Piasutno

Piasutno
Village
Piasutno
Coordinates: 53°36′N 21°13′E / 53.600°N 21.217°E / 53.600; 21.217
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Szczytno
Gmina Świętajno

Piasutno [pjaˈsutnɔ] (German: Piassutten; 1938-45: Seenwalde) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świętajno, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north of Świętajno, 16 km (10 mi) east of Szczytno, and 52 km (32 mi) south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

After the falsified East Prussian plebiscite conducted by German authorities the area became part of Weimar Republic and later Nazi Germany. Following World War II, the territory changed hands from Nazi Germany to restored Poland. It was the location of first private Polish school in Masuria founded in 1931 by Jan Boenigk, which immediately resulted in German attempts to liquidate it.[2] Following World War II the native German populace was expelled and replaced by Poles.

References

  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ↑ Ruch polski na Warmii, Mazurach i Powiślu w latach 1920-1939,page 187, 1973 Wojciech Wrzesiński, 1973


Coordinates: 53°36′N 21°13′E / 53.600°N 21.217°E / 53.600; 21.217

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