31-727: [REDACTED] Look up lega in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lega may refer to: Geography [ edit ] Lega (river) in Poland Lega, Iran , a village in Mazandaran Province Lega, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship , town in north Poland Lega, an earlier name for Street, Somerset , a village in England People [ edit ] Lega (surname) , mainly Italian family name Lega people , an ethnic group in
62-668: A beverage of 42% alcohol by volume made from Warmian honey , the Warmian porter , a local type of Polish beer , and Masurian nalewka niedźwiedziówka . The chief institutions of higher learning in the voivodeship are the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn and Higher State College of Vocational Education in Elbląg. Kortowiada , one of the largest annual university students' holidays in Poland,
93-453: A population of 1,425,967. Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999 from the entire Olsztyn Voivodeship , the western half of Suwałki Voivodeship , and part of Elbląg Voivodeship , pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. The province's name derives from two historic regions, Warmia and Masuria , although also parts of other regions are located within
124-846: Is a spa town in the north-eastern part of the province. There is a museum dedicated to composer Feliks Nowowiejski at his birthplace in Barczewo . There are multiple World War II memorials in the voivodeship, including at the site of the Soldau concentration camp in Działdowo , at the locations of Nazi massacres of Poles, and the war cemetery in Sudwa , where victims of the Stalag I-B German prisoner-of-war camp were buried. The Wolf's Lair , Adolf Hitler's first Eastern Front military headquarters in World War II
155-527: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Language and nationality disambiguation pages Lega (river) Lega is a river in Poland , a right tributary of the river Biebrza . It flows through a number of lakes on the border of the Warmian-Masurian and Podlaskie Voivodeships . Its source is near the village of Szarejki . It passes through
186-599: Is divided into 21 counties ( powiaty ): two city counties and 19 land counties. These are further divided into 116 gminas . The counties are listed in the following table (ordering within categories is by decreasing population). Amongst the most visited sights is the Masurian Lake District , which contains more than 2,000 lakes, including the largest lakes of Poland, Śniardwy and Mamry . Giżycko , Iława , Mrągowo , Mikołajki and Ruciane-Nida are thus popular summer destinations. Other recognizable landmarks are
217-715: Is located in Gierłoż . Protected areas in Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship include eight areas designated as Landscape Parks , as listed below: The Łuknajno Lake nature reserve (part of Masurian Landscape Park) is a protected wetland site under the Ramsar convention , as well as being designated by UNESCO as a biosphere reserve . In addition to traditional nationwide Polish cuisine , Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship has its variety of traditional foods and drinks, specific to its Warmia and Masuria regions, officially protected by
248-771: The Bartians , Pogesanians and Warmians , from whom the name Warmia originated. During the northern Crusade, the Old Prussians were conquered by the Teutonic Order ; their land was granted to the order by the pope, and the region became part of the State of the Teutonic Order . The Order encouraged colonization by German settlers in Warmia ( Ostsiedlung ) and Polish colonists from the region of Masovia , called Masurians ( Mazurzy ), hence
279-551: The Great Olecko Lake and the Small Olecko Lake at Olecko , and flows into the lake Selmęt Wielki east of Ełk . At the outlet of this lake its name changes in many mappings, but its course in the lake may be shown. It continues to the lake Stackie , which is connected with the lake Rajgrodzkie , under the name Małkiń . It flows out of Rajgrodzkie at Rajgród , and continues under the name Jegrznia . It passes through
310-479: The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Poland . Masuria produces several types of various meat products, especially kiełbasa , and a plethora of traditional Polish honey. Masuria also shares with neighboring Podlaskie Voivodeship the tradition of producing sękacz , a traditional spit cake of northeastern Poland. The protected traditional alcoholic beverages of the province are Okowita miodowa warmińska ,
341-621: The Treaty of Oliva in 1660. The throne was inherited by Frederick I of Prussia who wanted to unite the Duchy with Brandenburg and also wanted to proclaim himself king of Prussia and therefore participated in the Russian-initiated Partitions of Poland in which Warmia was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia, and henceforth became part of the newly established province of East Prussia . Together with
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#1732852020366372-587: The 19th century on irredentist ideals Sports [ edit ] Lega Calcio , former governing body of Serie A and Serie B Lega Serie A , organizer of Serie A Lega Serie B , organizer of Serie B Lega Pallavolo Serie A , one of two organizers of the Superlega Other [ edit ] "La Lega" (song) , Italian workers' song La lega , an 1876 opera by Giovanni Josse See also [ edit ] Legea , an Italian sportswear company Liga (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
403-563: The Congo Lega language , the language of the Lega people Political organizations [ edit ] Lega (political party) , Italian party established in 2017 Lega Nord , Italian political party established in 1989, a predecessor of Lega Lega dei Ticinesi , political party in Ticino, Switzerland La Lega (cooperative) or La Lega Nazionale, an Italian co-operative association founded in
434-664: The Soviet and Polish Communist authorities. Pasłęk in the western part of the voivodeship is considered the first place in present-day Poland where Dutch immigrants settled (in 1297). There is a claim that they were participants in the killing of Floris V, Count of Holland in 1296, who then fled east, which is alluded to by Dutch poet Joost van den Vondel in his work Gijsbrechcie van Aemstel (1637). The Voivodeship contains three cities and 47 towns. These are listed below in descending order of population (according to official figures for 2019): Towns: Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship
465-603: The Teutonic Order ceased to exist in 1525 when Grandmaster Albert Hohenzollern introduced secularisation, proclaimed the Duchy of Prussia , and became a vassal of Sigismund I of Poland . The Prussian Hohenzollern line became extinct in 1618 with the death of Albert Frederick, and the Duchy was inherited by the Brandenburgian line; Prussia simultaneously entered into a personal union with the electorate of Brandenburg known as Brandenburg-Prussia , remaining under Polish suzerainty until
