Masuria

Common card · No. 309599

Masuria (Polish: Mazury [maˈzurɨ] ; Masurian: Mazurÿ; German: Masuren [maˈzuːʁən] ) is an ethnographic and geographic region in northern and northeastern Poland. Masuria occupies much of the Masurian Lake District, known for its 2,000 lakes and a finalist of the New7Wonders of Nature initiative. Administratively, it is part of the Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship (administrative area/province). 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. Masuria is bordered by Warmia, Powiśle and Chełmno Land in the west, Mazovia in the south, Podlachia and Suwałki Region in the east, and Lithuania Minor in the north.

Read on Wikipedia · Image image/photo was taken by Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons user Ludwig Schneider. I would appreciate being notified if you use my work outside Wikimedia. Do not copy this image illegally by ignoring th…, CC BY-SA 3.0