Łukta is a

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Ostróda County __NOTOC__ Ostróda County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed ...

, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the

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(administrative district) called

Gmina Łukta __NOTOC__ Gmina Łukta is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Łukta, which lies approximately north-east of Ostróda and west of the regiona ...

. It lies approximately north-east of Ostróda and west of the regional capital Olsztyn. The village lies on the river Łukta. The village is the location of a local road junction, where three voivodeship roads meet: the 527, 530 and 531. From 1975 to 1998 Łukta was in Olsztyn Voivodeship. The village has a football club ''Warmiak Łukta'', a regional development foundation ''Fundacja Rozwoju Regionu Łukta'', a church with churchyard and tower, restaurants,

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and a dairy.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1340, and given a charter (possibly not for the first time) in 1352. In 1414, at a time of wars, the village was destroyed by the Polish army. At that time four taverns, one mill and twelve households were burned down.

Historical buildings

A Gothic church (since World War II dedicated to the Black Madonna of Częstochowa) was built in 1407; the tower was added in 1700. In the main altar there is a triptych from about 1580, with a

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of the Madonna made of wood. The pulpit dates from the 16th century. The church contains two 17th-century gravestones: that of Achatius von Borcke and his wife.

References

{{Authority control Villages in Ostróda County