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{{for|the town of the same name|Wronki}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Wronki
| settlement_type = Village
| total_type =  
| image_skyline = 20240718 191525 Wronki.jpg
| image_caption =
| coordinates = {{coord|54|01|32|N|22|14|22|E|region:PL_type:city_source:kolossus-plwiki|display=title,inline}}
| pushpin_map = Poland
| 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 = [[Olecko County|Olecko]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Gmina Świętajno, Olecko County|Świętajno]]
| established_title = Founded
| established_date = 16th century
| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| elevation_m =
| population_total =
| registration_plate = NOE
}}
'''Wronki''' {{IPAc-pl|'|w|r|o|n|k|i}} is a [[village]] in the administrative district of [[Gmina Świętajno, Olecko County|Gmina Świętajno]], within [[Olecko County]], [[Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship]], in north-eastern 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 is located in the region of [[Masuria]].

==History==
Wronki was founded in the 16th century.<ref name=aw>{{cite book|last=Wakar|first=Andrzej|editor-last=Wakar|editor-first=Andrzej|year=1974|title=Olecko. Z dziejów miasta i powiatu|language=pl|location=Olsztyn|publisher=Pojezierze|page=193|chapter=Z dziejów wsi}}</ref> As of 1600, the population of the village was solely [[Polish people|Polish]].<ref name=aw/> In 1938, during a massive [[1938 renaming of East Prussian placenames|campaign of renaming of placenames]], the [[government of Nazi Germany]] renamed it to ''Fronicken'' in attempt to erase traces of Polish origin.<ref name=aw/> In 1939, it had a population of 342.<ref name=aw/> Following Germany's defeat in [[World War II]], in 1945, the village became again part of Poland and its historic name was restored.

==References==
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{{Gmina Świętajno, Olecko County}}

[[Category:Villages in Olecko County]]
[[Category:16th-century establishments in Poland]]
[[Category:Populated places established in the 16th century]]

{{Olecko-geo-stub}}

Wronki, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship - Revision history

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