Wydminy
Sign in to saveWydminy is a village in Giżycko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Wydminy. It lies approximately east of Giżycko and east of the regional capital Olsztyn. It is situated on the southern shore of Wydmińskie Lake in Masuria.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Wydminy
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kościół Zbawiciela Wydminy 1.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Christ the Redeemer church in Wydminy
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Warmian-Masurian
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Giżycko
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Wydminy
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- CEST
- Settlement.utc_offset_DST
- +2
- Settlement.population_total
- 2300
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Wydminy is a village in Giżycko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Wydminy. It lies approximately east of Giżycko and east of the regional capital Olsztyn. It is situated on the southern shore of Wydmińskie Lake in Masuria.
==History== thumb|left|Cursed soldiers Memorial As of 1600, the population of the village was exclusively Polish. 227 people died during the Great Northern War plague outbreak in 1710. The settlement hosted six annual fairs in the late 19th century.