Mrągowo

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Mrągowo
From top, left to right: Town Hall Amphitheater District office Saint Adalbert Church Promenade Lake Czos
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National roads
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Website	mrągowo.pl

Mrągowo

Ządźbork became part of the Duchy of Prussia, a vassal state of Poland, in 1525. In the 15th and 16th centuries, the town suffered through fires and plagues.

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From 1945 to 1947 the city was known by the historic Polish name Ządzbork. The city's name was changed to the current Mrągowo in 1947, in honor of Polish pastor, writer and translator Krzysztof Celestyn Mrongovius (1764–1855), a noted defender of the Polish language in Masuria.

After the war, Mrągowo remained a rural town with approximately 10,000 inhabitants; this number stayed almost constant until the late 1980s. In the following decade, mostly due to economic and political changes, the town gained some influence in the region and grew quickly into a regional center for economic business and tourism. Recently Mrągowo has tried to regain some of its former beauty and to represent the region.

Coat of arms

The town's coat of arms derives from a local story of the 15th century. It claims that when a group of local farmers was being threatened by predators, the townspeople tracked down a fearsome bear. They were only able to shoot it in its paw, and it managed to flee to Rastembork. Only upon its arrival there did the bear succumb to its injuries. The bear's paw was brought back to Ządźbork and is honored in the coat of arms.

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Mrągowo is

• Grünberg, Germany – since 1993
• Limanowa, Poland – since 2006
• Łańcut, Poland – since 2020
• Zelenogradsk, Russia

Notable people

• Przemysław Kulig (b. 1980), Polish footballer
• Natalia Nykiel (b. 1995), Polish singer
• Joachim Philipkowski (b. 1961), soccer player
• Radosław Pindiur (b. 1988), Canadian-Polish footballer
• Georg Riedel (1676–1738), German composer

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mrągowo.

• Official website