Głotowo

Głotowo
Village
Głotowo
Coordinates: 53°57′N 20°21′E / 53.950°N 20.350°E / 53.950; 20.350
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Olsztyn County
Gmina Dobre Miasto
Population 450

Głotowo [ɡwɔˈtɔvɔ] (German: Glottau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobre Miasto, within Olsztyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-west of Dobre Miasto and 21 km (13 mi) north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.

The location of the present village was an important political and religious centre for the Old Prussians. When the area was Christianised through the Northern Crusades, it developed into an important Christian pilgrimage site.[2] While traditionally Prussian, with the Second Peace of Thorn in 1466 the area became part of the Kingdom of Poland until 1772; 1772-1945 Kingdom of Prussia and Germany (East Prussia).

The village has a population of 450.

References

  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ↑ Weise, Erich, ed. (1981) [1966]. Handbuch der historischen Stätten. Ost- und Westpreussen (in German). Stuttgart: Kröner. p. 68-69. ISBN 3-520-31701-X.


Coordinates: 53°57′N 20°21′E / 53.950°N 20.350°E / 53.950; 20.350


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