Rozogi, Szczytno County Explained

See also: Rozogi, Mrągowo County.

Rozogi
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Warmian-Masurian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Szczytno
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Rozogi
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1448
Coordinates:53.4836°N 21.3578°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Population Total:1418
Registration Plate:NSZ
Blank Name Sec2:Primary airport
Blank Info Sec2:Olsztyn-Mazury Airport
Blank1 Name Sec2:National roads
Website:http://www.rozogi.pl

Rozogi is a village in Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Rozogi.[1] It lies approximately 27km (17miles) east of Szczytno and 660NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn. It is located in the historic region of Masuria.

History

The village was founded in 1448, although there are traces of earlier human settlement near the village, a former pagan cemetery. In 1811 amber deposits were discovered there. The local Polish secret resistance was active and smuggled weapons through Rozogi to the nearby Russian Partition of Poland during the January Uprising, and sheltered Polish insurgents fleeing the Russian Partition.[2] In the late 19th century, the village had an exclusively Polish population of 2,171, mostly living off farming and smuggling cloth, tobacco and vodka to the nearby Russian Partition.[3] There were three distilleries and two brickyards near the village.[3] During World War II, in 1944, the Polish Home Army seized a German military warehouse, obtaining equipment and ammunition.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . pl.
  2. Groniewska. Barbara. 1960. Rola Prus Wschodnich w powstaniu styczniowym. Komunikaty Mazursko-Warmińskie. pl. 1. 15–16, 22, 31–32, 39.
  3. Book: . Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom IX. 1888. pl. Warsaw. 842.
  4. Brenda. Waldemar. 2007. Pogranicze Prus Wschodnich i Polski w działaniach polskiej konspiracji w latach II wojny światowej. Komunikaty Mazursko-Warmińskie. 4. pl. 517.