrounded by extensive forests. It is the largest city and unofficial capital of historical Masuria. One of the principal attractions in the area is legal hunting. History Middle Ages The area where the town of Ełk is located was originally inhabited by Yotvingians, Jatvingians, a Baltic peoples, during the Early Middle Ages. By 1281, Skomantas of Sudovia, Skomand the last leader of the pagan Jatvingians, capitulated to the Prussian Crusade, crusading Teutonic Knights, who initially were invited in 1226 by Konrad I of Masovia from the Polish Piast dynasty to put an end to the constant pagan raids into his terr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ełk Lake
Ełk Lake ( pl, Jezioro Ełckie, german: Lycker See; lt, Luko ežeras) is a fresh water lake in the Masurian Lake District of Poland's Warmia-Mazury Province adjacent to the town of Ełk. The lake that was created by glacial action during the Pleistocene The Pleistocene ( , often referred to as the ''Ice age'') is the geological epoch that lasted from about 2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. Before a change was finally confirmed in ... ice age and has a surface area is 3.82 square kilometres. Its average depth is 15m with 58.2m as a maximum. It is divided into two distinct parts, the northern ("small") and southern ("large"), by a narrows spanned by a bridge. Primarily fed by the Ełk River from the south west the lake discharges into Lake Sunowo at the north-west, and Lake Szarek at the south west. Gallery File:PL Ełk promenada1.jpg, Promenade File:PL Ełk panorama.jpg, Panorama of the bridge on the lak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
