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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Spychowo
| settlement_type = Village
| total_type =  
| image_skyline = Spychowko.01.JPG
| image_caption =
| image_flag =
| image_shield =
| image_map =
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship|Warmian-Masurian]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Powiat|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Szczytno County|Szczytno]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Gmina Świętajno, Szczytno County|Świętajno]]
| pushpin_map = Poland
| coordinates = {{coord|53|36|4|N|21|20|46|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 1100
| website = http://www.spychowo.com.pl
}}
'''Spychowo''' {{IPA|pl|spɨˈxɔvɔ|pron}} ({{langx|de|Puppen}}){{Citation needed|date=November 2023}} is a [[village]] in the administrative district of [[Gmina Świętajno, Szczytno County|Gmina Świętajno]], within [[Szczytno County]], [[Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship]], in northern Poland.<ref name="TERYT">{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa |title=Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) |date=2008-06-01 |language=Polish}}</ref> It lies approximately {{convert|10|km|mi|0}} north-east of [[Świętajno, Szczytno County|Świętajno]], {{convert|25|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} east of [[Szczytno]], and {{convert|60|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} east of the regional capital [[Olsztyn]]. The village has a population of 1,100. Spychowo is the seat of the Spychowo forest district (''Nadleśnictwo Spychowo''),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Organizacja|url=https://www.lasy.gov.pl/pl/nasza-praca/pgl-lasy-panstwowe/organizacja|access-date=2021-07-13|website=Lasy Państwowe|language=pl}}</ref> which manages the {{Interlanguage link|Rezerwat przyrody Pupy|lt=Pupy forest reserve|pl}}.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Przeglądanie danych - Rezerwat przyrody|url=http://crfop.gdos.gov.pl/CRFOP/widok/viewrezerwatprzyrody.jsf?fop=PL.ZIPOP.1393.RP.623|access-date=2021-07-14|website=crfop.gdos.gov.pl|language=pl}}</ref>

==History==
In mid 13th century the [[Teutonic Order]], following the medieval conquest of [[Old Prussia]], built a fortification at the place of an Old Prussian settlement.<ref name="Pieńkowska"/>

The village was a favorite hunting post of the [[Kings of Prussia|Prussian Kings]] and, after the [[Nazi rise to power]], [[Hermann Göring]]. Before 1945 it was known as Puppen.

After [[World War II]] the village was initially renamed ''Pupy'', which was changed to ''Spychowo'' in 1960.

On September 23, 1979 the local [[Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland|Protestant church]] was taken over by Catholics.<ref>Andreas Kossert: Masuren - Ostpreussens vergessener Süden, p. 374</ref><ref name="Pieńkowska">{{cite web | url=http://www.spychowo.com.pl/historia_spychowa | title=Historia Spychowa |trans-title=History of Spychowo | publisher=Spychowo.com.pl | work=Strona przyjaciół Spychowa | date=2014 | accessdate=11 January 2015 | author=Krystyna Pieńkowska | page=1}}</ref>{{clear left}}

== Images ==
[[File:Spychowskie Lake.jpg|thumb|Spychowo Lake (''Jezioro Spychowskie'')]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Gmina Świętajno, Szczytno County}}

[[Category:Villages in Szczytno County]]

Spychowo - Revision history

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