Krokocie Explained

Krokocie
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Warmian-Masurian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Ełk
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Ełk
Pushpin Map:Poland
Coordinates:53.8842°N 22.4097°W

Krokocie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ełk, within Ełk County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 10km (10miles) north of Ełk and 1270NaN0 east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

As of 2010, there was only one remaining ethnic German living there, nonagenarian Martha Piwak, who was born in the final days of the German Empire.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Web site: German minority in East Prussia . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/5MiS6RPE8aI . 2021-12-15 . live. 2010-05-22 . 2011-12-14 . German.