Przeździęk Wielki Explained

Przeździęk Wielki
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Warmian-Masurian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Szczytno
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Wielbark
Pushpin Map:Poland
Coordinates:53.3667°N 72°W

Przeździęk Wielki (pronounced as /pl/; de|Groß Przesdzienk) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wielbark, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1]

It lies approximately 7km (04miles) south-west of Wielbark, 240NaN0 south of Szczytno, and 530NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

On the outskirts of the village there is a former Evangelical cemetery with a section from World War I, in which six soldiers of the Russian army are buried. Another war cemetery is located behind the railway station, in the forest, and contains graves from World War I with twenty-four soldiers of the Russian army and four soldiers of the German army.

The village was founded in 1685. A brick school was built in the village in 1902.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS)  - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.