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Wujaki

Coordinates: 53°26′N 21°17′E / 53.433°N 21.283°E / 53.433; 21.283
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Wujaki
Village
Wujaki is located in Poland
Wujaki
Wujaki
Coordinates: 53°26′N 21°17′E / 53.433°N 21.283°E / 53.433; 21.283
Country Poland
VoivodeshipWarmian-Masurian
CountySzczytno
GminaRozogi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationNSZ

Wujaki [vuˈjaki] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rozogi, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1]

It lies approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of Rozogi, 25 km (16 mi) south-east of Szczytno, and 65 km (40 mi) south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

History

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The local Polish secret resistance was active and smuggled weapons through Wujaki to the nearby Russian Partition of Poland during the January Uprising, and sheltered Polish insurgents fleeing the Russian Partition.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Groniewska, Barbara (1960). "Rola Prus Wschodnich w powstaniu styczniowym". Komunikaty Mazursko-Warmińskie (in Polish). No. 1. pp. 9, 15–16.