See also: Fiszewo, Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Fiszewo | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Warmian-Masurian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Elbląg |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Gronowo Elbląskie |
Coordinates: | 54.0694°N 19.2406°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Population Total: | 270 |
Registration Plate: | NEB |
Fiszewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gronowo Elbląskie, within Elbląg County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5km (03miles) west of Gronowo Elbląskie, 120NaN0 west of Elbląg, and 890NaN0 west of the regional capital Olsztyn.
It was the site of a massacre of Polish insurgents of the November Uprising committed by the Prussians on 27 January 1832.[2] Prussian troops opened fire on the Polish insurgents, killing eight and wounding twelve, another four of whom eventually died of wounds.[2] There is a monument to the victims of the massacre in Fiszewo, and an annual rally is held to commemorate them.[3]
The National road 22 bypasses Fiszewo in the west.