Gmina Giżycko
Gmina Giżycko is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Giżycko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Giżycko, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina.
The gmina covers an area of 289.76 square kilometres (111.9 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 7,671.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Giżycko is bordered by the town of Giżycko and by the gminas of Kętrzyn, Kruklanki, Miłki, Pozezdrze, Ryn, Węgorzewo and Wydminy.
Villages
The gmina contains the following villages having the status of sołectwo: Antonowo, Bogacko, Bogaczewo, Bystry, Doba, Gajewo, Grajwo, Guty, Kąp, Kamionki, Kożuchy Wielkie, Kruklin, Pieczonki, Pierkunowo, Sołdany, Spytkowo, Sterławki Małe, Sulimy, Szczybały Giżyckie, Świdry, Upałty, Upałty Małe, Wilkasy, Wilkaski, Wronka and Wrony.
There are also 12 villages without sołectwo status: Wola Bogaczkowska, Dziewiszewo, Fuleda, Kożuchy Małe, Nowe Sołdany, Zielony Gaj, Sterławki Średnie, Gorazdowo, Strzelce, Kalinowo, Piękna Góra and Wrony Nowe.
Kąp, Gmina Giżycko
Kąp [kɔmp] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Giżycko, within Giżycko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.
Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia).
References
Coordinates: 54°00′03″N 21°50′38″E / 54.00083°N 21.84389°E / 54.00083; 21.84389
Giżycko
Giżycko [ɡʲiˈʐɨt͡skɔ] (German: 
Lötzen , Lithuanian: Lėcius; former Polish: Lec) is a town in northeastern Poland with 29,796 inhabitants (2004). It is situated between Lake Mamry and Lake Niegocin, and has been within the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship since 1999, having previously been in the Suwałki Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the seat of Giżycko County.
History
The first known settlements in the area of Giżycko date back Roman times and are connected to Amber Road in vicinity of which Giżycko was located. A defensive grod was known to exist in the area, and in IX was recorded as being ruled by king known as Izegup or Jesegup.
In 1008 Bolesław I Chrobry sent an expedition to Christianize the Old Prussians ; according to the legend the missionary Bruno of Querfurt was killed by Sudovians near Lake Niegocin in 1009, and a memorial the Bruno – cross was erected near Gizycko in 1910.
The Teutonic Knights built a castle in Prussia named Lötzen (Lec in Polish) in 1340, located at the isthmus between two lakes in Masuria. Lötzen was administered within the Komturei of Balga. The settlement near the castle received town privileges, with a coat of arms and seal, in 1612 while part of the Duchy of Prussia.
