Iławka County () was a unit of territorial administration (

powiat A ''powiat'' (; ) is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture (Local administrative unit, LAU-1 ormerly Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, NUTS-4 ...

) in

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, that existed from 1945 to 1958. It was initially part of the

Masurian District The Masurian District, also known as the District of East Prussia, and designated as the 4th District, was a district that acted as an provisional administrative division of Poland, during the administration of the Provisional Government of the Re ...

from 1945 to 1946, and then the

Olsztyn Voivodeship Olsztyn Voivodeship () was an administrative division and unit of local government in Poland in the years 1946–75, and a new territorial division between 1975–1998, superseded by Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. Its capital city was Olszty ...

from 1946 to 1958. The capitals were

Iławka Iławka () is a small river in Poland, in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. It flows out of lake Jeziorak, crosses lake Iławskie, and flows into the river Drwęca. The only major town along its course is Iława Iława (; ) is a town in north ...

(in 1945) and then

Górowo Iławeckie Górowo Iławeckie () or simply Górowo, is a town in northern Poland, located in the Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, with 4,068 inhabitants (2016). The town has a land area of and is the smallest municipality (''gmina'') in ter ...

. The county was named after its county seat

. In December 1945, Polish officials were expelled from Iławka and the town was unilaterally annexed by the

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and then renamed to ''Bagrationovsk'', with the new Polish-Soviet border set just at the southern outskirts of the town. The county seat was then moved to

, however it retained the name of Iławka County until 1958. On 1 January 1959, it was renamed to Górowo County.

Soviet-annexed settlements

The following is a list of settlements of Iławka County that were eventually annexed by the USSR:

Towns

Villages

* Aukłapie * Bocianek * Burniny * Deksnie Małe * Deksnie Wielkie * Dębowina * Drąsyty * Gierki * Gierławki * Grędzina * Klusy * Kucyty * Łapaszki * Łosie *Miejska Wola * Miliki * Nojki *Orzesze * Pałpasy * Piłsedy * Rodyty * Ropele * Rosity * Sierpały *Skierwity * Skłodyty * Sławity * Stary Dwór * Strobajny *Tapilkajmy * Tęknity * Trzciniec * Wakarowo * Wądyty

References

{{reflist 1945 establishments in Poland 1958 disestablishments in Poland