Probark Explained

Probark
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Warmian-Masurian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Mrągowo
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Mrągowo
Coordinates:53.8333°N 43°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Population Total:20

Probark (German: Proberg)[1] [2] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mrągowo, within Mrągowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[3] It lies approximately 6km (04miles) south-east of Mrągowo and 580NaN0 east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

The village had a population of 20 in 2006.

History

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia). From 1825 it was also known as Alt Proberg after the separation from it of Nowy Probark (German: Neu Proberg).[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Poland: Official Standard Names Approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names . 2 . Washington, DC . United States. Department of the Interior . 1955 . 46 .
  2. Book: Przybytek, Rozalia . Ortsnamen baltischer Herkunft im südlichen Teil Ostpreussens / Nazwy miejscowe pochodezenia bałtyckiego w południowej cześci Prus Wschodnich . 1993 . Stuttgart . Franz Steiner . Hydronymia Europaea 1 . 9783515064491 . de . 230 .
  3. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS)  - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  4. Book: Gause, Fritz . Neue Ortsnamen in Ostpreußen seit 1800 . 1935 . Königsberg . Gräfe & Unzer . 166049680 . 25 . Alt Proberg, 1825 entstandener Abb. zu Proberg, Kr. Sensburg, zwischen 1900 und 1907 eingegangen . de . .