Gmina Grunwald is a rural gmina

Gmina

The gmina is the principal unit of administrative division of Poland at its lowest uniform level. It is often translated as "commune" or "municipality." As of 2010 there were 2,479 gminas throughout the country...

 (administrative district) in Ostróda County

Ostróda County

Ostróda County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Ostróda, which lies ...

, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, or Warmia-Masuria Province , is a voivodeship in northeastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Olsztyn...

, in northern Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

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Gmina Grunwald is divided into 19 sołectwos. The villages with the largest population are Gierzwałd, which dates back to the 14th century, and Zybułtowo. Gierzwałd is the administrative seat of the gmina. Unusually the gmina is not named after the seat, but takes its name from the smaller village of Grunwald

Grunwald, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Grunwald is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grunwald, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Ostróda and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn...

, because of the historical importance of the Battle of Grunwald

Battle of Grunwald

The Battle of Grunwald or 1st Battle of Tannenberg was fought on 15 July 1410, during the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War. The alliance of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, led respectively by King Jogaila and Grand Duke Vytautas , decisively defeated the Teutonic Knights, led...

 of 1410.

The gmina covers an area of 179.84 square kilometres (69.4 sq mi) (agricultural land 72%, forest 18%), and as of 2006 its total population is 5,648.

Villages

Gmina Grunwald includes the villages and settlements of Dąbrowo

Dabrowo

Dąbrowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grunwald, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.-References:...

, Domkowo

Domkowo

Domkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grunwald, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Ostróda and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Dylewko

Dylewko

Dylewko is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Grunwald, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.-References:...

, Dylewo

Dylewo, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Dylewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grunwald, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Gierzwałd , south of Ostróda, and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.The village has a population of...

, Frygnowo

Frygnowo

Frygnowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grunwald, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Ostróda and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn...

, Gierzwałd, Glądy

Glady, Ostróda County

Glądy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grunwald, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Gierzwałd , south of Ostróda, and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.The village has a population of...

, Góry Lubiańskie

Góry Lubianskie

Góry Lubiańskie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grunwald, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.The village has a population of 40.-References:...

, Grabiczki

Grabiczki

Grabiczki is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Grunwald, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.-References:...

, Grunwald

Grunwald, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Grunwald is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grunwald, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Ostróda and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn...

, Jędrychowo

Jedrychowo, Ostróda County

Jędrychowo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Grunwald, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.-References:...

, Kalwa

Kalwa, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Kalwa is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Grunwald, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.-References:...

, Kiersztanówko

Kiersztanówko

Kiersztanówko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grunwald, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.The village has a population of 200.-References:...

, Kiersztanowo

Kiersztanowo, Ostróda County

Kiersztanowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grunwald, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Ostróda and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.-References:...

, Kitnowo

Kitnowo, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Kitnowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grunwald, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.The village has a population of 210.-References:...

, Łącko, Lipowa Góra

Lipowa Góra, Ostróda County

Lipowa Góra is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grunwald, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.-References:...

, Łodwigowo, Lubian

Lubian

Lubian is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grunwald, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Gierzwałd , south-east of Ostróda, and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.-References:...

, Lubianek

Lubianek

Lubianek is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Grunwald, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.-References:...

, Marcinkowo

Marcinkowo, Ostróda County

Marcinkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grunwald, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.The village has a population of 240.-References:...

, Mielno

Mielno, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Mielno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grunwald, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Ostróda and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Omin

Omin

Omin is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Grunwald, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.-References:...

, Pacółtówko, Pacółtowo, Rychnowo

Rychnowo, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Rychnowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grunwald, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Ostróda and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Rychnowska Wola

Rychnowska Wola

Rychnowska Wola is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grunwald, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Ostróda and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Rzepki

Rzepki, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Rzepki is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Grunwald, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland....

, Stębark

Stebark

Stębark is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grunwald, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Ostróda and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn. The village has a population of 630...

, Szczepankowo

Szczepankowo, Ostróda County

Szczepankowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grunwald, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.The village has a population of 310.-References:...

, Tymawa

Tymawa, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Tymawa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grunwald, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Gierzwałd , south-east of Ostróda, and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.-References:...

, Ulnowo

Ulnowo, Ostróda County

Ulnowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grunwald, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Ostróda and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Wróble

Wróble, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Wróble is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grunwald, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland....

, Zapieka

Zapieka

Zapieka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grunwald, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Ostróda and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn....

 and Zybułtowo.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Grunwald is bordered by the gminas of Dąbrówno

Gmina Dabrówno

Gmina Dąbrówno is a rural gmina in Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Dąbrówno, which lies approximately south of Ostróda and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Kozłowo, Olsztynek

Gmina Olsztynek

Gmina Olsztynek is an urban-rural gmina in Olsztyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Olsztynek, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn....

 and Ostróda

Gmina Ostróda

Gmina Ostróda is a rural gmina in Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Ostróda, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

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Historical places of interest

• Post-battle chapel in the fields of Grunwald
• Manor house, farm and park in Grunwald
• 14th-century church, cemetery, palace and park in Dylewo
• Methodist church in Gierzwałd
• Church and belfry in Mielno
• Palace in Pacółtów
• Mazurian wooden church, belfry, convent palace park in Rychnowo
• Church in Stębark
• Church in Kiersztanowo
• Granary and barns in Zybułtowo

Natural features

It contains several lakes, the largest of which are Jezioro Tymawskie, Jezioro Lubień, Jezioro Mielno, Jezioro Wielki Omin and Jezioro Mały Omin.

Natural monuments and nature reserves:

• Dylewo Hills Landscape Park
  Dylewo Hills Landscape Park
  Dylewo Hills Landscape Park is a protected area in northern Poland, established in 1994, covering an area of ....
  
   (Park Krajobrazowy Wzgórz Dylewskich)
• Devils Valley (Czarci Jar) with the confluences of the Drwęca
  Drweca
  The Drwęca is a river in northern Poland and a tributary of the Vistula river near Toruń, forming a part of the city's administrative boundary. It has a length of 207 km and a basin area of 5,344 km², all in Poland.Towns:...
  
  river
• Trout cultures in Czarci Jarz and Rychnowska Wola

External links

• Grunwald information site
• Ostróda County, Gmina Grunwald (in Polish)
• Culture, Sport and Recreation Centre (GOKSiR) in Gierzwałdz with information on the Battle of Grunwald
• Grunwald Scouts, with qualification for Grunwald Badge