Gmina Grunwald

Infobox Settlement
name = Gmina Grunwald
other_name = Grunwald Commune
settlement_type = Gmina
total_type = Total


image_shield = POL_Gierzwałd_COA.svg


subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Warmian-Masurian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Ostróda
area_total_km2 = 179.84
population_total = 5648
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
seat = Gierzwałd
website = __NOTOC__Gmina Grunwald is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It contains several lakes, the largest of which are Jezioro Tymawskie, Jezioro Lubień, Jezioro Mielno, Jezioro Wielki Omin, Jezioro Mały Omin.

Gmina Grunwald is divided into 19 sołectwos. The villages with the largest population are Gierzwałd, which dates back to the 14th century, and Zybułtowo. Gierzwałd is the administrative seat of the gmina. Unusually the gmina is not named after the seat, but takes its name from the smaller village of Grunwald, because of the historical importance of the Battle of Grunwald of 1410.

The gmina covers an area of convert|179.84|km2|sqmi|1 (agricultural land 72%, forest 18%), and as of 2006 its total population is 5,648.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Grunwald is bordered by the gminas of Dąbrówno, Kozłowo, Olsztynek and Ostróda.

Historical places of interest

* Post-battle chapel in the fields of Grunwald
* Manor house, farm and park in Grunwald
* 14th-century church, cemetery, palace and park in Dylewo
* Methodist church in Gierzwałd
* Church and belfry in Mielno
* Palace in Pacółtów
* Mazurian wooden church, belfry, convent palace park in Rychnowo
* Church in Stębark
* Church in Kiersztanowo
* Granary and barns in Zybułtowo

Natural features

Natural monuments and nature reserves:
* Dylewo Hills Landscape Park (Park Krajobrazowy Wzgórz Dylewskich)
* Devils Valley (Czarci Jar) with the confluences of the Drwęca river
* Trout cultures in Ośrodek Zarybieniowy in Czarci Jarz and Rychnowska Wola

External links

* [http://www.bip.grunwald.akcessnet.net/ BIP Grunwald]
* [http://www.powiat.ostroda.pl/powiat.php?n=grunwald Powiat Ostróda : Gmina Grunwald (in Polish)]
* [http://republika.pl/grunwald1_gm/ Gminny Ośrodek Kultury Sportu i Rekreacji (GOKSiR) w Gierzwałdzie with info on the Battle of Grunwald]
* [http://grunwald.zhp.pl/ Scouts' Grunwald Squads (Wspólnot Drużyn Grunwaldzkich ZHP) with qualification for Grunwald Badge]

References

* [http://www.stat.gov.pl/gus/45_655_PLK_HTML.htm Polish official population figures 2006]