Zalewo

For other similarly named places, see Zalewo, Ostróda County and Żalewo.

Zalewo
The marketplace
Flag Coat of arms
Zalewo Zalewo
Coordinates: 53°50′46″N 19°36′37″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Warmian-Masurian
County	Iława
Gmina	Zalewo
Founded	13th century
Town rights	1305
Area
• Total	8.22 km2 (3.17 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	2,977
• Density	360/km2 (940/sq mi)
Postal code	14-230
Website	http://www.zalewo.pl

Zalewo [zaˈlɛvɔ] (German: Saalfeld in Ostpreußen) is a town in Iława County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,977 inhabitants (2008).

History

The settlement was founded in the 13th century and was granted town rights in 1305.

During the Napoleonic Wars in 1807 Polish soldiers of General Jan Henryk Dąbrowski were quartered in the town.

Before 1945 the town German-settled and part of Germany, located in Kreis Mohrungen, province of East Prussia. During World War II it was destroyed in 70%.

Gallery

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  Gothic Saint John the Evangelist church
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  Medieval town walls
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  School in Zalewo
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  Marina

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland

Twin towns — Sister cities

• Rūdiškės, Lithuania
• Saalfeld/Saale, Germany

Famous people

• Robert Roberthin (1600–1648), one of the first regional poets
• Adam Friedrich Werner (born 1610), baroque poet
• Herbert Kelletat (1907–2007), musician, author, choir director
• Hans-Joachim Kappis (1908–1970), Wehrmacht officer
• Ernst Kutschkau (1910–1947) Wehrmacht soldier
• Hans-Joachim Kroschinski (1920–1995), Luftwaffe pilot
• Grażyna Prokopek (born 1977), athlete