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Olecko [] (former since 1560, also, since 1928) is a town in
Masuria, in the
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship of
Poland, near
Ełk and
Suwałki. It is situated at the mouth of the
Lega river into the
Great Olecko Lake (
Jezioro Oleckie Wielkie) on its south-western shore. Olecko is the seat of
Olecko County.
History
Marggrabowa was founded as a town by
Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Duke of
the Duchy of Prussia, on
January 1,
1560. The town's name is derived from the German word
Markgraf, the duke's title as the margraviate of
Brandenburg's prince. The city coats of arms still reflect the Brandenburg red eagle and the
Hohenzollern black and white going back to
Albert of Brandenburg Prussia.
At the same place there has been since
1544 a hunting lodge called
Oletzko. At a peninsula towards the lake, across the Lega river, in
1619 the Castle of Oletzko (
Schloss Oletzko) was established as a regional administrative seat.
In 1920, the
East Prussian plebiscite was held in the area by the League of Nations according to the
Treaty of Versailles on remaining in East Prussia or affiliation with the recreated state of Poland. In the whole district there were only 2 pro-Polish votes, so the county remained with Germany. Thus the City was renamed "Treuburg" ("Loyalty castle") in 1928.
Between
1818 and
1945, Marggrabowa was the seat of
Oletzko County (
Kreis Oletzko) in the province of
East Prussia in the
Kingdom of Prussia. Following the example of the town, in 1933 also the district was named
Kreis Treuburg.
Sights
In the northern part of the town's market square, a
Catholic (formerly
Lutheran) church is situated on a tree-covered hill.
Transportation
The Train Station in the western part of town is a regional railway junction: there are main lines to
Gołdap,
Ełk and
Suwałki. The local railway connections to Mieruniszki, Kruklanki and Sulejki are out of service or dismantled.
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