Tomaszkowo

Tomaszkowo [tɔmaʂˈkɔvɔ] (German: Thomsdorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stawiguda, within Olsztyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[2] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north of Stawiguda and 10 km (6 mi) south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn. It is located in Warmia.

Tomaszkowo
Village
Tomaszkowo
Coordinates: 53°43′N 20°25′E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipWarmian-Masurian
CountyOlsztyn County
GminaStawiguda
Population
 (2011[1])
541
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s)+48 89
Vehicle registrationNOL

The village has a population of 541.

In 1518 the village was visited by Nicolaus Copernicus.

Notable people

  • Jan Boenigk (1903–1982), Polish teacher and publicist in Warmia, imprisoned by the Germans in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II, was born in the village
  • Edward Turowski (1904–1972), member of the Sejm, Polish teacher in Warmia, imprisoned by the Germans in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II, was born and died in the village
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gollark: Spirit knows everything, thus making him very helpful.
gollark: Also, protestors tend to be in groups and blaming all of them for some subset doing things is problematic.
gollark: > So thanks i got what I need, for spirit, not killing civilians, but at least giving them the means to defend themselves if needed. And any person who can take away another human beings sight and sleep at night is far from humanThis is, well, "emotional", in that you can't really go around rigorously demonstrating/defining this sort of thing.
gollark: *he says, after making an emotional appeal about 20 messages before*

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