Wujaki Explained

Wujaki
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:Rozogi
Coordinates:53.4333°N 38°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:NSZ

Wujaki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rozogi, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1]

It lies approximately 25km (16miles) south of Rozogi, 250NaN0 south-east of Szczytno, and 650NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

History

The local Polish secret resistance was active and smuggled weapons through Wujaki to the nearby Russian Partition of Poland during the January Uprising, and sheltered Polish insurgents fleeing the Russian Partition.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Groniewska. Barbara. 1960. Rola Prus Wschodnich w powstaniu styczniowym. Komunikaty Mazursko-Warmińskie. pl. 1. 9, 15–16.