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.

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Lyck canonical 3

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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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