496-557: The Warmian castles ( Lidzbark Warmiński Castle , Pieniężno Castle, Olsztyn Castle ) and the Cathedral Hill in Frombork , where Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus lived and worked, and which contains his tomb. In collections of the Warmia and Mazury Museum in Olsztyn , visitors can find numerous tokens from the time when Nicolaus Copernicus lived in Warmia. The Lidzbark Warmiński Castle
527-550: The border in the Russian Empire . Only in Southern Warmia Catholic Poles – so called Warmiaks (not to be confused with predominantly Protestant Masurians ) – comprised the majority of population, numbering 26,067 people (~81%) in county Allenstein (Polish: Olsztyn ) in 1837. Another minority in 19th-century East Prussia, were ethnically Russian Old Believers, also known as Philipponnen – their main town
558-640: The end of World War II, the German population was expelled in accordance with the Potsdam Agreement , whereas many Masurians emigrated in the following decades. In year 1824, shortly before its merger with West Prussia , the population of East Prussia was 1,080,000 people. Of that number, according to Karl Andree , Germans were slightly more than half, while 280,000 (~26%) were ethnically Polish and 200,000 (~19%) were ethnically Lithuanian , however large portions of its German and Lithuanian populations lived in
589-474: The lake Dręstwo and flows into the Biebrza near Goniądz . This article related to a river in Poland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship is a voivodeship ( province ) in northeastern Poland . Its capital and largest city is Olsztyn . The voivodeship has an area of 24,192 km (9,341 sq mi) and in 2019 had
620-525: The name Masuria . The Old Prussians were heavily decimated during the crusade and the following revolt. What remained of them became assimilated into the newcomers and thus became extinct. During the Teutonic rule, the region experienced a process of urbanization and economic boost due to the expansion of the Hanseatic League into the region. The Order later attacked their former ally Poland and conquered
651-403: The northern half of the region, outside of the present Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship. As of year 1819 there were also some 2,400 Jews, according to Georg Hassel. Similar numbers are given by August von Haxthausen in his 1839 book, with a breakdown by county. But the majority of East Prussian Polish and Lithuanian inhabitants were Lutherans , not Roman Catholics like their ethnic kinsmen across
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#1732852020366682-595: The present-day province, in which they established the Soldau concentration camp , and carried out massacres of Poles, including at Bratian , Nawra , Malinowo and Komorniki . Several subcamps of the Stutthof concentration camp were located in the region. Stalag I-B , a major German prisoner-of-war camp for Polish, Belgian, French , Italian , Serbian and Soviet POWs, and Wolf's Lair , Adolf Hitler 's first Eastern Front military headquarters were located in Masuria. After
713-542: The province, i.e. of Chełmno Land and Powiśle . The province borders Podlaskie Voivodeship to the east, Masovian Voivodeship to the south, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship to the southwest, Pomeranian Voivodeship to the west, the Vistula Lagoon to the northwest, and the Kaliningrad Oblast (an exclave of Russia) to the north. The region was originally inhabited by several Old Prussian clans, including
744-597: The region of Pomerelia , beginning a long-lasting conflict with Poland, which subsequently entered into an alliance with Lithuania . In Masuria, the Poles and Lithuanians defeated the Order at the Battle of Grunwald . The wars eventuated in a rebellion by the urban populations of Pomerelia and Warmia, who were affected by the Teutons' numerous wars; upon the urban populations' request, the region
775-647: The rest of the Kingdom, the region became part of the North German Confederation and the German Empire . In 1914, the province turned into a battlefield, seeing notable battles such as the Battle of Tannenberg as part of the Eastern Front of World War I . Later, the region became part of the Weimar Republic , and Nazi Germany , whereas some areas in the south became again part of Poland, following
806-506: The restoration of its independence in 1918. In the interbellum, the Polish population was subjected to persecution from both the pre-Nazi and Nazi authorities of Germany. With the German invasion of Poland at the start of World War II in 1939, the Germans eventually carried out mass arrests of local Poles, shut down or seized Polish newspapers and libraries, and occupied the pre-war Polish areas of
837-444: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Lega . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lega&oldid=1079174404 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
868-434: The uniqueness of their architectonic details. Several towns contain entirely or partly preserved medieval town walls with towers and gates, i.e. Lidzbark Warmiński , Nowe Miasto Lubawskie , Pasłęk . The Elbląg Canal is considered one of the greatest landmarks of the western part of the province. The Grunwald battlefield in Masuria is site of the annual reenactment of one of the largest battles of Medieval Europe. Gołdap
899-413: Was Eckersdorf ( Wojnowo ). The Polish population was subjected to Germanisation and Kulturkampf policies. In year 1817, East Prussia had 796,204 Evangelical Christians , 120,123 Roman Catholics , 864 Mennonites and 2,389 Jews. The Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship has the largest number of ethnic Ukrainians living in Poland due to forced relocations (such as Operation Vistula ) carried out by
930-469: Was incorporated into Poland by King Casimir IV Jagiellon , and after the Thirteen Years' War it remained under Polish suzerainty, but was divided into two parts: Elbląg and Warmia were incorporated directly into the Kingdom of Poland, while Masuria became a Polish fief under the control of the Teutonic Order, also considered an integral part of "one and indivisible" Kingdom of Poland. The state of
961-624: Was later the residence of Ignacy Krasicki , nicknamed the Prince of Polish Poets . There are also multiple other Gothic castles and palaces in various styles in the voivodeship. Święta Lipka in Masuria and Gietrzwałd in Warmia are popular pilgrimage sites, and other notable historic churches include the Gothic collegiate church in Dobre Miasto and churches in Orneta and Kętrzyn , which delight visitors with