Lyck

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Lyck is the former German name of the town now known as Ełk, located in northeastern Poland in the historical region of Masuria.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lyck canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former German name ⓘ
historical place name ⓘ
administrativeCenterOf Kreis Lyck ⓘ
coordinatesApprox 53.83°N 22.36°E ⓘ
country Germany (historical) ⓘ
currentNameScript Latin alphabet ⓘ
currentOfficialLanguageInLocation Polish ⓘ
currentPopulationOfLocationApprox about 60,000 (Ełk, early 21st century) ⓘ
formerNameOf Ełk ⓘ
hasEthnoLinguisticHeritage German population ⓘ
Masurian population ⓘ
Polish population ⓘ
historicalAdministrativeRole seat of district authorities of Kreis Lyck ⓘ
historicalLanguageOfAdministration German ⓘ
historicalNameScript Latin alphabet ⓘ
historicalProvince East Prussia ⓘ
historicalRegion Masuria ⓘ
historicalState1918to1945 Free State of Prussia within Germany ⓘ
historicalStateBefore1918 Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia
historicalTransportRole regional transport hub in Masuria ⓘ
locatedIn East Prussia (historical) ⓘ
linked to: East Prussia

Masuria ⓘ
northeastern Poland (modern location of Ełk) ⓘ
locatedInBasin Masurian lakes basin ⓘ
locatedNear Ełk Lake ⓘ
locatedOn Ełk River ⓘ
nearHistoricalBorder border of East Prussia and Congress Poland ⓘ
nearWaterBody Lake Ełk ⓘ
linked to: Ełk Lake
partOf German Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia

Nazi Germany ⓘ
Weimar Republic ⓘ
post1945AdministrativeChange transferred from Germany to Poland ⓘ
post1945PopulationChange expulsion of most German inhabitants ⓘ
resettlement by Poles and others ⓘ
postWorldWarIICountry Poland ⓘ
postWorldWarIINameChange Ełk ⓘ
presentDayCountry Poland ⓘ
presentDayCounty Ełk County ⓘ
presentDayGmina Gmina Ełk ⓘ
presentDayVoivodeship Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship ⓘ
railwayJunction Masurian railway network ⓘ
refersTo Ełk ⓘ
region Masurian Lake District ⓘ
timezoneDSTPresentDayLocation Central European Summer Time ⓘ
timezonePresentDayLocation Central European Time ⓘ
usedBefore 1945 ⓘ
usedInLanguage German ⓘ

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