Korsze | |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Warmian-Masurian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Kętrzyn |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Korsze |
Area Total Km2: | 4.03 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Population Total: | 4005 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 54.1714°N 21.1411°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 11-430 |
Website: | https://korsze.pl/ |
Korsze is a town in Kętrzyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,005 inhabitants (2022).[1] It is a railroad junction, located along the major Olsztyn - Skandawa line and Ełk-Bartoszyce line.
Krzysztof Raczkowski, the former musician and drummer for the Polish death metal band Vader, spent his juvenile years in Korsze. After his death, he was buried in the local cemetery.[2]
Korsze is home to three historic water towers from the 1900s.[3] One of the water towers is a Klönne-type water tower, of which only three exist.[4]