Wiszowate

Wiszowate is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grabowo, within Kolno County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.

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Settlement.name: Wiszowate
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.total_type:  
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Podlaskie
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Kolno
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Grabowo
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom

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Wiszowate is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grabowo, within Kolno County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.

==History== Village founded before 1424. Family nest of noble (szlachta) family of Wiszowaty (branch using the "Abdank" coat-of-arms). The family still lives there. In 15th century members of the family founded another two villages of the same name: Wyszowate in Podlaskie Voivodeship and Wyszowate in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.