Mragowo

Mragowo is a town in the Warmian Masurian Voivodeship of northeastern Poland, the capital of Mragowo County and the seat even though not a part of the Gmina Mragowo. It is positioned within the Masurian Lake District, about 60 km east of Olsztyn. About 1348 the Teutonic Knights constructed a wooden fort near present day Mragowo named Sensburg, derived from Old Prussian senas which means old, consequently maybe on the site of a former Prussian fort. The settlement that began to increase nearby become first cited in a 1397 deed and probable had already received Kulm city rights between 1404 and 1407, although it is validated that Grand Master Konrad von Erlichshausen affirmed town rights in 1444.

Sensburg became a part of the Duchy of Prussia in 1525. In the 15^th and 16^th centuries, the town suffered via fires and plagues. Part of the Kingdom of Prussia in view that 1701, Sensburg changed into included into the Province of East Prussia. It became closely devastated for the duration of the Napoleonic Wars. The city itself by and large remained a small hamlet within the commonly rural place around it. Agriculture, fishing and the richness of the encompassing forests provided the resources of income for the neighborhood populace.