Krupin, Ełk County Explained

Krupin
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:Prostki
Coordinates:53.6967°N 22.4108°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:NEL

Krupin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Prostki, within Ełk County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It is located in the historic region of Masuria.

Since its establishment, Krupin was an ethnically Polish village.[2] It surely existed by 1553.[2] Various Polish nobility lived there, including the Ciesielski, Wilkowski and Dulski families.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Book: . Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom IV. 1883. pl. Warsaw. 731.