Muntowo
Encyclopedia
Muntowo m is a village
in the administrative district of Gmina Mrągowo
, within Mrągowo County
, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Mrągowo
and 59 km (37 mi) east of the regional capital Olsztyn
.
Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia
), and was the birthplace of the serial killer Paul Ogorzow
in 1912.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the administrative district of Gmina Mrągowo
Gmina Mragowo
Gmina Mrągowo is a rural gmina in Mrągowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Mrągowo, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....
, within Mrągowo County
Mragowo County
Mrągowo 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 Mrągowo, 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. It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Mrągowo
Mragowo
Mrągowo is a town in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship of northeastern Poland, the capital of Mrągowo County and the seat the Gmina Mrągowo...
and 59 km (37 mi) east of the regional capital Olsztyn
Olsztyn
Olsztyn is a city in northeastern Poland, on the Łyna River. Olsztyn has been the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship since 1999. It was previously in the Olsztyn Voivodeship...
.
Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia
East Prussia
East Prussia is the main part of the region of Prussia along the southeastern Baltic Coast from the 13th century to the end of World War II in May 1945. From 1772–1829 and 1878–1945, the Province of East Prussia was part of the German state of Prussia. The capital city was Königsberg.East Prussia...
), and was the birthplace of the serial killer Paul Ogorzow
Paul Ogorzow
Paul Ogorzow , also known as the S-Bahn murderer, was a Berlin-based serial killer and rapist in Nazi Germany, responsible for several deaths and attempted murders during a ten-month period between September 1940 and July 1941, when he was finally apprehended and executed at Plötzensee...
in 1912.