Wokiele Explained

Wokiele
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Coordinates:54.3269°N 20.5514°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Warmian-Masurian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Bartoszyce
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Górowo Iławeckie

Wokiele (German: Wokellen) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Górowo Iławeckie, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1]

The village was mentioned in 1570 as Wockellenn, in 1785 as Wockellen.[2] In 1889 it was a 279 ha estate belonging to the Struve family who were also owners of the nearby village of Piasty Wielkie. It was marked in a map from 1907 as Gut Wokellen.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Web site: Bildarchiv Ostpreußen. 2021-07-05. www.bildarchiv-ostpreussen.de.