wójt
Sign in to saveA wójt is the highest administrative officer of a Polish rural gmina, i.e., of a commune (gmina) comprising only villages. (The head of a town or city is called, respectively, the burmistrz or "president".)
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A wójt is the highest administrative officer of a Polish rural gmina, i.e., of a commune (gmina) comprising only villages. (The head of a town or city is called, respectively, the burmistrz or "president".)
==History and etymology== thumb|Trial before the by (1873), National Museum, Warsaw|National Museum in [[Warsaw]] The word wójt derives from the Latin advocatus, via the German 'Vogt'.
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