Ruciane-Nida r is a town in Pisz County

Pisz County

Pisz County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Pisz, which lies east...

, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, or Warmia-Masuria Province , is a voivodeship in northeastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Olsztyn...

, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

, with 4,934 inhabitants (2004). The town was formed in 1966 by the merger of three smaller settlements: Ruciane ' onMouseout='HidePop("58246")' href="/topics/1938_renaming_of_East_Prussian_placenames">renamed

1938 renaming of East Prussian placenames

More than 1,500 East Prussian places were ordered to be renamed by 16 July 1938 following a decree issued by Gauleiter and Oberpräsident Erich Koch and initiated by Adolf Hitler. This resulted in the elimination, Germanization, or simplification of a number of Old Prussian names, as well as those...

 Niedersee in 1938), Nida (German: Nieden), and Wola Ratajowa.

The town of Ruciane-Nida is a well-known tourist centre within the Masurian Lake District, with a popular railway line running through it: a D29-219 line – Olsztyn

Olsztyn

Olsztyn is a city in northeastern Poland, on the Łyna River. Olsztyn has been the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship since 1999. It was previously in the Olsztyn Voivodeship...

 – Szczytno

Szczytno

Szczytno is a town in north-eastern Poland with 27,970 inhabitants . Previously part of the Olsztyn Voivodeship, Szczytno was assigned to the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in 1999. It is the seat of Szczytno County....

 – Świętajno – Pisz

Pisz

Pisz is a town in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in Poland, with a population of 19,328 in 2004. It is the seat of Pisz County. Pisz is located at the junction of Lake Roś and the Pisa River.- Etymology :...

 – Ełk. In the summer, it becomes the furthermost Southern station of the Masurian Recreational Navigation system.

Historical monuments

• Church pw. Matki Bożej Miłosierdzia Ostrobramskiej (Mother of God) from 1910 (in Ruciane)
• Historical seed hull building from late 19th century
• Military bunkers from before the World Wars, early 20th century
• Nature monuments: pine, oak
• Guzianka sluce