Wujaki
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Wujaki | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Coordinates: 53°26′N 21°17′E / 53.433°N 21.283°E | |
| Country | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland |
| Voivodeship | Warmian-Masurian |
| County | Szczytno |
| Gmina | Rozogi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | NSZ |
Wujaki [vuˈjaki] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rozogi, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of Rozogi, 25 km (16 mi) south-east of Szczytno, and 65 km (40 mi) 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]
References
- ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ Groniewska, Barbara (1960). "Rola Prus Wschodnich w powstaniu styczniowym". Komunikaty Mazursko-Warmińskie (in polski). No. 1. pp. 9, 15–16.
