Gizycko

Gizycko is a town in northeastern Poland with 29,796 inhabitants. It is situated between Lake Mamry and Lake Niegocin, and has been in the Warmian Masurian Voivodeship on account that 1999, having formerly been inside the Suwalki Voivodeship 1975 to 1998. It is the seat of Gizycko County. The first recognized settlements inside the vicinity of Gizycko date returned Roman instances and are connected to Amber Road in vicinity of which Gizycko turned into positioned. A shielding grod become regarded to exist in the area and in IX changed into recorded as being ruled via king known as Izegup or Jesegup.

In 1008 Boleslaw I Carboy sent an day trip to Christianize the Old Prussians in keeping with the legend the missionary Bruno of Querfurt turned into killed by using Sudovians close to Lake Niegocin in 1009, and a memorial the Bruno go turned into erected near Gizycko in 1910. The Teutonic Knights built a fortress in Prussia named Lotzen in 1340, located at the isthmus between lakes in Masuria. Lotzen changed into administered in the Komturei of Balga. The settlement near the castle received metropolis privileges, with a coat of fingers and seal, in 1612 even as part of the Duchy of Prussia.