Sołtmany, Giżycko County

{{see also|Sołtmany, Ełk County}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Sołtmany

| settlement_type = Village

| image_skyline = JezioroSoltmany1.jpg

| image_caption = Sołtmany Lake

| pushpin_map = Poland

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{POL}}

| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship

| subdivision_name1 = Warmian-Masurian

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Giżycko

| subdivision_type3 = Gmina

| subdivision_name3 = Kruklanki

| coordinates = {{coord|54|2|29|N|22|1|18|E|source:plwiki_type:city|display=title,inline}}

| established_title = Founded

| established_date = 1546

| founder = Jan Sołtman and Paweł Sołtman

| elevation_m =

| population_total =

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| registration_plate = NGI

}}

Sołtmany {{IPAc-pl|s|o|U|t|'|m|a|n|y}} is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kruklanki, within Giżycko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa |title=Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) |date=1 June 2008 |language=pl}}

Sołtmany was founded in 1546 by brothers Jan and Paweł Sołtman.{{cite book|last=Kętrzyński|first=Wojciech|author-link=Wojciech Kętrzyński|year=1882|title=O ludności polskiej w Prusiech niegdyś krzyżackich|language=pl|location=Lwów|publisher=Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich|page=532}}{{cite book|author= |title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich|volume=XI|year=1890|language=pl|location=Warszawa|page=68}}

On 30 April 2011, the place witnessed the fall of a stony meteorite.{{cite web | url=http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=53829 | title=Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Sołtmany }}

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