Mażucie Explained

Mażucie
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Warmian-Masurian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Gołdap
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Gołdap
Pushpin Map:Poland
Coordinates:54.3333°N 33°W
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:NGO

Mażucie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gołdap, within Gołdap County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 9km (06miles) west of Gołdap and 1260NaN0 north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

History

In 1856, the village had a population of 81.[2] In 1938, during a massive campaign of renaming of placenames, the Nazi government of Germany renamed the village to Oberhofen in attempt to erase traces of non-German origin. After Germany's defeat in World War II, in 1945, it became again part of Poland.

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 VI. 1885. pl. Warsaw. 168.