Kuty | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Warmian-Masurian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Węgorzewo |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Pozezdrze |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1552 |
Coordinates: | 54.1717°N 21.9375°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | NWE |
Kuty (German: Kutten) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pozezdrze, within Węgorzewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7km (04miles) north-east of Pozezdrze, 140NaN0 east of Węgorzewo, and 1040NaN0 north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn. It is located on the northern and eastern shore of Lake Czarna Kuta in the region of Masuria.
Kuty was founded by Polish people in 1552.[2] The local landmark Gothic Saint Maximilian Kolbe church was built in the late 16th century. In 1710, the village was hit by an epidemic, commemorated by a painting in the church by order of the local pastor Paweł Drygalski.[2] Under Nazi Germany, a labour camp of the Reich Labour Service was operated in the village.[3] After Germany's defeat in World War II, in 1945, the village became again part of Poland.