Giławy

Also known as Gillau

Giławy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Purda, within Olsztyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is located in Warmia. The village has now a population of 540.

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Settlement.name: Giławy
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.total_type:  
Settlement.image_skyline: Kopia Wiki.IMG 8279.JPG
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Warmian-Masurian
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Olsztyn
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Purda

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Before 1772 the area was part of Kingdom of Poland, in 1772–1871 of Prussia, in 1871–1945 of Germany, and of Poland since 1945. Despite being under German rule, a Polish school existed in the village before World War II. Its head in 1932-1933 was , who during World War II was imprisoned by the Germans in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, and later became a member of the Polish Sejm.