Ełk
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Ełk, also seen absent Polish diacritics as Elk, is a city in northeastern Poland with 61,677 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is the seat of Ełk County in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. It lies on the shore of Ełk Lake, which was formed by a glacier, and is surrounded by extensive forests. It is the largest city and unofficial capital of historical Masuria. One of the principal attractions in the area is legal hunting.
Image: Ełk Panorama 05
Image: Gmina Ełk Ełk ul.armii krajowej 21
Image: Ełk Katedra Św. Wojciecha 002
Old castle and the town of Ełk in the 17th century
Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship
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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 km2 (9,341 sq mi) and in 2019 had a population of 1,425,967.
Battle of Grunwald, painting by Jan Matejko (1878)
Elbląg was one of the main port cities of the Kingdom of Poland and one of the largest and most influential cities in the entire Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
The Lidzbark Warmiński Castle is considered to be a great artistic and historical value
Olsztyn is the capital of the Voivodeship and the largest city of Warmia