Wujaki

Wujaki
Village
Wujaki
Coordinates: 53°26′N 21°17′E / 53.433°N 21.283°E / 53.433; 21.283
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Szczytno
Gmina Rozogi

Wujaki [vuˈjaki] (German: Wujaken)[1] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rozogi, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[2] 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.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia). In the East Prussian plebiscite of 1920, the inhabitants voted to remain in Germany.[3] After World War II the region was placed under Polish administration by the Potsdam Agreement under territorial changes demanded by the Soviet Union. Most Germans fled or were expelled and replaced with Poles expelled from the Polish areas annexed by the Soviet Union or Ukrainians forced to settle in the area through Operation Vistula in 1947.

References

  1. ↑ "Former Territory of Germany" (in German). 2017-11-13.
  2. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  3. ↑ Max Meyhöfer: Die Landgemeinden des Kreises Ortelsburg, Holzner Verlag 1967


Coordinates: 53°26′N 21°17′E / 53.433°N 21.283°E / 53.433; 21.283

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