Naświty is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in the administrative district of

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

, within

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 lies approximately south-east of

Małdyty Małdyty is a village in Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Małdyty. It lies approximately north-west of Ostróda and west of the regional capi ...

, north-west of

Ostróda Ostróda (; Old Prussian language, Old Prussian: ''Austrāti'') is a town in northern Poland, in the historic region of Masuria. It is the seat of the Ostróda County within the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship and has approximately 33,191 inhabitant ...

, and west of the regional capital

Olsztyn Olsztyn ( , ) is a city on the Łyna River in northern Poland. It is the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, and is a city with powiat rights, city with county rights. The population of the city was estimated at 169,793 residents Olsz ...

Until the 19th century, the village was located by Lake Naświty (German: Nasewittsee), which was connected by the Drela River to

Lake Ruda Woda Lake Ruda Woda (; ) is a long freshwater ribbon lake in Powiśle (region), Powiśle region in northern Poland. The lake lies entirely within Gmina Małdyty in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship and is an integral part of the Elbląg Canal. Stretching ...

. As a result of the construction of the

Elbląg Canal Elbląg Canal (; ) is a canal in Poland, in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in length, which runs southward from Drużno, Lake Drużno (connected by the river Elbląg (river), Elbląg to the Vistula Lagoon), to the river Drwęca and lake Jeziorak ...

between 1844 and 1860, and the lowering of the water levels of lakes located between Lake Jeziorak and

Lake Drużno A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from t ...

, Lake Naświty completely dried up.

References

Villages in Ostróda County {{Ostróda-geo-stub