Wojnowo | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Warmian-Masurian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Pisz |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Ruciane-Nida |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Coordinates: | 53.6667°N 49°W |
Population Total: | 230 |
Website: | http://szewo.com/gallery/mazury/ |
Wojnowo (German: Eckertsdorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ruciane-Nida, within Pisz County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7km (04miles) north-west of Ruciane-Nida, 230NaN0 west of Pisz, and 650NaN0 east of the regional capital Olsztyn.
The village was founded by Philipons, refugees from Russia, who were pursecuted for their religion in the 1830s and emigrated to Prussia. The community arrived in the village in the years 1828–32.[2]