Giżycko is a town in northeastern Poland with 28,597 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is situated between Lake Kisajno and Lake Niegocin in the region of Masuria, within the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. It is the seat of Giżycko County.
Giżycko Castle, 14th century
The renovated castle
Boyen Fortress
Home of Jan Mieczaniec, the first post-World War II mayor of Giżycko
Masuria is an ethnographic and geographic region in northern and northeastern Poland, known for its 2,000 lakes. Masuria occupies much of the Masurian Lake District. Administratively, it is part of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. Its biggest city, often regarded as its capital, is Ełk. The region covers a territory of some 10,000 km2 which is inhabited by approximately 500,000 people.
Image: Jezioro Niegocin w okolicach Giżycka 065
Image: Grunwald wzgórze pomnikowe i główna alejka prowadząca do niego od strony parkingu
Image: Ełk 13.05.2018 As 03
Image: Mikołajki miasto