Zalewo

For other places, see Zalewo, Ostróda County and Żalewo.

Zalewo
The marketplace
Flag Coat of arms
Zalewo
Coordinates: 53°50′46″N 19°36′37″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Warmian-Masurian
County	Iława
Gmina	Zalewo
Founded	13th century
Town rights	1305
Area
• Total	8.22 km^2 (3.17 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	2,977
• Density	360/km^2 (940/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	14-230
Voivodeship roads
Website	http://www.zalewo.pl

Zalewo [zaˈlɛvɔ] (German: Saalfeld in Ostpreußen) is a town in Iława County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,977 inhabitants (2008). It is situated on the northern shore of Lake Ewingi.

History

The settlement was founded in the 13th century and was granted town rights in 1305.

During the Napoleonic Wars in 1807 Polish soldiers of General Jan Henryk Dąbrowski were quartered in the town. In 1831, several Polish infantry and artillery units, engineer corps, sappers and general staff of the November Uprising stopped in the town on the way to their internment places.^[1]

During World War II it was destroyed in 70%.

Sports

The local football club is Ewingi Zalewo. It competes in the lower leagues.

Gallery

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  Gothic Saint John the Evangelist church
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  Medieval town walls
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  School in Zalewo
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  Marina

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland

Twin towns — Sister cities

• Rūdiškės, Lithuania ^[2]
• Saalfeld/Saale, Germany ^[2]

Notable people

• Hans-Joachim Kappis (1908–1970), Wehrmacht officer
• Herbert Kelletat (1907–2007), musician, author, choir director
• Hans-Joachim Kroschinski (1920–1995), German flying ace
• Ernst Kutschkau (1910–1947) Wehrmacht soldier
• Grażyna Prokopek (born 1977), athlete
• Robert Roberthin (1600–1648), one of the first regional poets

References

1. Kasparek, Norbert (2014). "Żołnierze polscy w Prusach po upadku powstania listopadowego. Powroty do kraju i wyjazdy na emigrację". In Katafiasz, Tomasz (ed.). Na tułaczym szlaku... Powstańcy Listopadowi na Pomorzu (in Polish). Koszalin: Muzeum w Koszalinie, Archiwum Państwowe w Koszalinie. pp. 138–139.
2. "Miasta partnerskie", Zalewo city portal (in Polish)

External links

Media related to Zalewo at Wikimedia Commons