Koty, Pisz County

Village in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland

53°45′19″N 22°11′14″E / 53.75528°N 22.18722°E / 53.75528; 22.18722CountryPolandVoivodeshipWarmian-MasurianCountyPiszGminaBiała Piska

Koty (pronounced [ˈkɔtɨ], German: Kotten^[1]) was a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biała Piska, within Pisz County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.^[2] The town no longer exists, as the region was converted into a military training ground, the Poligon Orzysz [pl]. It lay about a kilometer southwest of Zdedy, and about 112 km (70 mi) east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Historically belonging to the Masurian cultural region, Koty was established in the mid-15th Century, and its population was entirely Lutheran by the 20th Century.^[3] Its name is the Polish word for "cats."^[4]

During World War I, 52 soldiers were buried in the town's cemetery, Of them, 45 were German, 3 were Russian, and 4 were unidentified.^[5]

References

^ "Kotten 1)". www.meyersgaz.org. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
^ "State Register of Geographical Names – physiographic objects – XLSX format" (in Polish). 2024-01-01.
^ "Kotten". Kartenmeister. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
^ Masurische Studien : ein Beitrag zur Geographie Preussens;Land und Volk in Masuren [Masurian studies: a contribution to the geography of Prussia; Land and people in Masuria] (in German). Königsberg: Druck von E. J. Dalkowski. 1875-05-18. p. 13. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
^ "Koty". Olsztyńska Strona Rowerowa (in Polish). 2017-09-28. Retrieved 2024-07-27.