Wydminy
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Wydminy
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Kościół Zbawiciela Wydminy 1.jpg
| image_caption = Christ the Redeemer church in Wydminy
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
| subdivision_name1 = Warmian-Masurian
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Giżycko
| subdivision_type3 = Gmina
| subdivision_name3 = Wydminy
| coordinates = {{coord|53|59|N|22|2|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 2300
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| registration_plate = NGI
| blank_name_sec2 = Voivodeship roads
| blank_info_sec2 = 32px
| website = http://www.wydminy.net
}}
Wydminy {{IPAc-pl|w|y|d|'|m|i|n|y}} is a village in Giżycko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.{{TERYT}} It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Wydminy. It lies approximately {{convert|20|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} east of Giżycko and {{convert|104|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} east of the regional capital Olsztyn. It is situated on the southern shore of Wydmińskie Lake in Masuria.
Wydminy is a member of Cittaslow.
History
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As of 1600, the population of the village was exclusively Polish.{{cite book|author=|title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XIV|year=1895|language=pl|location=Warsaw|page=77}}{{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=503}} 227 people died during the Great Northern War plague outbreak in 1710.{{cite journal|last=Flis|first=Stanisław|year=1960|title=Dżuma na Mazurach i Warmii w latach 1708–1711|journal=Komunikaty Mazursko-Warmińskie|issue=4|language=pl|page=492}} The settlement hosted six annual fairs in the late 19th century.
On 14 February 1946, Wydminy was captured by the anti-communist partisans of the National Military Union.{{cite web|url=https://wydminy.pl/skwer-zolnierzy-wykletych-w-wydminach/|title=Skwer Żołnierzy Wyklętych w Wydminach|website=Wydminy.pl|language=pl|access-date=12 December 2024}} A memorial to the "Cursed soldiers" was unveiled in 2014.
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Transport
There is a train station in Wydminy, and the Voivodeship road 655 passes through the village.
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References
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Category:Populated lakeshore places in Poland
Category:Villages in Giżycko County
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