Judziki is a
village in the administrative district of
Gmina Olecko
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Gmina Olecko is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Olecko, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Olsztyn.
The gmi ...
, within
Olecko County,
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.
It lies approximately north of
Olecko and east of the regional capital
Olsztyn. It is located in the historic region of
Masuria.
History
The origins of the village date back to 1561, when a man named Jakub bought land to establish a village.
As of 1600, the population was solely
Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
*Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
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[ In 1938, during a massive campaign of renaming of placenames, the Nazi government of Germany renamed the village to ''Wiesenhöhe'' in attempt to erase traces of Polish origin. After Germany's defeat in World War II, in 1945, the village became again part of Poland and its historic Polish name][ was restored.
]
References
Judziki
1561 establishments in Poland
Populated places established in 1561
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